II.1.1 172. Production(?) and commercial(?) marks, ca. 550 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Base fragment.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam.5.2.
Additional description
N. Ionia, stemless cup, ca. 550 B.C.E.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Necropolis, grid squares 292, 293, yellow-clay layer, depth 1.80 m.
Find circumstances
Found in 1983, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.83.219.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field 1
Position
Base, underside.
Lettering
Dipinto.
Letterheights (cm)
Unknown.
Text 1
Category
Production or commercial notation?
Date
Ca. 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
Θ?
Images
Epigraphic field 2
Position
Base, underside.
Lettering
Graffito.
Text 2
Category
Commercial(?) notation
Date
Ca. 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
Translation
Commentary
ΙΗ or ΗΙ?
Images
Epigraphic field 3
Position
Interior, floor, centre.
Lettering
Graffito.
Text 3
Category
Unclassified mark (commercial?)
Date
Ca. 550 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="3">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
Mark in the shape of half meander
Images
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