II.1.1 94. Shoulder blade with graffito drawing of birds, no later than 540-525 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Shoulder blade. 

Material

Bone. 

Dimensions (cm)

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

Additional description

The scapular spine of this shoulder blade is decoratively carved. 

Find place

Berezan. 

Find context

In the layer on top of which overgound houses of 540-525 B.C.E. were built. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1989, excavations of Ya.V. Domansky. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Б.89.296. 

Autopsy

August 2016. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Lettering

Graffito. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Drawing of birds 

Date

No later than 540-525 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Archaeological context. 

Edition

Diplomatic

EpiDoc (XML)

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