II.1.1 45. Incertum (dedication or ownership?), 550-525 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Fragment of foot. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Attica, BG kylix, type C, 550-525 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, house IV. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1987, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.87.148. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Foot, underside. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.4-0.5

Text

Category

Incertum (dedication or ownership?) 

Date

550-525 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

ΝΑΙΩ

Diplomatic

ΝΑΙΩ

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

The text is fully preserved, so the challenge is not that of restoration but of interpretation. There is a known cultic epithet of Zeus - Naios - so we may have here a Dative form and therefore a dedication. This epithet is attested at the sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona.It would be quite singular if we had its appearance at Borysthenes. A personal name Ναιώ is attested on Rhodes but only in I cent BC- I cent CE (LGPN V1-35253), and Ναίων is attested once each on Lesbos and Teos.

 

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