II.1.1 10. Ownership(?) inscription, 500-475 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Foot fragment.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam..
Additional description
Attica, BG stemmed dish, 500-475 B.C.E.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
West sector, northern half, addition 2, depth to 1.2 m.
Find circumstances
Found in 1971, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.71.199.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Foot, underside, slope. Originally inscribed on complete vessel.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
1.8
Text
Category
Ownership(?) inscription.
Date
500-475 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><unclear reason="damage">Σ</unclear>ΙΝΑΡΩ Μ?
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
[- -]Σ̣ΙΝΑΡΩ Μ? At the left break, horizontals at top and bottom and an end point of a horizontal at mid-height suggest a sigma. Omega's shape is unusual for Borysthens-Olbia. The last letter should be mu, but makes little sense with the rest of the letters, unless it is a numeral. If we restore a sigma at the left break, it would be a sigma with parallel horizontals, which is not so common in the V century. Personal name possibilities include ([῎Ι?]ναρος) attested in Athens, iv BCE (IG II2 11716) and Ἰνάρως [m.], v BC (s. Ψαμμήτιχος, f. Θαννύρας: king of Egypt - Hdt. 3.12, Thuc. 1.104). These could be considered if the preceding word ended in sigma, and Ἰνάρω was a genitive form. Another possible name is Σίναρος [m.], Terravecchia di Cuti (mod.), f.v BC (Di Terra in Terra p. 56 no. 73 (loomweight); cf. SEG XLII 878), in which case omega might signal a dative form, raising questing about the text's category. Another possibility for a letter at the left break is epsilon with very short middle horizontals, but this form is also not common in the V century. Attested name options are: Κλειναρώ [f.], Paros,?ii/i BC (IG XII (5) 186, 18 (d. Πύθιππος)).