II.1.1 115. Production mark, pre-firing, early V century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Neck, rim, and handle stub fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Amphora, Lesbos, early V century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Sector "Г", square 27aб, humus above the depression, depth to 0.6 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.67.169. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Neck, exterior, below rim, right of handle stub. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

3

Text

Category

Production mark, pre-firing. 

Date

Early V 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

Vertical stroke crossed at mid-height by a very short diagonal.

 

Images

 

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