V 218. Shuldan.Graffiti, XIV-XVth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Wall.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.30.0, W.13.0.
Additional description
Fully preserved.
Place of Origin
Shuldan.
Find place
Shuldan.
Find context
Church, northern wall, above the grave in the wall.
Find circumstances
2002, survey of A.Yu. Vinogradov.
Modern location
In situ.
Institution and inventory
In situ, no inventory number.
Autopsy
September 2004.
Epigraphic field 1
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Graffito; letters elongated; tau with serifs; abbreviation; an overline.
Letterheights (cm)
0.5–3.5.
Text 1
Category
Commemoration.
Date
XIV-XVth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Architectural context.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Πρ</abbr><ex>ωτ</ex><abbr>οπρ</abbr><ex>εσβύτερος</ex></expan>
τοῦ Δαλ<note>?</note>λ<unclear>ου</unclear>.
</ab>
</div>Translation
Protopresbyteros of Dallos (?).
Commentary
This graffito is the earliest of the three and made by a different hand than the other two. It is possible that the cutter repeated the second lambda above the line because his first attempt was not very successful. On the term 'presbyteros,' see commentary to V 201. It is possible that Dallos was the old name of the Shuldan Monastery or of the nearby area.
The date of the Shuldan Monastery is established on the basis of archaeological finds and the liturgical design of the church - XIV-XVth century (see Vinogradov, Gaydukov, Zheltov 2005, 76).
Images
Epigraphic field 2
Position
Below Text 1.
Lettering
See field 1.
Text 2
Category
Commemoration.
Date
XIV-XVth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Architectural context.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Σοφρ<supplied reason="lost">ό</supplied>ν<supplied reason="lost">ι</supplied>ος.
</ab>
</div>Translation
Sophronios.
Epigraphic field 3
Position
Below Text 2.
Lettering
See field 1.
Text 3
Category
Commemoration.
Date
XIV-XVth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Architectural context.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="3">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Βωή<choice><corr>θ</corr><sic>Τ</sic></choice></abbr><ex cert="low">ει</ex></expan>
</ab>
</div>Translation
Help (?).
Commentary
Here we probably find an unfinished formula "Lord, help."
Letters ΓΡΗΓ at the start of the line probably belong to a certain Grigorios whose autograph (XIXth century) can be seen by the north portal of the "church with arcade" at Sudak.
© 2015 Andrey
Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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