II.1.1 61. Incertum (ownership or dedication), early IV century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Amphora. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Attica? cup-skyphos, early IV century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Unknown. 

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.without number. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Base, underside. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.7-0.8

Text

Category

Incertum (ownership?) 

Date

Early IV century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

[- -]ΠΟΛ̣[- -]

Diplomatic

[--]ΠΟΛ̣[--]

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

We could restore a personal name, or divine name e.g. [Ἀ]πόλ̣[λωνος] or a word πόλ̣(εως), hence Incertum.

 

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