Building complex (dugout) No. 17/1979 at the Elizavetovskoye settlement Cover Image

Строительный комплекс (землянка) № 17/1979 г. на Елизаветовском городище
Building complex (dugout) No. 17/1979 at the Elizavetovskoye settlement

Author(s): Sergey Yur'yevich MONAKHOV, E.V. KUZNETSOVA
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Ancient World
Published by: Нижневартовский государственный университет
Keywords: Elizavetovskoye settlement; amphorae stamps; 4th century BCE; dating;

Summary/Abstract: The article introduces for the first time into scientific circulation the finds from the filling of the pit of the building complex No. 17 and the associated pit No. 1, discovered at the Elizavetovskoye settlement in 1979. The main part of the finds is dated between the 370s and the beginning of the 340s BCE. The collection of stamps of Heraklea contains marks with the names of the magistrates Κρωµνίτης, Κερκίνος, Διονύσιος-II, Ἀγνοδάμος, Καρακύδης, Μᾶτρις, Καλλίας. The two stamps of the new magistrate Γρυπίων represented a special degree; it was recently singled out by A.B. Kolesnikov. Due to the materials of the complex, it was possible not only to clarify the correct spelling of the official’s name, but also to determine the time of his activity within the 360s BCE. The fragments of the Thasian amphorae from the complex bear the stamps of the magistrate Νύμφων, imprinted with one matrix (with the exception of one exemplar) and undoubtedly represent a single discharge, marking the time of the filling of the pit within the 340s BCE. The presence of the upper part of the Lesbos grey clay amphora in the complex allows us to establish the dating of vessels of this type, which are extremely rare in the sites of the Northern Black Sea region.

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