II.1.1 459. Unclassified mark, Archaic period.

Monument

Type

Three joining fragments of base. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

H., W., Th., Diam.7.5.

Additional description

Greyware, bowl, Archaic period. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1975, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.75.284. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

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

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Unclassified mark. 

Date

Archaic period. 

Dating criteria

Ceramic date. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Translation

 

Commentary

A circle with eight spikes, similar to a steering wheel to a ship's helm.

 

Images

 

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