II.1.1 18. Dedication to Achilles, ca. 490-480 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Skyphos, missing foot.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam..
Additional description
Restored from fragments. Attica, BF cup skyphos, Haimon master, early 5th cent BC, close to 575 (Agora XII), ca. 490-480 BC (Tyler Jo Smith, no. 110, Hermitage - Борисфен. The Hermitage Archaeological Collection, vol. 2)
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Northwestern sector, Area Б, semi-dugout XLVIII.
Find circumstances
Found in 1987, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.87.76.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Lip, exterior, along rim. Originally inscribed on complete vessel.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
0.4-0.6
Text
Category
Dedicatory inscription
Date
Ca. 490-480 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Σποκης τὠχιλλῆι
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Spokes (dedicated) to Achilles.
Images
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