II.1.1 334. Incertum (commercial?), late VI-early V century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Amphora, Chios, late VI-early V century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, pit 67. 

Find circumstances

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

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.90.170. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Incertum (commercial?) 

Date

Late VI-early V century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Η̣

Diplomatic

Η̣

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

There is a red painted line underneath the graffito, which may be part of a dipinto inscription or part of decoration.

 

Images

 

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