V 251. Sougdaia.Invocation of Zacharias, X–XIIth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall. 

Material

Plaster. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.6.0, W.4.0, Th.1.5.

Additional description

Broken on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Sougdaia. 

Find place

Sudak. 

Find context

Monastery on the slope of Mount Perchem. 

Find circumstances

1993, excavations of I.A. Baranov and V.V. Mayko. 

Modern location

Sudak, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

Museum "Sudak Fortress", no inventory number. 

Autopsy

September 2003. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Graffito. Alpha with a loop, the middle bars of kappa do not touch the vertical. Ligatures: alpha-gamma, sigma-phi. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.6–1.1.

Text

Category

Invocative inscription. 

Date

X–XIIth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Vinogradov, Dzhanov2004, 411–412, № 6. 

Edition

Κ(ύρι)ε, [βο]ήθ[ει]
Ζα(χαρίᾳ) πρ(εσβυτέρῳ) κα̣[ὶ]
[---]ης ἐσφρα[γι---].

Diplomatic

ΚΕ[..]ΗΘ[..]
ΖΑΠΡΚ.[.]
[---]ΗΣΕΣΦΡΑ[..---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/><roleName><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></roleName>,
      <supplied reason="lost">βο</supplied>ήθ<supplied reason="lost">ει</supplied>
      <lb n="2"/><expan><abbr>Ζα</abbr><ex>χαρίᾳ</ex></expan>
      <expan><abbr>πρ</abbr><ex>εσβυτέρῳ</ex></expan>
      κ<unclear>α</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ὶ</supplied>
      <lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">ης</w>
      <w part="I">ἐσφρα<supplied reason="lost">γι</supplied></w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>.
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Translation

[Lord, he]lp Zacharias, presbyter and... seal...

 

Commentary

1. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.E.a.

2. The name Zacharias is otherwise unattested in the Nortern Black Sea region; it is most likely that of a monk. Such an abbreviation of the word presbyter is well attested in Crimea (see commentary to V 201).

 

Images

 Photograph of face 1(from ??)

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