II.1.1 462. Unclassified mark, 600-575 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Fragment of neck, rim, handle and shoulders.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H.24.0, W., Th., Diam..
Additional description
Trefoil jug, black on red buffed, Anatolian (Gordion?), 600-575 B.C.E.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Northwestern sector, Area Б, enclosure Г, semi-dugout XXXIX.
Find circumstances
Found in 1985, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.85.59.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Handle,exterior, overside, at the root. Originally inscribed on complete vessel.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
1.5x2.2
Text
Category
Unclassified mark
Date
600-575 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
Another such jug was found on Berezan in 2010 (pers. comm. S. Solovyov). Check out: (Roller, Gordion, graffiti).