II.1.1 465. Unclassified mark, 2nd quarter VI century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Neck and rim fragment. 

Material

Clay. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

Oenochoe, North Ionia, 2nd quarter VI century B.C.E. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

Sector Г, square 28a, yellow-clayish layer, depth down to 0.8 m. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1967, excavations of K.S. Gorbunova. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.67.99. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Wall, exterior. Originally inscribed on complete vessel. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.2

Text

Category

Unclassified mark. 

Date

2nd quarter VI 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

It is either a dzeta or a non-alpabetic mark that is Z-shaped. In either case, its shape and position on the neck below the spout suggest commercial notation.

 

Images

 

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