II.1.1 24. Divine property (speaking object), 575-550 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Fragment of BF amphora rim. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

Unknown.

Additional description

Attic, BF amphora, close to type 179 (Agora XXIII), ca. 550 BC. Fragment of flat rim top (lip?): about one fifth of circumference survives. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Sector AI. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1909, excavations of E.R. von Stern. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.243. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the flat top (lip?) of the rim. 

Lettering

Graffito. Written orthograde, counterclockwise on the lip of the rim. Confident, practiced hand. Neat and even letters. Rho with open loop, with a hint of a tail. Epsilon with slanting horizontals. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.4-0.9

Text

Category

Dedication (speaking object). 

Date

575-550 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

[Ἀπόλλωνος Ἰ]ητρō εἰμί

Diplomatic

[..........]ΗΤΡŌΕΙΜΙ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">Ἀπόλλωνος</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">Ἰ</supplied>ητρō εἰμί
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

I am (property) of Ietros.

 

Commentary

It is possible that the name of Apollo was also included in the lost part of the inscription ([Ἀπόλλωνος τ]ō Ἰητρō, but the divine epiclesis could also be used on its own. The epigraphic form of 'speaking object' is common in the Archaic period.

 

Images

 

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