V 237. Livadia. Dedication of Cyrus and Kosmas, X–XIIth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Grayish-yellow compact limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 30.0, W. 21.0, Th. 8.0.
Additional description
Round panel resting on trapezoidal stand; the stand has dowel hole on the underside; on the front: inset four-petal rosette in the centre of the circle; the surface is planed and smoothed. The bottom is cut.
Place of Origin
Livadia.
Find place
Livadia.
Find context
Burial.
Find circumstances
May 1850.
Modern location
Yalta, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Yalta Museum of History and Literature, КП–1041.
Autopsy
September 2005.
Epigraphic field 1
Position
On the stand.
Lettering
Lapidary, bouletée, some letter strokes are doubled; letters of varying heights.
Letterheights (cm)
1.5–2.0.
Epigraphic field 2
Position
Between the petals of the rosette.
Letterheights (cm)
1.0.
Epigraphic field 3
Position
On the border around the perimeter and on the two left petals.
Lettering
Lapidary. Alpha with a loop, theta with extended crossbar decorated withs serifs, kappa with free-standing vertical, tau with serifs, У-shaped upsilon.
Letterheights (cm)
1.0.
Text
Category
Dedication, demonstrative, dedication.
Date
X–XIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
L1. Solomonik 1986, 210–211, fig. 1–2.
<div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="1">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> Ὑπὲρ ὑγίας
<lb n="2"/><expan><abbr>κ</abbr><ex>αὶ</ex></expan> σοτηρίας
<lb n="3"/><expan><abbr>κ</abbr><ex>αὶ</ex></expan> ἀφέσεος το͂ν
<expan><ex>ἁμαρτιῶν</ex></expan>
<lb n="4"/>Κίρο<unclear>υ</unclear>.
</ab>
</div><div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Ἰ</abbr><ex>ησοῦ</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan>
<lb n="2"/><expan><abbr>Χ</abbr><ex>ριστὸ</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan>
<lb n="3"/>νηκᾷ.
</ab>
</div><div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="3">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> Ὑπὲρ ἱγίας
<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">κ</supplied>ὲ σο<lb n="3" break="no"/>τυρή<lb n="4" break="no"/>ας
<lb n="5"/>κὲ ἀφέσεος το͂ν
<expan><abbr>ἁμαρτ</abbr><ex>ι</ex><abbr>ο͂ν</abbr></expan> τὸν
<expan><abbr>δοῦλο</abbr><ex>ν</ex></expan>
<lb n="6"/>τοῦ <roleName>θε<lb n="7" break="no"/>οῦ</roleName> Κοσ<lb n="8" break="no"/>μᾶ.
</ab>
</div> Translation
For health, salvation, and forgiveness of sins of Cyrus.
2Jesus Christ is victorious.
3For health, salvation, and forgiveness of sins of the servant of God, Kosmas.
Commentary
Solomonik believed that our panel, which bears a dedication and a building inscription, was originally designed to serve as a tombstone, however, other dedications on monuments of the same shape are known (cf., e.g., V 108).
1–3. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.B.h. Abbreviation of the word καὶ resembles that of V 343 and thus suggests a Middle Byzantine date.
4. The name Kyros (here Kiros) is attested in the Northern Black Sea region in the feminine form Kyra (V 320).
On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.C.e.
On the context of find, see Tunkina (2011, 153, n. 100). Solomonik mistakenly attributed the inscription to Simeiz.
1–7. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.B.h. The accusative instead of genitive may have appeared because of the erroneous το͂ν ἁμαρτ(ι)ο͂ν.
7–8. The name Kosmas is attested in the Northern Black Sea region in V 70, V 151, V 160 (all - Late Byzantine) and V 309 (Middle Byzantine).
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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