II.1.1 76. Drawing of a geometric pattern, 550-525 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Base and floor fragment, possibly shaped as ostracon. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H., W., Th., Diam.5.8.

Additional description

North Ionia, stemless cup, 550-525 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northweste sector, grid quare 22, below pavement, depth to 1.0 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1973, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.73.83. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Floor, interior. Unclear if originally inscribed on complete vessel or on ostracon. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Incertum 

Date

550-525 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

The available surface is criss-crossed. Two of the four quadrants are hatched with additional curving lines creating a pattern.

 

Images

 

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