II.1.1 91. Bone astragalus with graffito, 2nd half of V century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Astragalus. 

Material

Bone. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, semi-dugout LII - holes for supporting wooden posts contained astragals and another bone object (for umbrella) - pottery of mid-V century dates the structure of 2nd half of V century B.C.E.; there is some late Archaic material mixed in. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1989, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.89.292. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Appears on... Originally inscribed on... 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

6.7 (preserved)

Text

Category

Numerical(?) mark 

Date

2nd half of V century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Archaeological context. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

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