II.1.1 104. Production mark, pre-firing, ca. 500 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Wall fragment.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam..
Additional description
Amphora, Lesbos, ca. 500 B.C.E.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Northwestern sector, Area Б, layer between street pavements, grid square 861, 911.
Find circumstances
Found in 1987, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.87.142.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel.
Lettering
Pre-firing graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
2.2
Text
Category
Production mark.
Date
Ca. 500 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><orig>Α</orig>
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus