II.1.1 17. Dedication to Athena, 510-500 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Body fragments.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam.18.8.
Additional description
Black-Figure Attic, top-band stemless cup(?), 510-500 B.C.E. (Agora XIII, nos. 1781-1800); body restored from fragments, foot missing. (CVA Russia, 18, (A. Petrakova, Attic Black Figure Drinking Cups, part III, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Fasc. 10), no.)
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Grid square 158-160, western half, 0-0.38 m.
Find circumstances
Found in 1975, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.75.156.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Lip, exterior, along rim. Originally inscribed on complete vessel.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
0.2-0.8
Text
Category
Dedication.
Date
510-500 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ἀθηνάη
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
Ἀθηνάη is inscribed along the rim, the first two letters parallel, and the rest perpendicular to the rim. This form of Athena's name is typical for Berezan and Olbia (IGDOlb 68, 69), where reduction of triphtongs is attested (IGDOlb, p. 186).
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