II.1.1 224. Commercial notation, 2nd half VI century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Amphora handle. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.17.0, W., Th., Diam..

Additional description

Clazomenae, 2nd half VI century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

North Sector II, square II-III, grey-clay layer, depth 0.3-0.65 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1966, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.66.207. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Handle, overside, top part. Originally inscribed on complete(?) vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.8 (if zeta). 1.7 (if eta)

Text

Category

Commercial notation. 

Date

2nd half VI century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Ζ

Diplomatic

Ζ

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

Dzeta vertically on the handle - more likely, or Η (eta) - across handle - less likely.

 

Images

 

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