II.1.1 162. Production or commercial dipinto and graffiti marks, late V - early IV century B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Amphora.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H.55.0, W., Th., Diam..
Additional description
Herakleia, late V - early IV century B.C.E., stamp of maker Ramphios (Monakhov et al. 2019, Cat. HP.18). Almost fully preserved, small fragment of wall missing on one side, tip of base broken off.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Sector Г, grid square 190, Pit 41.
Find circumstances
Found in 1968, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.68.128.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field 1
Position
Neck, exterior, to the right of handle, underneath the painted red circle.
Lettering
Dipinto in red.
Letterheights (cm)
Unknown.
Text 1
Category
Production(?) dipinto.
Date
Late V - early IV century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>+
<lb n="2"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
It is clear that the cross-shaped mark was cut before the red circle was painted over it.
Images
Epigraphic field 2
Position
Neck, exterior, painted over Text 1.
Lettering
Graffito.
Text 2
Category
Unclassified (cross-shaped) mark.
Date
Late V - early IV century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
The large red dot (filled circle) painted over Text 1 suggests either an attempt to emphasize (make more visible) or conversely, to obliterate, cover up the earlier mark.
Images
Epigraphic field 3
Position
Neck, exterior, opposite side from Texts 1 and 2, below the stamp.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
Unknown.
Text 3
Category
Commercial notation.
Date
Late V - early IV century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="3">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Τ̣ Π̣
<lb n="2"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
The two marks with a bit of space between them appear alphabetic (roughly tau or gamma and pi), but if so, they are carelessly cut, with the horizontal of tau cutting across the top of othe vertical rather than resting on top it; the verticals of pi are not parallel, and the horizontal extends beyond the verticals to the left and right, while the left vertical extends up beyond the horizontal.
Images
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