V 156. Kalamita. Graffito on a wall, XIII–XVth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Wall.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 3.0, W. 18.0.
Additional description
The surface is chipped.
Place of Origin
Kalamita.
Find place
Inkerman.
Find context
Zagaytanslakya Rock, eastern part, "Church 5", room 2, south wall, near doorway.
Find circumstances
Before 1997.
Modern location
In situ.
Institution and inventory
In situ, no inventory number.
Autopsy
September 2002.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary; letters are slightly elongated and ornate.
Letterheights (cm)
3.5.
Text
Category
Unknown.
Date
XIII–XVth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Architectural-archaeological context.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><roleName><expan><abbr>Θ</abbr><ex>εὸ</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan></roleName>
<orig>Κ</orig> <space unit="character"/> <orig>ΜΣ</orig>
</ab>
</div> Translation
God...
Commentary
The cave, which Mogarichev (1997, 19, fig. 68) identifies as Church 5, bears no characteristics of a cult building. The shape of the cross suggests to Mogarichev a date in the XIth-XIVth centuries, but in fact all cult buildings not only at the Zagaytanskaya Rock, but also in the entire Inkerman Valley are not earlier than the XIIIth century (see Vinogradov, Gaydukov, Zheltov 2005, 78–79).
The meaning of the inscription is unclear.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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