II.1.1 44. Incertum (ownership?), ca. 550 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Fragment of foot. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H., W.2.8, Th., Diam..

Additional description

Attic(?) cup, class Athens 1104, ca. 550 B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, grid square 111, pit 39. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1976, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.76.241. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Cone interior of foot. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.7

Text

Category

Incertum (ownership?) 

Date

Ca. 550 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

[---]Σ ἐμί

Diplomatic

[---]ΣΕΜΙ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>Σ ἐμί
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

 

Commentary

ἐμί is clear, and the final simga of the preceding name is either human or divine owner of this cup. In this hidden position, on the inside of a foot, it is less likely to be a dedication than an ownership inscription.

 

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