Tablet from Humac
The Humac Tablet ( Humačka ploča ) is a stone tablet from the 10th or 11th century that was found in Humac near Ljubuški in Bosnia-Herzegovina . It is 68 × 59 x15 cm and weighs 142 kg. The panel bears a dedicatory inscription in Cyrillic script ( Bosančica ) in the Old Church Slavonic language . Five letters are set in Glagolitic script . The inscription is the oldest surviving text in the Old Church Slavonic language.
The tablet is now kept in the Franciscan Museum in Humac.
text
(Latin transliteration)
U ime otca i sina i svetago duha. A se crki arhanđela Mihajla, a zida ju K'rsmir 'sin Bret', Župi? Run 'i ženi jega Pavica.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. This church of St. Michael was founded by Krsmir, the son of Bret, Župans (U) run (?) And his wife Pavica.
The identification of the names is still unclear.
literature
- Milan Nosić: Humačka ploča . Hrvatsko filološko društvo, Rijeka 2001.
