II.1.1 205. Commercial notation, 2nd half VI century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Amphora handle. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.9.0, W., Th., Diam..

Additional description

Amphora, Chios, 2nd half VI century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, dugout XXII. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1982, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.83.234. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Handle, overside, at the lower end. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Commercial notation. 

Date

2nd half VI 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

One horizontal notch across handle, at the lower end.

 

Images

 

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