II.1.1 20. Dedication, ca. 420 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Fragment of base.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam..
Additional description
Attica, BG stemless cup, ca. 420 B.C.E. (close to Agora XII, nos. 494-505).
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Sector Г, square 27aб, cellar, depth to 1.8 m.
Find circumstances
Found in 1967, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.67.149.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Base, underside. Originally inscribed on complete vessel.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
0.6-1.1
Text
Category
Dedication
Date
Ca. 420 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>[- -]Ι̣ΝΑ Ἀφρ[οδίτηι]
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
This must be a dedicatory formula with a personal female name in the Nominative followed by the deity's name in the Dative. There is a preserved tip of a vertical at the left break, which is most likely an iota. There are many possible options for a personal name, e.g. Εὐαρίνα is attested at Olbia-Borysthenes in the Vth cent B.C.E. (LGPN V4-17759; SEG XLVIII 1017 A).
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