II.1.1 4. Ownership inscription, ca. 550-525 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Foot fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H., W., Th., Diam.6.2.

Additional description

N. Ionia, stemless cup, ca. 550-525 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, cistern. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1989, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky.. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.89.251. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Foot, underside. Originally inscribed on complete(?) vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.3-1.7

Text

Category

Ownership inscription. 

Date

Ca. 550-525 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Ἀντιπάτρου

Diplomatic

ΑΝΤΙΠΑΤΡΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Ἀντιπάτρου
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

Personal name Ἀντίπατρος is very common in the Greek world: there are nearly 700 instances registered in LGPN, including several 6th-century BCE examples from Ionia. There is no other Antipiatros known in Borysthenes or Olbia.

 

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