II.1.1 153. Production or commercial dipinti, 535-500 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Amphora. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.63.2, W., Th., Diam.35.6.

Additional description

Chios, 535-500 B.C.E. (Monakhov et al. 2019, 74, Hermitage Ch.7). Fully restored from fragments. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Sector Г, grid square 28, pit (no number) cutting through a dug-out. Found together with another Chios amphora (Monakhov et al. 2019, 74, Hermitage Ch.8). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1966, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.66.199. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field 1

Position

Shoulder. 

Lettering

Dipinto in brown. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text 1

Category

Production or commercial dipinto 

Date

535-500 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
      <ab>
      <lb n="1">ΑΥ</lb>
      </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

Small ring, empty, painted just below rim and half-way between handles, on a vertical axis.

 

Images

 

Epigraphic field 2

Position

Neck, below rim, exterior. 

Lettering

Dipinto in brown. 

Text 2

Category

Production or commercial mark. 

Date

535-500 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
      <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>
      </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

Small ring, empty, painted on the shoulder, below Text 1, on the same vertical axis. Monakhov et al. 2019, 74, does not mention a circle on the shoulder, but the photo and drawing show them.

 

Images

 

Epigraphic field 3

Position

Shoulder, exterior, below Text 1 and along the vertical axis with Text 2. 

Lettering

Dipinto in brown. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text 3

Category

Production or commercial dipinto. 

Date

535-500 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="3">
      <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>      
      </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

Monakhov et al. 2019, 74, says that small rings appear on both sides of the neck.

 

Images

 

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