V 157. Kalamita. Invocation (?) of an unknown, XIII–XVIIIth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Rock wall.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 12.0, W. 11.5.
Additional description
Damaged at the top.
Place of Origin
Kalamita.
Find place
Inkerman.
Find context
Monastyrskaya Rock, monastery of St. George, staircase, east wall, over a sepulchre on the left.
Find circumstances
1870s, survey of D.M. Strukov.
Modern location
In situ (?).
Institution and inventory
In situ (?), no inventory number.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary; highly ornate letters of unequal size. Ligatures.
Letterheights (cm)
1.0–4.0.
Text
Category
Invocative (?) inscription.
Date
XIII–XVIIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">το</supplied>ῦ <roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/>Βοήθι
<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character"/>.
</ab>
</div> Translation
... of God... Help...
Commentary
We can speculate about the topographic position of the monument, noted by Latyshev (1896, 42–43, 46, № 34, 41; 1897, 152), only on the basis of a mention made by N.I. Repnikov who says that it was found at St. George monastery (Materials for the archaeological map of the southwest mountains of Crimea (Manuscript Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences, f. 10, № 10, s. 34)). The edition is based on the single transcription of D.M. Strukov (Manuscript Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences, f. Р–I, № 619, l. 6). The rest of the text cannot be deciphered. Judging by its placement over a grave, it was probably an epitaph. The role of invocation in it is unclear.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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