Два надгробных камня из Музея-заповедника «Херсонес Таврический»
Two Gravestones from the National Museum Reserve of Tauric Chersonesos

Author(s): Igor V. Volkov
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, 15th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Crimea; Tauric Chersonesos; Golden Horde period; gravestones; Arabic inscriptions; epitaph;epigraphy;
Summary/Abstract: The author publishes two gravestones of the Golden Horde and Ottoman period from the Museum Reserve of Tauric Chersonesos. Their origin is unknown. The inscription on the first gravestone is made in the Tartar language and contains the date of 818 AH (1415/1416). This epigraphic artefact is another example of gradual transition from the Arabic to the Tartar language in epitaphs in 15 th c. The second inscription in the Ottoman Turkish language contains the name of the dead and the date of 1180 AH (1766/1767).

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