II.1.1 144. Production mark, pre-firing, Classical period.

Monument

Type

Wall fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Amphora, Mediterranean, Classical period. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Necropolis, grid square 292, 293, humus, depth 0-0.5 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1983, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.83.233. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Pre-firing graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.9

Text

Category

Production mark, pre-firing. 

Date

Classical period. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

\\\\\\

Diplomatic

\\\\\\

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

Six short left-leaning strokes. Probably, a numerical notation of some number of units.

 

Images

 

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