II.1.1 430. Unclassified (pentagram and another) marks, Late Archaic.

Monument

Type

Fragment of base and wall. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Bowl, greyware, Late Archaic. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area A, grid squares 11, 12, humus layer. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1986, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.86.211. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field 1

Position

Wall, exterior. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text 1

Category

Unclassified (pentagram) mark. 

Date

Late Archaic. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition


Diplomatic


EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
      <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>
       <lb n="2"/>
      </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

 

Images

 

Epigraphic field 2

Position

Base, underside. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Text 2

Category

Unclassified mark. 

Date

Late Archaic. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Edition


Diplomatic


EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
      <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>
      <lb n="2"/>
      </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

The geometric shape resembles a side view of a horned altar, the shape attested in ancient Judea, or Minoan 'horns of consecration'.

 

Images

 

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