II.1.1 163. Production or commercial dipinto, late V - early IV century B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Amphora.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H.56.0 (preserved), W., Th., Diam.27.0.
Additional description
Herkarleia, late V-early IV century B.C.E. (Monakhov et al 2017, 182, Hermitage HP.19). Fully preserved.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Northwestern sector, Area Г, pit 71.
Find circumstances
Found in 1990, excavations of S.L. Solovyov.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.90.212.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
Neck, exterior, lower part. Originally inscribed on complete vessel.
Lettering
Dipinto in red.
Letterheights (cm)
Unknown.
Text
Category
Production or commercial dipinto
Date
Late V - early IV century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
Large painted red circle. There is room for debate whether such a mark has a place in an epigraphic corpus, but we are in borderline territory with many unclassified marks, such as the cross-shaped type, or single vertical line. A large red dot as the one on this amphora may function in the same way as other unalphabetic marks. It seems to be the same red paint as the line, probably decorative, painted under the rim, which suggests that the mark was added at the time of amphora production.