II.1.1 161. Production(?) dipinti marks, 500-475 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Amphora. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

North Aegean (Proto-Thasos), 500-475 B.C.E. (Monakhov et al. 2019, 117, Hermitage NA.10). Fully preserved. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Sector Г, grid square 28, yellow-clay layer. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1967, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.67.174. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field 1

Position

Neck, exterior, mid-height. 

Lettering

Dipinto in brown. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text 1

Category

Production(?) mark. 

Date

500-475 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

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

 

Epigraphic field 2

Position

Shoulder, exterior. 

Lettering

Dipinto in brown. 

Text 2

Category

Production(?) mark. 

Date

500-475 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 circle, empty, painted on the shoulder, below Text 1, on the same vertical axis.

 

Epigraphic field 3

Position

Neck, exterior, opposite Text 1. 

Lettering

Dipinto in brown. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text 3

Category

Production(?) mark. 

Date

500-475 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

Small circle, dotted, painted on the opposite side of the neck from Text 1, just below rim and half-way between handles, on a vertical axis. This is shown on the drawing in Monakhov et al. 2019, 117, Hermitage NA.10.

 

Epigraphic field 4

Position

Shoulder, exterior. 

Lettering

Dipinto in brown. 

Text 4

Category

Production(?) mark. 

Date

500-475 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="4">
      <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>      
      </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

Small circle, dotted, painted on the opposite side of the shoulder from Text 2, to the left of the vertical axis where Text 3 is placed. This is shown on the drawing in Monakhov et al. 2019, 117, Hermitage NA.10.

 

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