II.1.1 240. Commerical notation, 500-475 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Neck of amphora. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.21.0, W., Th., Diam..

Additional description

Neck of Lesbos amphora, 500-475 B.C.E., complete with rim and handle stub. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Necropolis, Burial 88, depth 1.45 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.83.281. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Neck, exterior, just below rim, left of handle stub. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. Retrograde.  

Letterheights (cm)

4.8

Text

Category

Commerical notation. 

Date

500-475 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Π

Diplomatic

Π

EpiDoc (XML)

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