II.1.1 206. Commercial mark, VI century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Amphora handle. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Amphora, Chios, VI century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwest Sector, grid square 12, grey-clay layer, depth 0.3-0.73 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1973, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.73.340. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Handle, side edge. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.7

Text

Category

Commercial mark. 

Date

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

Four short notches preserved before the break.

 

Images

 

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