II.1.1 112. Production mark, pre-firing, 2nd quarter V century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Amphora. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H., W., Th., Diam..

Additional description

Rim and neck fragment of amphora, Lesbos, redware, 2nd quarter V century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, grid square 47, southern half, well. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1978, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.78.192. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Neck, exterior, midway between handles. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Pre-firing graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

5.8

Text

Category

Production mark, pre-firing. 

Date

2nd quarter V century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

Mark in the shape of bisected angle or upside down psi.

 

Images

 

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