II.1.1 30. Incertum (ownership?), ca. 600-575 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Rim fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

North Ionia, bird or rosette bowl (?), ca. 600-575 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, semi-dugout LVIII. 

Find circumstances

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

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.90.168. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

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

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.7-1.1

Text

Category

Incertum (ownership?) 

Date

Ca. 600-575 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

ΑΙΣΙ[- -]

Diplomatic

ΑΙΣΙ[--]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>ΑΙΣΙ[- -]
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

There are a few names (LGPN online lists 15) that begin with Aisi- so ownership inscription is very possible. Personal names also figure in sympotic and dedicatory inscriptions that often appear on lips of cups, so these are three equally probable categories of text in this case, hence Incertum.

 

Images

 

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