II.1.1 33. Incertum (ownership or divine property), 1st half VI century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Fragment of cup. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Stemmed cup, North Ionia, 1st half VI century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Western sector, grid square 81б, grey-clay layer, depth down to 0.4-0.6 m, east of masonry wall 1. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1977, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.77.95. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Lip of cup, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.3-0.7

Text

Category

Incertum (ownership?) inscription. 

Date

1st half VI century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

[---]ΟΣ εἰμ̣[ί]

Diplomatic

[---]ΟΣΕΙ.[.]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>ΟΣ εἰ<unclear reason="damage">μ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ί</supplied>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

Both a theonym (e.g. Ἀπόλλωνος or Ἀρτέμιδος) and a personal name are possible, marking the cup as either divine or human property, hence Incertum.

 

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