II.1.1 510. Incerta, 525-500 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Rim fragment.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W.6.4, Th., Diam..
Additional description
Ionian lekane, 525-500 B.C.E. (close to Agora XII, no. 1216-1217).
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Area Г, Pit 11.
Find circumstances
Found in 1964, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.64.163.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field 1
Position
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
Unknown.
Text 1
Category
Date
575-550 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/>
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
The graffiti on the exterior and interior appear to contain the same letters: alpha, alpha, omicron, iota, gamma, ksi, sigma, iota
Epigraphic field 2
Position
Lettering
Graffito.
Text 2
Category
Date
575-550 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/>
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
Alpha, iota, alpha, iota.