II.1.1 87. Rectangle-shaped ostracon with opposing notches, Archaic period.

Monument

Type

Shaped ostracon. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Wall fragment shaped as rectangle with two notches in the middle of each short side. Ionia, closed vessel (polychrome?), Archaic. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, grid square 45, grey-clay layer, 0.45-0.60 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1979, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.79.173. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on the ostracon. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Rectangle-shaped ostracon with opposing notches 

Date

Archaic period. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

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