II.1.1 154. Production(?) and commercial marks, 535-500 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Amphora.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H.63.2, W., Th., Diam.36.4.
Additional description
Chios, 535-500 B.C.E. (Monakhov et al. 2019, 74, Hermitage Ch.8). 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.7).
Find circumstances
Found in 1966, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.66.198.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field 1
Position
Neck, exterior, mid-height.
Lettering
Dipinto in brown.
Letterheights (cm)
Unknown.
Text 1
Category
Production(?) mark.
Date
535-500 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
Small ring, painted just below rim and half-way between handles, on a vertical axis.
Images
Epigraphic field 2
Position
Shoulder, exterior.
Lettering
Dipinto in brown.
Text 2
Category
Production(?) mark.
Date
535-500 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
Small ring, 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
Neck, exterior, opposite Text 1.
Lettering
Dipinto in brown.
Letterheights (cm)
Unknown.
Text 3
Category
Production(?) mark.
Date
535-500 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<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
Epigraphic field 4
Position
Shoulder, exterior.
Lettering
Dipinto in brown.
Text 4
Category
Production(?) mark.
Date
535-500 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="4">
<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, but I presume he also means the shoulder, in similar position (on the oppositde side) to Text 2.
Images
Epigraphic field 5
Position
Shoulder, exterior, same side as Texts 1 and 2.
Lettering
Dipinto in red.
Text 5
Category
Commercial mark.
Date
535-500 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="5">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
Monakhov et al. 2019, 74, reads ligatured ΑΥ, as he does for Hermitage Ch.7, and here there is more reason to do this than in Hermitage Ch.7, as ypsilon is better defined, with two diagonals symmetrical and pointing up; it is also possible that what looks like a ligatured ypsilon is actually a psi. If alpha was intended I don't see why it would have a rounded top. Perhaps rather a pi. The photo in Monakhov et al. 2019, 74 shows the back of the amphora, not the side with the Text 5. The drawing does show the relevant side. The red paint used for this dipinto is also used to draw a red line under the rim, which runs over the dipinto dot, suggesting that the red line may have more than decorative function. It either cancels the meaning of the dot, or ignores it and simply occupies the same space, that is, the line has to pass under the rim. It does appear to signify a later stage in the use of the amphora than that signified by ring marks (Texts 1-4).
Images
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