II.1.1 127. Production mark, pre-firing, VI-V century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H., W.8.6, Th., Diam..

Additional description

Amphora, proto-Thasos from Chios, VI-V century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, grid square 74, northern half, grey-clay layer, depth 0.45-1.0 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1980, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.80.136. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Pre-firing graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

4.2 (preserved)

Text

Category

Production mark, pre-firing. 

Date

VI-V century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Λ

Diplomatic

Λ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><orig>Λ</orig>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
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