II.1.1 65. Names, V century B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Wall fragment of cup.
Material
Clay.
Dimensions (cm)
H.2.9, W.4.2, Th., Diam..
Additional description
Attic, BG cup, V century B.C.E.
Find place
Berezan.
Find context
Northwestern sector, Area Б, grid square 48, eastern half, dugout.
Find circumstances
Found in 1979, excavations of L.V. Kopeykina.
Modern location
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Institution and inventory
The State Hermitage Museum, Б.79.233.
Autopsy
August 2016.
Epigraphic field
Position
Wall, exterior.
Lettering
Graffito.
Letterheights (cm)
0.3-0.4
Text
Category
Names?
Date
V century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Ceramic date.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>..Α̣ΞΗΣ...<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>Ἐ̣υθυμίης<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Commentary
The text is written in two lines, both of them later crossed out. It is most likely that the text was written on an ostracon rather than on a complete vessel. The letters of both lines make best sense if taken as personal names. Εὐθυμίη is attested in our region (LGPN online V4-17801), at Nymphaion, on a vase of 480-470 BCE (SGDI 5579 = Tolstoy 108 = LSAG2 p. 373, Pl. 72, no. 63 ; = Arch. Class. 25-6 (1973-4) p. 349 no. 15). Several male names einding in -ξης are known, inluding e.g. Ἀλεξῆς, Ἀναξῆς, Ξέρξης, etc.
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