II.1.1 73. Drawing (bird), 225-200 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Fragment of wall, rim, and handle. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H., W.7.5, Th., Diam..

Additional description

Attica?, red-glazed baggy kantharos, 225-200 B.C.E. (shape close to Agora XXIX, no. 271) 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

 

Find circumstances

Found in 1965, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.65.174. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Appears on wall, outside. Originally inscribed on complete vessel 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Drawing (bird). 

Date

225-200 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

The bird has a wattle, so is probably a rooster. It seems to be either feeding from a mouth of some vessel, or alternatively feeding a chick, whose beak is schematically drawn and over-emphasized in size.

 

Images

 

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