II.1.1 34. Incertum (dedication?), 575-550 B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Wall fragment.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H., W., Th., Diam..
Additional description
North Ionia, stemless cup, 575-550 B.C.E.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Grid square 108, pit 52.
Find circumstances
Found in 1976, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.76.76.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
0.25-0.5
Text
Category
Incertum (dedication?)
Date
575-550 B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><unclear reason="damage">Κ</unclear>ΕΑCΟΓ.<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
This is a difficult case. The letter to the right of alpha is not attested in 'Ionic dodekapolis and colonies' (as designated by Jeffery, LSAG), as we would expect from settlers of Borysthenes in this early period. At the same time, it is not impossible that Milesians were joined by other Aegeans in their apoikia or that Borysthenitai welcomed visitors/merchants from such islands as Paros or Thasos. Vinogradov sees such a scenario reflected in another unusual combination of letterforms found on our lemma 2.1.1 66 (see for discussion there). If that were the case, we could consider Parians or Thasians, for whom C-shaped letter could represent beta and Γ-shaped letter lambda (LSAG, pp. 289-190, Pl. 56). In that case, Ο should stand for omega, and we would read [- -]Κ̣Ε ΑΒΩΛ.[- -]. It is conceivable that we could have a personal name beginning with Abol- preceded by the verb [ἀνέθη]κε.
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