V 231. Artek.Inscription of Michael and Basileios (?), 1091–1192 C.E. (?).

Monument

Type

Unknown. 

Material

Unknown. 

Dimensions (cm)

Unknown.

Additional description

Damaged. 

Place of Origin

Artek. 

Find place

Artek. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

1828–1829 

Modern location

Non vidi. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Unknown. 

Lettering

Letters are partially minuscule. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Unknown. 

Date

1091–1192 C.E. (?). 

Dating criteria

Explicit date. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

[Μ]ιχ(αὴλ?) κ(αὶ) Βασσ[ι]λ[---] Κ(ύρι)ε,
[μ]νηστήθι (?) τῆ(ς) ..[---]
[ἀ]δ[ε]λφότιτος ἐπὶ [---]
[.] δούλο (?)· ἔτ(ους) ͵[ς]χ[..]´.

Diplomatic

[.]ΙΧΚΒΑΣΣ[.]Λ[---]ΚΕ
[.]ΝΗΣΤΗΘΙ(?)ΤΗ··[---]
[.]Δ[.]ΛΦΟΤΙΤΟΣΕΠΙ[---]
[·]ΔΟΥΛΟ(?)ΕΤ[.]Χ[··]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
    <lb n="1"/><expan><supplied reason="lost"><abbr>Μ</abbr></supplied><abbr>ιχ</abbr><ex cert="low">αὴλ</ex></expan>
    <expan><abbr>κ</abbr><ex>αὶ</ex></expan>
    Βασσ<supplied reason="lost">ι</supplied>λ<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
    <roleName><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></roleName>,
    <lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">μ</supplied>νηστήθι <note>?</note>
    <expan><abbr>τῆ</abbr><ex>ς</ex></expan>
    <gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
    <lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">ἀ</supplied>δ<supplied reason="lost">ε</supplied>λφότιτος
    ἐπὶ <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
    <lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
    δούλο <note>?</note>·
    <date><expan><abbr>ἔτ</abbr><ex>ους</ex></expan>
     <num atLeast="6600" atMost="6699"><supplied reason="lost">ς</supplied>χ<gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/></num></date>.
   </ab>
  </div>

Translation

Michael (?) and Basil... Lord, remember (?)... the fraternity... for the servant. In the year 66...

 

Commentary

All information about the inscription comes from the manuscript of P. Koeppen (Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg Branch f. 30, op. 1, d. 343, ch. 1, l. 96; kindly pointed out to me by I.V. Tunkina). According to Koeppen, the inscription was found on the estate of colonel Potyomkin. At the top of the inscribed field four letters chi look ornamental. The inscription is restored rather tentatively.

1-4. Judging by the palaeography and the date, the inscription should be compared with V 173 (Mangup, 1179 C.E.). Between the abbreviated word "year" and the chi, there should be a sigma. The restoration "fraternity" allows us to speculate that the inscription might have originated at some monastery in the area of Artek (cf. V 240 from nearby Panair). At the same time, we cannot rule out the possibility that the inscription is post-Byzantine.

 

Images

 Photograph of face 1(from ??)

(cc)© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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