II.1.1 46. Incertum (ownership or dedication?) inscription, ca. 550-525 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Rim fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Attica, little master lip cup, ca. 550-525 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, layer between street pavements. 

Find circumstances

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

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.87.143. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Lip, exterior, along rim. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.4

Text

Category

 

Date

Ca. 550-525 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

[---]ΟΜΑΙ[---]

Diplomatic

[---]ΟΜΑΙ[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>ΟΜΑΙ<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

[- -]ΟΜΑΙ[- -] could be restored as a personal name Κομαῖος attested on Paros in the 4th cent BCE (LGPN V1-5255), in Attica in the CLassical period (LGPN V2-39115, V2-39114). Χομαῖος is attested at Sinope, 4th cent BCE (LGPN V5a-3503). Κόμαιθος is less likely, as attested in the Hellenistic period, e.g. on Delos (LGPN V1-84095).

Alternatively, we have here a cultic epiclesis of Apollo such as Ἑβδομαιῶν, which is attested, for example, at Erythrai (Erythrai 61, line 87 = IEry 207), 189/150 BCE.

 

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