II.1.1 387. Unclassified (cross-shaped) mark, ca. 550 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Neck fragment of amphora. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Amphora, Chios, ca. 550 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Necropolis, grid square 22, grey-clay layer, 0.6-1.4 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1982, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.82.283. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Neck, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

6.5 (preserved)

Text

Category

Unclassified (cross-shaped) mark. 

Date

Ca. 550 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

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