II.1.1 408. Unclassified (cross-shaped) mark, early V century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Fragment of base. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Tub, redware, close to no. 1847 (Agora XII), early V century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Western sector, pit 7 (well), depth 1.9-3.6 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1971, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.71.267. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Appears on underside. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

7-8

Text

Category

 

Date

Early V century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

Positioned slightly off-centre, the mark crosses the entire underside area of the round base. Incised with a very thin point.

 

Images

 

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