II.1.1 327. Incertum (ownership or commercial), VI-V centuries B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H., W.7.0, Th., Diam..

Additional description

Amphora, Lesbos, VI-V centuries B.C.E.  

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Sector Г, half-square 29, fill of a medieval dugout, depth down to 2.72 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.66.215. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.3

Text

Category

Incertum (commercial?) 

Date

VI-V centuries B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

ΑΘ[- -] - abbreviation of personal name, most likely, but this can be owner or merchant. Less likely to be place name or deity's name.

 

Images

 

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