V 112. Bakla. Demonstrative inscription, XII–1st half of XIIIth century C.E.
Monument
Type
Arch.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 27.5, W. 49.5, Th. 18.0.
Additional description
On the front - incised decoration and text: semicircular arch, with Latin cross fourchée at the apex. Fully preserved.
Place of Origin
Bakla.
Find place
Bakla.
Find context
Block III, Room 3.
Find circumstances
1972, excavations of D.L. Talis.
Modern location
Sevastopol, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 28/36922.
Autopsy
September 2008.
Epigraphic field
Position
In the corners between the arms of the cross.
Lettering
Lapidary. Kappa with diagonals disconnected from the vertical. Abbreviations.
Letterheights (cm)
1.0–1.3.
Text
Category
Demonstrative.
Date
XII–1st half of XIIIth century C.E.
Dating criteria
Archaeological context.
Editions
L1. Solomonik 1991, 175–176, № 3, fig. 3.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Ἰ</abbr><ex>ησοῦ</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan>
<expan><abbr>Χ</abbr><ex>ριστὸ</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan>
<lb n="2"/>νικᾷ.
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
1: Χρ(ιστὸς) Solomonik
Translation
J(esus) Ch(rist) is victorious.
Commentary
Solomonik mistook a defect in the stone surface for the vertical of a rho, whereas even photographs clearly show a sigma. This mistake led her to propose an incorrect analogy (from Bulgaria) for our text.
At the same time, the architectural parallels from Chersonesos and Bakla cited by Solomonik appear convincing, as well as her proposed date on the basis of the archaeological material - XIIth - 1st half of XIIIth century. It is not possible to be certain about what building the arch belonged to, but a church is a likely candidate.
1-2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.C.е.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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