II.1.1 52. Incertum (ownership, dedication or sympotic), early V century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Rim fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Attica, BF band cup, early V century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, semi-dugout LXVI. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1991, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.91.163. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Lip, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

1

Text

Category

Incertum (ownership, dedication or sympotic) 

Date

Early V century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

[- -]ΙΝΕ̣[- -]

Diplomatic

[--]ΙΝΕ̣[--]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>[- -]ΙΝΕ̣[- -]
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

There are too many possibilities for restoration, but the placement along the rim of the cup and a careful execution suggest that the options are either as an ownership inscription, dedication or sympotic inscription.

 

Images

 

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