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