II.1.1 57. Incertum, ca. 450 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Fragments of acrocup. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Attica, BG cup (type B, acrocup, ca. 450 B.C.E. (close to Agora XII, no. 443). 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, pit 67. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1990, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.90.173. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

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

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.5-0.75

Text

Category

Incertum 

Date

Ca. 450 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

[- -]Α̣?ΑΦ[- -]

Diplomatic

[--]Α̣?ΑΦ[--]

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

The position of graffito below and along the rim is typical for dedicatory or ownership inscriptions. The cup is preserved in fragments, some of them joining. One fragment carries four letters: alpha, sampi(?), alpha, and phi. On the fragment that adjoins on the left, two small notches at the break might be endpooints of letter strokes (so represented on the drawing) but could also be accidental flaking due to damage.

 

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