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Art/Literary - Archaeology | | Italian term or phrase: graffitte | | comes from sentence: ntot sopratutto per le iscrizioni graffitte su vasi attici in alfabeto greco |
| | | graffito | Explanation:
You can use "graffito" for the entire term "inscrizioni graffite".
Graffito means it was incised on the vase.
Here is a description (first reference below)
Inscriptions on Greek pottery are of two kinds; the incised (graffito) the earliest of which are contemporary with the beginnings of the Greek alphabet in the 8th century BC, and the painted (dipinto), which only begin to appear a century later. Both forms are relatively common on painted vases until the Hellenistic period when the practice of inscribing pots seems to die out. They are by far most frequently found on Attic pottery where approximately one in ten (some 8,000 to 10,000) bears a legend.
This is another article referring to Greek vases (second reference):
Also of interest is a large 4th-century wine jug, known as the Funcke Chous, which has a ***graffito*** scratched on the underside of its foot reading CHOES. K has calculated its volume as 2.267 liters, although one official chous should hold 3.28 liters. The inscription might refer to the Choes/Anthesteria festival, especially because there is a torch race on horseback depicted on the vase, but this association has been refuted.
HTH
Catherine |
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 Catherine Bolton
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| Grading comment have used this as seems the most appropriate. thanks
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23 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 graffito
Explanation:
You can use "graffito" for the entire term "inscrizioni graffite".
Graffito means it was incised on the vase.
Here is a description (first reference below)
Inscriptions on Greek pottery are of two kinds; the incised (graffito) the earliest of which are contemporary with the beginnings of the Greek alphabet in the 8th century BC, and the painted (dipinto), which only begin to appear a century later. Both forms are relatively common on painted vases until the Hellenistic period when the practice of inscribing pots seems to die out. They are by far most frequently found on Attic pottery where approximately one in ten (some 8,000 to 10,000) bears a legend.
This is another article referring to Greek vases (second reference):
Also of interest is a large 4th-century wine jug, known as the Funcke Chous, which has a ***graffito*** scratched on the underside of its foot reading CHOES. K has calculated its volume as 2.267 liters, although one official chous should hold 3.28 liters. The inscription might refer to the Choes/Anthesteria festival, especially because there is a torch race on horseback depicted on the vase, but this association has been refuted.
HTH
Catherine
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery_of_ancient_Greece
Reference: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2007/2007-07-40.html
| Catherine Bolton
Local time: 02:39
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| | Grading comment | have used this as seems the most appropriate. thanks |
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24 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 engraved or etched or even inscribed
Explanation:
I think there's a spelling mistake, as it shoould be 'graffite' with one 't', with comes form the verb 'grafire'. If you think about ancient inscriptions, then you may get an idea of what these are.
| BrigitteC
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