[ΒΑΘΕΑ : ΔΔͰΙ] βαθέα εἰκόσι (at 1 _dr._ 1 _ob._) That is, six kraters, value four drachmae; eight _oxides_; twenty _bathea_ (an unknown form), one drachma one obol. The _bathea_ were probably deep cups or ladles; the _oxides_ (_lit._ vinegar-cups) were small vessels, probably answering to our wine-glasses. Another instance given by Schöne[2072] is: [ΛΗΚΥΘΙΑ Δ] ληκύθια δέκα [ΟΙΝΟΧΟΑΙ ΙΙ] οἰνοχοαὶ δύο or ten lekythi and two oinochoae. Another good example is on a krater in the British Museum (E 504): [ΚΡΑΤΕΡΕ [Π]Ι : ͰͰͰͰ] κρατῆρε(ς) ἑξ τέσσαρες [ΠΕΛΛΙΝΙΑ : ΔΙΙ : ΙΙΙ] πελλίνια[2073] δώδεκα τρεῖς [ΟΞΙΔΕΣ : ΔΔ : ΙΙΙ] ὀξίδες εἰκόσι τρεῖς [ΟΞΥΒΑΦΑ : ΔΔͰI] ὀξύβαφα εἰκόσι (at 1 _dr._ 1 _ob._) _i.e._ six kraters at four drachmae, twelve cups at three obols, twenty _oxides_ at three obols, twenty _oxybapha_ at one drachma one obol. Another in Vienna[2074]: [ΚΡΑΤΕΡΕ[Σ] : [Π]Ι : ΤΙΜΕ : κρατῆρες ἑξ τιμὴ τέσσαρες (4 _dr._) ͰͰͰͰ] [ΒΑΘΕΑ : ΔΔ : ΤΙΜΕ : ͰΙ] βαθέα εἰκοσι τιμὴ ͰΙ (1 _dr._ 1 _ob._) ..[ΟΞΙΔΕ[Σ] : Δ] ὀξιδες δέκα is to the same effect as the two preceding. On a hydria at Petersburg[2075] we find: [ΥΔΤΡΙΔΡΑΧΠΟΙ ΑΝ] ὑδ(ρίαι) τρ(ε)ῖ(ς) δραχ(μῶν) π(έντε) ὀ(βόλου) ἑνός or three hydriae worth five drachmae one obol. The last example that need be mentioned is from a vase at Berlin[2076]: [Α] · ΛΥΔΙΑ ΜΕΙΩ : Ι : Ε : ΛΕΠΑΣΤΙΔΕΣ : Κ : Ι ὠά(?)· Λύδια με(ί)ξω ιέ λεπαστίδες κξ’ Here the letters probably stand for numerals of the ordinary kind, denoting the numbers of the batch (ιε’ = 15, κξ’ = 27). The form of the letters in all these cases is that of the fifth century. In the case of the second, third, and fourth examples given, it will be noted that the shape of the vase itself corresponds with the first item. Jahn and Letronne originally held the view that these marks were made by the potter on the feet of the vases _before_ they were attached to their respective bodies.[2077] Schöne, in the light of the examples already quoted, makes the ingenious suggestion that each list represents a different “set” of so many vases of different forms, and used for different purposes, sold together in a batch, like a modern “dinner-set” or “toilet-set” of china. Thus we have in our fourth example a set of six mixing-bowls at four drachmae (3_s._) apiece, ten wine-glasses at (probably) three obols or 4½_d._ apiece, and twenty cups or ladles at about 10½_d._ apiece.