II.1.1 332. Incertum (commercial?), VI century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall fragment 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Amphora, Chios, VI century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwest Sector, grid square 22, cavity in the ground with ashy soil, depth to 1.35 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1973, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.73.339. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.5

Text

Category

Incertum (commercial?) 

Date

VI century 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

The fragment is broken off on all sides. It is not clear whether the full graffito consisted of the cross-shaped mark, or there were further strokes. There is a stroke at the end of one of the crossing strokes. This could point to a swastika shape.

 

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