II.1.1 329. Incertum (ownership or dedication?), ca. 400-375 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Rim fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Attica, BG, skyphos, 400-375 B.C.E. (close to Agora XII, no. 349). 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1967, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.67.147. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Lip, exterior, along rim. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.7

Text

Category

Incertum (ownership or dedication?) 

Date

Ca. 400-375 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

Alpha and lambda are clear. The letter at the left break is possibly a sigma. There is a definite incline in the stroke relative to the alpha and the rim. The angle is too shallow for an ypsilon or kappa. A tau is possible if the horizontal was scewed, but with the carefully drawn letters as shown in alpha and lambda, a scewed tau is not very likely.

Personal names starting with Σαλ- are quite common: 59 are listed in LGPN online. Drinking cups are often inscribed with personal names, dedications or sympotic inscriptions along the rim.

 

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