Greek texts from Moshchevaya Balka and the poetic structure of Byzantine acclamations
The present article is dedicated to two enigmatic texts on the ribbons from Alaniav cemetery in Moshchevaya Balka (Krasnodar region). They contain acclamations for Byzantine protospatharios, a court dignity. The new reading of the texts proposes the names Vaanes and Basileios (?)/ Their structure corresponds to what we know about Byzantine acclamations.