II.1.1 8. Ownership inscription and incerta, 500-480 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Saltcellar.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam.6.8.
Additional description
Saltcellar, Attica, 500-480 B.C.E. (Agora XII, nos. 926 or 930).
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Area Г, grid square 13, grey-clay layer, depth 0.55-1.00 m.
Find circumstances
Found in 1964, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.64.161.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field 1
Position
Base, underside.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
0.3-0.9
Text 1
Category
Ownership inscription.
Date
500-480 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ζώπυρος
<lb n="2"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
Ζώπυρος is a very common name but is not otherwise attested at Borysthenes, Olbia or its chora.
Images
Epigraphic field 2
Position
Base, underside.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
0.5-0.6 (HΙ)
Text 2
Category
Incertum
Date
500-480 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>ΗΙ
<lb n="2"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
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Epigraphic field 3
Position
Bowl, interior.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
0.3
Text 3
Category
Incertum
Date
500-480 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="3">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>ΗΙ
<lb n="2"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
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Epigraphic field 4
Position
Body, exterior, lateral surface.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
0.3
Text 4
Category
Incertum
Date
500-480 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="4">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Λ̣Ι̣<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>Ρ̣.Μ̣Η
<lb n="2"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
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