II.1.1 105. Production mark, pre-firing, late VI century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Neck, rim and handle stub fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.16.9, W., Th., Diam.12.0.

Additional description

Amphora, Lesbos, redware, late VI century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Sector "Г", grid square 26, well, depth down to 3.1 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1963, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.63.291. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Neck, just below rim, next to the handle (broken off). Originally inscribed on complete vessel, before firing. 

Lettering

Pre-firing graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

4.2

Text

Category

Production mark, pre-firing. 

Date

Late VI century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Κ

Diplomatic

Κ

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

Clearly drawn kappa. Pre-firing graffiti are most likely potter's marks.

 

Images

 

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