II.1.1 22. Dedication (divine property), 425-400 B.C.E

Monument

Type

Ring base. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H., W., Th., Diam.10.8 (inv).

Additional description

Attic, small bowl, type 469-470 (Agora XII), 425-400 B.C.E. Inside: glossed surface, flaked, almost completely lost. Underside: glossed concave surface, reserved flat centre underside and resting surface (check Agora description). 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1900-1901, excavations of G.L. Skadovsky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.94. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Base, underside, centre, within the reserved band. 

Lettering

Graffito. The text is laid out along the circumference of the reserved flat underside, clockwise. The first three letters radiate in relation to the centre of the base, the last three letters are written parallel to nu, without rotating the cup; as a result, the last two letters (sigma, omicron) appear on the same line, but slightly lower than ypsilon. V-shaped ypsilon. Four-bar sigma. Delta with vertical left hasta. 

Letterheights (cm)

10.1-10.3

Text

Category

Dedication (divine property). 

Date

425-400 B.C.E 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Δινύσ̣ο̣

Diplomatic

ΔΙΝΥΣ̣Ο̣

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

[Property] of Dionysos.

 

Commentary

The text Δινύσ̣ο̣ - the name of god Dionysos in the genitive marks the cup as property of Dionysos. LSJ, s.v. Dιόνυσος lists alternative spellings of the name in epigraphic sources, including Δίνυσος Αρχ. Εφ. 1913.221 (Mytilene). Other: Διένυσος, IG 12(7).78 (Amorgos); Δεύνυσος, Διώνουσος - Boeotia, IG 7.2468. It is also possible that the first omicron was left out by accident in our case.

 

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