II.1.1 213. Commercial or ownership mark, V century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Neck fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Amphora, Chios, V century B.C.E. 

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.87.155. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Neck, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

5.2

Text

Category

Commercial notation 

Date

V century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

, . 

Edition

ΚΡ

Diplomatic

ΚΡ

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

Κρ(ιθινος) as reference to drink, liquid, or wine is attested int textual sources. Dry barley could conceivably also be the contents. Alternatively, there are plenty of names that start with Kr- and could indicate the producer. Ownership is less likely, in my view.

 

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