V 223. Eski-Kermen.Invocation of a monk, XIIIth century C.E.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.13.5, W.13.5, Th.59.0.
Additional description
Window frame with taenia and ovolo moulding. Broken on all sides except the left.
Place of Origin
Eski-Kermen.
Find place
Eski-Kermen.
Find context
A block on the Main Street, opposite Casemate 5, eastern part, square in front of the entrance to a chapel, basement, earth infill.
Find circumstances
2007, excavations of A.I. Aybabin.
Modern location
Bakhchisaray, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Bakhchisaray State Historical and Cultural Preserve, no inventory number.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the ovolo moulding.
Lettering
Graffito. Alpha with a loop.
Letterheights (cm)
0.6-1.0.
Text
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
XIIIth century C.E.
Dating criteria
Archaeological context.
Editions
L1. Aybabin, Khayretdinova2011, 428, fig. 24.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan>,
βοήθι <abbr>μονα<unclear>χ</unclear></abbr>
<orig>Σ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
μονάχος (sic!) Sidorenko apud Aybabin
Translation
Lord, help the monk...
Commentary
On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.E.a; the addition in the nominative, proposed by V.A. Sidorenko, is unlikely. After the word monk we would expect a name or epithet.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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