II.1.1 442. Unclassified mark, IV century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall fragment 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Amphora, Chios, IV century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Northwestern sector, Area Б, grid square 46, southern half, grey-clay layer, depth 0.35-0.50. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1978, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.78.186. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

4.5 (preserved)

Text

Category

Unclassified mark. 

Date

IV 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

Mark in the shape of bisected angle or upside psi.

 

Images

 

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