The Epigraphic Finds from Yurta-Stroyno in a Regional Context - Digital Supplement

Author: Petra Heřmánková, PhD

Abstract:

In the past two decades, several epigraphic monuments were found at the site Yurta-Stroyno and its immediate vicinity. Their discovery contributed to the archaeological knowledge of the site but also positioned the settlement into a broader context of the middle Tundzha River region. This chapter examines in detail three inscriptions associated with the site, found before 2014, and additional three objects with epigraphic value, six graffiti and two dipinti, found during the excavation of the Stroyno Archaeological Project (SAP) in 2014–2016. All 14 epigraphic objects are discussed and compared with known regional parallels, further improving our understanding of the character of the Yurta-Stroyno settlement and its links to other sites in the region. Based on the textual evidence coming from the surviving inscriptions, it seems, the settlement at Yurta-Stroyno and the military camp at Kabyle, located some 40 km north of Yurta-Stroyno, were interconnected during the 2nd c. AD by personal and military associations alike.

Keywords:

Greek and Latin inscriptions; epigraphy; Thrace; regional networks; Kabyle; Yurta-Stroyno; Bulgaria; Epidoc; TEI-XML

Chronology of inscriptions (maximum chronological span of dated inscriptions):

Roman period (AD 50 - AD 399)

Geolocation:

42.286500, 26.695216

Interactive map (AD 200):

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The Digital Supplement

Previously published inscriptions:

• Military diploma (Boyanov 2007, no. 1)

Editio princeps:

1. Horse Rider plate (Bakardzhiev 2008, 471-2)

2. Relief plate to/by Avilius family member (Bakardzhiev 2008, 471-2)

3. Horse Rider plate (SF15_080)

4. Dedication to/by Pytnios (SF15_218)

5. Brick with dedication to a female deity (SY16_AC_030)

6. Pottery graffiti

   a. Pottery graffiti (SY15_79)

   b. Pottery graffiti (SY15_80)

   c. Fish pictorial graffiti on pottery (SY15_178)

   d. Fish pictorial graffiti on pottery (SY15_179)

   e. Fish pictorial graffiti on pottery (SY15_180)

   f. Fish pictorial graffiti on pottery (SY15_419)

   g. Graffiti (?) on pottery (SY15_414)

   h. Graffiti (?) on pottery (SY15_415)

Epidoc files:

In order to download the Epidoc XML files, please go to the Github repository folder epidoc.

The article:

The full article discussing the epigraphic finds can be accessed at here as part of the volume Tušlová, P., Weissová, B., Bakardzhiev, S. (Eds.). 2022: 'The Yurta-Stroyno Archaeological Project: Studies on the Roman Rural Settlement in Thrace'. Prague.

Contact the author:

petra.hermankova@cas.au.dk