II.1.1 222. Commercial(?) notation, 550-525 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Amphora. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.51.0 (preserved), W., Th., Diam.35.6.

Additional description

Clazomenae, 550-525 B.C.E. (Monakhov et al. 2019, Hermitage Kl.3). About one third from the top down restored from fragments. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area A, pit 5. 

Find circumstances

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

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.73.351. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Neck, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Commercial(?) notation. 

Date

550-525 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

, . 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

Monakhov reports a dipinto lambda on the shoulder, but none is not visible on the photo - I suspect an error. Strangely, he does not report a clearly visible graffito on the neck. The shape is possibly a monogram, but safer to designate as unclassified mark. The function is probably commercial.

 

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