V 55. Cherson.Invocation of an unknown, XII–XIIIth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Architectural detail (a window jamb?).
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.34.0, W.11.5, Th.35.5.
Additional description
A cut-out (W 2, D 2) on the left hand side. Broken into two parts; broken off on the right and bottom.
Place of Origin
Cherson.
Find place
Unknown.
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Unknown.
Modern location
Sevastopol, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 105/36504.
Autopsy
May 1999, August 2001, September 2002, September 2003, September 2004, September 2005, September 2006, September 2007.
Epigraphic field
Position
Below.
Lettering
Lapidary. Minuscule letters. Ligature: mu-eta.
Letterheights (cm)
0.5–2.2.
Text
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
XII–XIIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> <roleName><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></roleName>,
<lb n="2"/>ἵμαρτ<unclear>ο</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ν</supplied>,
<lb n="3"/>τὰ δὲ κ
<lb n="4" break="no"/>ακ<choice><corr>ὰ</corr><sic>υ</sic></choice> μὴ <unclear>π</unclear><supplied reason="lost">α</supplied>
<lb n="5" break="no"/>ροργυ<supplied reason="lost">ῇ</supplied>
<lb n="6"/>σε.
</ab>
</div>Translation
Lord, I have sinned, but may these misdeeds not draw your anger.
Commentary
This graffito apparently represents a confessional appeal to God for mercy (cf. V 62, inscription 14). The formula might have a distant parallel in IСUR III, 1467, and might have its origin in Psalm 40 verse 5.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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