II.1.1 21. Dedication to Demeter, 500-450 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Rim fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Ionia, cup, 500-450 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, grid squares 1019, 1020, 1069, 1070, 1119, 1120. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1990, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.90.169. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Lip, exterior, along rim. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.6-0.8

Text

Category

Dedication(?) 

Date

500-450 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Δήμητρι̣

Diplomatic

ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙ̣

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

Δήμητρι is most likely a dedicatory inscription, with Demeter's name fully preserved. Although there could have been additional letters after the break on the right, names such Demetrios or Demetria are not common before the Hellenistic period.

 

Images

 

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