II.1.1 309. Commercial notation (trademark?), ca. 480 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Ring foot of cup.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam.8.8.
Additional description
Attica, BG cup, close to Agora XII, no. 418, ca. 480 B.C.E.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Northwestern sector, Area Б, well.
Find circumstances
Found in 1982, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.82.290.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Ring foot, underside. Originally inscribed on complete vessel.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
1.8
Text
Category
Commercial notation (trademark?)
Date
Ca. 480 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
ΑΝ Ω or ΑΥ Ω - Trademark? Similar to (AJW 1979) type 2B (iii) and (iv).