II.1.1 16. Sympotic(?) inscription, Ca. 550 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Ionian cup. Fragment of rim and wall. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

Unknown.

Additional description

Rim and wall fragment of N. Ionia, stemmed cup, ca. 550 B.C.E. The fragment is glued from several smaller sherds. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Western sector, grid square 52, grey-clay layer, depth down to 0.85 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1976, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.76.144. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Below the rim, on a reserved clay band, along the circumference, from left to right. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.3-0.6

Text

Category

Sympotic(?) inscription 

Date

Ca. 550 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

[---]?ΣΕ[---]
[---]μ̣αίνεσθα[ι] καὶ ἐρᾶν [---]

Diplomatic

[---]?ΣΕ[---]
[---].ΑΙΝΕΣΘΑ[.]ΚΑΙΕΡΑΝ[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
    <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>?ΣΕ<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><unclear>μ</unclear>αίνεσθα<supplied reason="lost">ι</supplied> <g>:</g> καὶ ἐρᾶν <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/></ab>
   </div>
 
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