V 233. Alouston.Dedication of Georgios, 1403–1404 C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Compact pink sandstone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.38.0, W.34.0, Th.15.0.

Additional description

The front and sides are smooth, the latter bear traces of mortar. Broken in three parts; top right quarter is missing, as well as a significant portion of the back. 

Place of Origin

Alouston. 

Find place

Alushta. 

Find context

Citadel, ruins of a church, fire destruction layer dating to the XVth century. 

Find circumstances

1987, excavations of V.L. Myts. 

Modern location

Alushta, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

Alushta Branch of the Central Museum of Tavrida, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

September 2006. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary; letters rest on incised guiding lines. Alpha with slanting crossbar and a right diagonal that ends with a left and down pointing hook at the top, beta with rectangular vertically spaced loops, delta with extended horizontal raised to mid-letterheight; abbreviation. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5–4.0.

Text

Category

Invocative inscription. 

Date

1403–1404 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Explicit date. 

Editions

L1. Solomonik1991, 172–174. 

Edition

Δέη[σις] τοῦ
δού[λου] τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ
Γ<ε>ω̣[ργίου]
υἱ(οῦ) Ἀλμ̣α̣[.. Ἔ-]
5τ(ους) ͵ςϠιβ´.

3: orig. ΓΣΩ.....

Diplomatic

ΔΕΗ[...]ΤΟΥ
ΔΟΥ[...]ΤΟΥΘΥ
ΓΣ.[.....]
ΥΙΑΛ....-]
5ΤΣϠΙΒ

3: orig. ΓΣΩ.....

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

2: δού[λου θ(εο)ῦSolomonik
4: Ἀμ[ήνSolomonik

Translation

Supplication of the servant of God, Georgios, son of Alma[.]. In the year 6912.

 

Commentary

Judging by the traces of mortar, the panel used to be built into a wall and was a ktitor's dedication (cf. V 149); The layer where the stone was found suggests that the church had burned down.

1–2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.B.a.

3. On the name Georgios, see commentary to V 64.

4. Such an abbreviation of the word υἱός is not otherwise attested in the Northern Black Sea region, but occurs in Christian epigraphy, and in particular in manuscripts, from where it must have come to our inscription: so we can judge by the ligature.

 

Images

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