II.1.1 81. Oval-shaped ostracon with graffito grid pattern, V-IV century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall fragment shaped as rounded ostracon, about one quadrant preserved. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Attica, BG open vessel, V-IV century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Eastern (Main), Pit in northeast corner, grid square 5, depth 0.46 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1962, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.62.64. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on ostracon. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Oval-shaped ostracon with graffito 

Date

V-IV century 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

Drawing of a grid that covers the entire surface of the sherd. The sherd is a fragment (quarter segment) of what would have been a rounded or oval shaped ostracon with filed down edges.

 

Images

 

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