II.1.1 59. Incertum (dedication?), V century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Rim fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Attica, BG cup, V century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Sector Г, square 27aб, cellar, depth to 1.8 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1967, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.67.150. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

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

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.7

Text

Category

Incertum (dedication?) 

Date

V century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

ΑΧ̣[- -]

Diplomatic

ΑΧ̣[--]

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

ΑΧ̣[- -] could be restored as dedication to Achilles (in the Dative or Genitive), or alternatively as a theophoric name, e.g. Achillodoros, which could be in the Nom. and followed by a deity's name in the Dative. The placement on the lip of a cup is typical for dedications, but also to sympotic inscriptions. Less likely it is an ownership inscription - these more often appear on underside of cups.

 

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