V 236. Laspi.Graffiti on a colonnette, XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Column.
Material
Limestone.
Additional description
Multi-faceted (nonagonal?) colonnette, with taenia crown (depth ca. 0,3cm). Broken into mutiple fragments, representing at most five facets; broken off at the bottom; letters on Fragment 1 are traced with pencil.
Place of Origin
Laspi.
Find place
Laspi.
Find context
Church of St. George (St. Elias).
Find circumstances
1976, excavations of E.A. Parshina.
Institution and inventory
, no inventory number.
Autopsy
September 2009.
Fragment1
Dimensions (cm)
H.31.0, W.12.0.
Modern location
Alushta, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Crimean Branch of the Institute of Archaeology, no inventory number.
Epigraphic field 1
Position
At the top.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
0.3–1.8.
Text 1
Category
Unknown.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Ι</unclear>Τ</orig>
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Commentary
I inspected Fragment 1 in 1999 at the Crimean Branch, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, but had no opportunity to photograph or to describe the script in detail. The purpose of the colonnette, apparently hollow and crowned with a Corinthian capital, with images of eagles at the corners, is unclear.
The archaeological date is IX–Xth centuries.
Epigraphic field 2
Position
In the middle.
Lettering
See field 1.
Text 2
Category
Unknown.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΑΣΤΥΑΝ</orig>
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Epigraphic field 3
Position
Below.
Lettering
See field 1.
Text 3
Category
Unknown.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="3">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΝΗΙΜ</orig>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΗΛΙ</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/><orig>Α</orig>
<lb n="3"/><gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>Τ<unclear>ΙΟ</unclear></orig> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Epigraphic field 4
Position
At the top.
Lettering
See field 1.
Text 4
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="4">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><roleName><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></roleName>, <supplied reason="lost">β</supplied>οήθη τὸν
<lb n="2"/>δοῦ<supplied reason="lost">λ</supplied>όν σου Οὔγριν.
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Lord, help your servant Ougrin.
Commentary
On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.E.a.
The name Ougrin is unique: in the XIV–XVth centuries, we know of a family name Oungros in Byzantium (PLP 21151, 21152, 94361).
Epigraphic field 5
Position
In the middle.
Lettering
See field 1.
Text 5
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="5">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost"><roleName><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></roleName></supplied>, <supplied reason="lost">βοή</supplied>θη
<lb n="2"/>τὸν <unclear>δο</unclear>ῦλόν σου Ἰοάνῃ
<lb n="3"/>ἁμαρτολόν, ἀμήν.
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Lord, help your sinful servant Ioanes.
Epigraphic field 6
Position
Bands 2-3 of the taenia.
Lettering
See field 1.
Text 6
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="6">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><roleName><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></roleName>, βοήθ<supplied reason="lost">ει</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">τὸν δοῦλόν</supplied>
<lb n="2"/>σου Ἀντήοχ<supplied reason="lost">ον</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">καὶ</supplied>
<lb n="3"/>ἑτέρους
<lb n="4"/>τοὺς ἀγαπ<unclear>ῶ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ντας</supplied>
<lb n="5"/>πᾶσαν <expan><abbr>τὴ</abbr><ex>ν</ex></expan> <w part="I">τ<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/></w>.
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Lord, help your servant Antiochos and the others who love the whole...
Commentary
1–2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.E.a.
2. The name Antiochos (here Anteochos) is unique in the Northern Black Sea region, but is elsewhere known in Christian usage (Delehaye 1902, 1054).
3–5. Here we could probably expect some liturgical formula (such as "those who love Thine house's splendor").
Epigraphic field 7
Position
At the top.
Lettering
See field 1.
Text 7
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="7">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><roleName><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></roleName>,
βοήθι <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>.
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Lord, help...
Commentary
On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.E.a.
Epigraphic field 8
Position
At the top.
Lettering
See field 1.
Text 8
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="8">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Ἀντήοχ</abbr><ex>ος</ex></expan>.
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Antioch(os).
Commentary
See commentary to Text 6.
Fragment2
Dimensions (cm)
H.12.5, W.6.0, Th.4.0.
Modern location
Yalta, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Yalta Museum of History and Literature, no inventory number.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
See field 1.
Letterheights (cm)
1.0–2.0.
Text
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost"><roleName>Κύριε</roleName>,</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">βο</supplied>ήθη.
</ab>
</div>
Translation
[Lord, he]lp.
Commentary
On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.E.a.
Fragment3
Dimensions (cm)
H.13.5, W.9.5, Th.1.5.
Modern location
Yalta, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Yalta Museum of History and Literature, no inventory number.
Epigraphic field 1
Position
On the front.
Lettering
See field 1.
Letterheights (cm)
0.5–1.0.
Text 1
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">Γεώ</supplied>ργηε,
<lb n="2"/><orig>ΗΡΓΗ</orig>
</ab>
</div>
Translation
[Geo]rge...
Commentary
The use of the vocative suggests an invocation of St. George.
Epigraphic field 2
Position
On the right face.
Lettering
See field 1.
Text 2
Category
Commemoration.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Στέ</abbr><ex>φ</ex><abbr>α<supplied reason="lost">νος</supplied></abbr></expan>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>ΓΝ</orig>
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Stepha[nos].
Fragment4
Dimensions (cm)
H.14.5, W.12.5, Th.5.5.
Modern location
Yalta, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Yalta Museum of History and Literature, no inventory number.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
See field 1.
Letterheights (cm)
0.4–0.7.
Text
Category
Unknown.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="4">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><orig>ΙΩΟΣΤΗΡΗ<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>ΜΗ</orig>
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Fragment5
Dimensions (cm)
H.11.5, W.12.5, Th.6.5.
Modern location
Yalta, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Yalta Museum of History and Literature, no inventory number.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
See field 1.
Letterheights (cm)
0.3–1.0.
Text
Category
Unknown.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="5">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΧΕΩ</orig><gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Fragment6
Dimensions (cm)
H.10.0, W.8.0, Th.2.0.
Modern location
Yalta, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Yalta Museum of History and Literature, no inventory number.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
See field 1.
Letterheights (cm)
0.5–2.0.
Text
Category
Commemoration.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="6">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Στέφα<supplied reason="lost">νος</supplied>.
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Stepha[nos].
Fragment7
Dimensions (cm)
H.8.0, W.8.5, Th.4.0.
Modern location
Yalta, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Yalta Museum of History and Literature, no inventory number.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
See field 1.
Letterheights (cm)
1.0–2.0.
Text
Category
Unknown.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="7">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><orig>ΚΥΡ</orig>
<lb n="2"/><orig>ΣΟΥ</orig>
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Fragment8
Dimensions (cm)
H.9.0, W.9.0, Th.3.5.
Modern location
Yalta, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Yalta Museum of History and Literature, no inventory number.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Text
Category
Unknown.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="8">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><orig>ΓΟΜ</orig>
<lb n="2"/><orig>ΡΓΟ</orig>
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Fragment9
Dimensions (cm)
H.7.0, W.9.5, Th.3.5.
Modern location
Yalta, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Yalta Museum of History and Literature, no inventory number.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
See field 1.
Letterheights (cm)
0.7–1.0.
Text
Category
Unknown.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="9">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><orig>ΓΕΝΕΤ</orig>
</ab>
</div>
Translation
Born...
Fragment10
Dimensions (cm)
H.11.0, W.10.5, Th.3.0.
Modern location
Yalta, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Yalta Museum of History and Literature, no inventory number.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
See field 1.
Letterheights (cm)
0.5–0.7.
Text
Category
Unknown.
Date
XI–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="10">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><orig>ΕΠΑ</orig>
</ab>
</div>
Translation
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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