II.1.1 513. Incertum, 600-575 BCE

Monument

Type

Shoulder and neck fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.12.2, W., Th., Diam..

Additional description

Amphora, Attica, SOS type, 600-575 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, semi-dugout XLI. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1985, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.85.225. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Shoulder, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.7 (preserved)

Text

Category

Ownership or commercial notation 

Date

600-575 BCE 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

A possible ownership or commercial notation. Ownership graffiti are relatively common on SOS amphorae.

 

Images

 

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