II.1.1 130. Production mark, pre-firing, early V century B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Shoulder fragment of amphora.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W.12.3, Th., Diam..
Additional description
Amphora, proto-Thasos, early V century B.C.E.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Northwestern sector, Area Б, pit 29.
Find circumstances
Found in 1984, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.84.239.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Appears on shoulder, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel.
Lettering
Pre-firing graffito, retrograde.
Letterheights (cm)
6
Text
Category
Production mark
Date
Early V century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
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</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus