II.1.1 526. Incertum, 500-480 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Shaped ostracon made from foot of a cup.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam.5.0.
Additional description
Attica, BG cup, type C, close to Agora XII, no. 440, 500-480 B.C.E.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Northwestern sector, Area Б, enclosure В, below pavement 2.
Find circumstances
Found in 1984, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.84.232.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Floor of cup, interior. Originally inscribed on ostracon(?).
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
0.6
Text
Category
Incertum.
Date
500-480 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><orig>Υ ΔΕΔ</orig>
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
Looks to me as a shaped ostracon.