V 216. Chufut-Kale. Inscription of Euphemios (?), XIV–XVth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Rock wall. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 2.0, W. 6.5.

Additional description

Image of two crosses and a tamga. Condition unknown. 

Place of Origin

Chufut-Kale. 

Find place

Chufut-Kale. 

Find context

"Cave church" by the Lesser South Gates, eastern wall. 

Find circumstances

1960s, survey of M.Ya. Choref. 

Modern location

In situ (?). 

Institution and inventory

In situ (?), no inventory number. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

To the right of the cross. 

Lettering

Graffito (?). Y-shaped upsilon. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.5.

Text

Category

Commemoration (?). 

Date

XIV–XVth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Architectural context. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

Ἐ̣φ̣ύμ̣ιου (?)

Diplomatic

..Υ.ΙΟΥ(?)

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><unclear>Ἐ</unclear><unclear>φ</unclear>ύ<unclear>μ</unclear>ιου <note>?</note>
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

Of Euphemios (?).

 

Commentary

I was not able to find the inscription illustrated by Choref (1969, 14–15, fig. 14). The restoration is hypothetical. Most likely, the inscription was commemorative.

 

Images

 Drawing of face 1(from ??)

(cc) © 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to the EpiDoc schema.)