II.1.1 9. Ownership(?) inscription, early V century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Fragment of foot. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

BG kylix, Attica, early V century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, below the level of House VI. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1986, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.86.209. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field 1

Position

Floor centre, interior. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.5

Text 1

Category

Ownership? inscription 

Date

Early V century B.C.E 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

[- -τ]ο Κύμβαλ[ο - -]

Diplomatic

[--Τ]ΟΚΥΜΒΑΛ[Ο--]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
      <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>[- -τ]ο Κύμβαλ[ο - -]
       <lb n="2"/>
      </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

Personal name Κύμβαλος is very rare. It is attested once in Tegea, Arkadia (IG V,2 38, line 52), in a list of names (IV/III cent BCE) where Kymbalos, son of Ariston is mentioned.

In our case, the omicron before kappa suggests the Genitive of the definite article and the name would have been in grammatical agreement, suggesting an ownership inscription, where Kymbalos would be the patronymic of the cup's owner.

 

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