II.1.1 137. Production mark, pre-firing, and commercial notation, early V century B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Neck fragment.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam..
Additional description
Amphora, proto-Thasos, early V century B.C.E.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Northwestern sector, grid square 110, grey-clay layer, depth 0.38-0.7 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.75.311.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field 1
Position
Floor centre, interior.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
5
Text 1
Category
Unclassified mark (commercial?)
Date
575-550 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/>
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
Epigraphic field 2
Position
Base, underside.
Lettering
Graffito.
Text 2
Category
Unclassified mark (Trademark?
Date
575-550 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/>
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus