II.1.1 29. Incertum (ownership?), late VII?-early VI century B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Wall fragment.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam..
Additional description
Amphora, Ionia (North?), late VII - early VI century B.C.E.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Northwestern sector, Area Б, ditch-like cavity, grid square 712 - the deposit contained pottery of late VII and early VI centuries B.C.E., one of the earliest parts of the settlement.
Find circumstances
Found in 1989, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.89.242.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
2.8-3.3
Text
Category
Ownership(?)
Date
Late VII?-early VI century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>ΛΕ<unclear reason="damage">Ο</unclear><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
The direction of writing is retrograde. ΛΕΟ̣[- -] is probably a personal name, such as Leontiskos or Leophron, e.g. attestered in Ephesos in the 4th century BCE. We would not expect an omicron to be representing omega here, where an Ionian script would be in use both at the likely production site and at Borysthenes.
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