II.1.1 36. Incertum (dedication or ownership), ca. 550 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Rim fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Cup, North Ionia, ca. 550 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, square 121-123, grey-clay layer, depth 0.4-0.7 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1975, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.75.108. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Lip, exterior, along the rim. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.8-0.9

Text

Category

Dedication(?) 

Date

Ca. 550 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

[---]ΙΤΗ[---]

Diplomatic

[---]ΙΤΗ[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>ΙΤΗ<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

[- - ]ΙΤΗ[- -] e.g. [- - Ἀφροδ]ίτη (there is no iota in the Dative Sing. in the local dialect) or [- - Ἀφροδ]ίτη[ς or [Δημοκρ]ίτη[ς μ'ἀνέθηκε] but Aphrodite is more likely because a corner of delta seems visible on the left at the bottom.

 

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