II.1.1 167. Production or commercial dipinto, ca. 575-550 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Foot fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

North Ionia, stemmed fruit plate, 575-550 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Western sector, grid square 73. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1973, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.73.72. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Foot, underside. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Dipinto. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Production or commercial notation. 

Date

Ca. 575-550 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Δ

Diplomatic

Δ

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

Delta is clear, but there is also a trace of red opposite it on the funnel underside of the foot. This trace might be an accidental touch of the brush, or if intentional, the traces might be those of a diagonal and crossbar, suggesting an alpha.

 

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