II.1.1 5. Ownership inscription, 600-550 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall and shoulder fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Attic amphora, 600-550 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, grid square 111, pit 39. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1976, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.76.119. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.9-3.3

Text

Category

Ownership inscription. 

Date

600-550 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

ΘΥΑΚΟ[---]

Diplomatic

ΘΥΑΚΟ[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>ΘΥΑΚΟ<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

A personal name Θυακος is not attested, but it is not clear what else the word can be.

 

Images

 

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