II.1.1 42. Incertum (ownership?) inscription, 1st half VI century B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Shoulder fragment.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam..
Additional description
Amphora, Attica, 1st half VI century B.C.E.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Northwestern sector, Area Б, grid square 47, southern half, grey-clay layer, depth 0.35-0.50
Find circumstances
Found in 1978, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.78.65.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
2 (preserved)
Text
Category
Incertum (ownership?)
Date
1st half VI century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ρ̣Υ<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
Rho is the first letter of a name, as there is enough of the sherd preserved to the left of rho, so that another letter would have shown; in this case, we may have here another attestation of the name Ῥύνδαξ or Ῥύνδακος, as we most likely have in 2.1.1 39. If there were other letters to the left of rho with a larger gap between that hypothetical letter and rho, other names would be possible.
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