V 202. Syuren fortress.Inscription on a panel, X–XVth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.31.0, W.35.0, Th.unknown.

Additional description

Top right corner is chipped off. 

Place of Origin

Syuren fortress. 

Find place

Syuren fortress. 

Find context

Trench 3, gates, rubble fill. 

Find circumstances

1973, excavations of Yu.N. Voronin. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Graffito. Alpha with a loop, nu with shortened crossbar, omega with pointed loops. Ligatures: alpha-omega, alpha-rho. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0–5.5.

Text

Category

Unknown. 

Date

X–XVth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

Μακάρ(ιος), <Υω>νᾶ(ς).

1: orig. ΩΥΝΑ

Diplomatic

ΜΑΚΑΡΩΥΝΑ

1: orig. ΩΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Μακάρ</abbr><ex>ιος</ex></expan>, 
      <expan><abbr><choice><corr>Υω</corr><sic>ΩΥ</sic></choice>νᾶ</abbr><ex>ς</ex></expan>.
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

Makarios. Ionas.

 

Commentary

The inscription, whose photo is included in the report of Voronin, was kindly pointed out to me by S.V. Kharitonov.

The name Makarios is not attested elsewhere in Crimea; for Ionas (here Yonas), cf. V 69. It is possible that the names belonged to monks. The second was written later, in smaller letters.

 

Images

 Photograph 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 theEpiDoc schema.)