II.1.1 51. Incertum (dedication or ownership), ca. 500-480 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Rim fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Attica, BG cup, type C, ca. 500-480 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, enclosure 2/VII. 

Find circumstances

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

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.90.174. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Lip, exterior, along rim. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.35-0.5

Text

Category

Incertum (dedication or ownership) 

Date

Ca. 500-480 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

ΔΙΟ[---]

Diplomatic

ΔΙΟ[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

This is either a personal name or a dedication, as ΔΙΟ can be restored Διό[ς], Διο[σκόρων]/Διο[σκόροιν]/Διο[σκόροις], Διο[νύσωι]/Διο[νύσο], and any variety of a compund theophoric name, of which at least 11 varieties are attested at Olbia-Borysthenes in LGPN online.

 

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