II.1.1 456. Unclassified mark, 575-550 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Amphora. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.47.3 (preserved), W., Th., Diam.30.4.

Additional description

North Aegean (Proto-Thasos), 575-550 B.C.E. Restored from multiple fragments, with some parts missing, including part of wall and all of foot. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Norwestern sector, Area A, grid square 109, pit 46, semi-dugout XX, floor. The semi-dugout contained painted ceramics of the 1st half - middle of VI century B.C.E. The fill of pit 46 mainly contained fragments of storage vessels, including three amphorae of the 1st half of VI century B.C.E.  

Find circumstances

Found in 1976, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.76.424. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Neck, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Unclassified mark. 

Date

575-550 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

Several (2-3?) vertical lines coming to one point at the bottom.

 

Images

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