II.1.1 426. Unclassified (pentagram) mark, VI century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Amphora, Chios, VI century B.C.E.  

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Sector Г, square 27a, humus, depth to 0.5 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1967, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.67.98. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.1

Text

Category

Unclassified (pentagram) mark. 

Date

VI century 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

Pentagram mark is attested quite regularly on Ionian pottery.

 

Images

 

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