II.1.1 141. Production mark, pre-firing, early V century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Shoulder fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H., W.7.3, Th., Diam..

Additional description

Amphora, proto-Thasos, early V century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwest Sector, grid square 19, semi-dugout. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1973, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.73.338. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Shoulder, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.8

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

The shape of the mark: three verticals topped by a horizontal that extends to the right and a diagonal stroke below that extension.

 

Images

 

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