II.1.1 97. Production mark, pre-firing, V-IV century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Body fragment of amphora. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.8.5, W., Th., Diam..

Additional description

Amphora, Chios, V-IV century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwest Sector, square 108, depth from 0.3-0.7 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1974, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.74.242. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Body exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.8

Text

Category

Production mark, pre-firing. 

Date

V-IV century 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

Cross-shaped mark.

 

Images

 

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