Padlock of the Master ’Omar (’Umar) the Syrian Excavated at Mediaeval Cherson
Journal: Materials in Archaeology History and Ethnography of Tauria
Year: 2024

The article discusses Arabic inscriptions on a figured bronze padlock, which was excavated at Chersonese, its chronology and attribution. The first inscription runs along the upper lateral plane of the front door of its body and is a nominal single-member demonstrative sentence, informing the artisan’s personal name, his father’s name (kunya), name by the birthplace (nisba), and nickname (laqab): “This is the creation of Omar (Umar), son of Abu Bakr, of ez-Zabadani, Syrian”. The other two inscri