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Notre ami Pierre Dupont

Author(s): Alexandru Avram / Language(s): French Issue: 51/2018

Pierre Dupont, auquel nous avons le plaisir de dédier ce volume à l’occasion de son 70e anniversaire, est depuis 1974 une présence incontournable dans l’espace de l’archéologie classique en Roumanie. Bien que sa curiosité incessante et ses multiples exploits scientifiques l’aient amené à fréquenter assidument le pourtour de la mer Noire (Bulgarie, Ukraine et Russie, Géorgie, Turquie), c’est sans aucun doute avant tout la Roumanie, avec sa Dobroudja qu’il connaît par coeur, qui a marqué le destin de ce céramologue hors-pair.

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Two Fragmentary Vases from Miletus Imitating (?) Chian Pottery

Author(s): Gerald P. Schaus / Language(s): English Issue: 51/2018

Two fragmentary vases from the Aphrodite sanctuary at Miletus have affinities with Chian fine ware pottery. Both are colourfully decorated – one, a cup orchalice rim from the seventh century BC has Middle Wild Goat ornament; the other, a phiale, is Athenian in Six’s technique, from the late sixth or early fifth century BC. The former would benefit from clay analysis, while comparanda found in the Cyclades for the latter may also be candidates for analysis.

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Mytilene, the Aeolic World, and Beyond

Author(s): Hector Williams / Language(s): English Issue: 51/2018

The paper discusses late Bronze Age history of Lesbos when it was part of the Hittite world, the arrival of the Greeks on Lesbos in the 8th c. BC, and the archaeological and historical remains of the Archaic period, especially the characteristic Aeolic grey wares made and exported, and events linking Lesbos with Sparta and Egypt.

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Archaic East Greek Pottery from Nemirov Fortified Settlement and Some Questions of Distribution of Early Greek Pottery in the Northern Black Sea Region

Author(s): Marina Yu. Vakhtina / Language(s): English Issue: 51/2018

Nemirovo fortified settlement on the South Bug river belongs to one of gigantic sites of forest-steppe zone of the Northern Black Sea Coastal Region. The archeological study of this settlement in the 20th century have brought numerous and various archaeological finds. By modern investigations three basic components in material culture of the population of Nemirovo have been determined: local forest -steppe Early Scythian component, cultural impulse from the Eastern Hallstatt area and the evidences of the early contacts with the Greeks. The excavations at Nemirovo acropolis gave are presentative collection of the Archaic East Greek pottery, the large part of the examples were of South Ionian production dated to ca. 650/640-630 BC. The article deals with several fragments of Greek painted pottery from Nemirovo decorated in Middle Wild Goat Style I in the light of the problem of distribution of early Greek pottery over the barbarian hinterland (the evidences of the connections with the first Greek colonies of Lower Bug or pre-colonization contacts?).

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Amphorae Assemblages of the Second Quarter - Mid-6th Century BC from the North-Eastern Part of The Berezan Island Site

Author(s): Dmitrii Chistov / Language(s): English Issue: 51/2018

In this article we analyze joint finds of the transport amphorae, belonging to the different types and different centers of production, found in the filling of several structures of the archaic Berezan settlement, including dugouts and storage pits. Most of these structures are dated to the second quarter or to the beginning of the third quarter of the 6th century BC, i.e. to the time shortly before the beginning of the phase of rapid urbanization of Berezan settlement. Since the Berezan island site is well stratified, these assemblages give an essential data for establishing relative chronologies for various types of transport amphorae.

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An Assemblage of the mid-6th Century BC Well from the Berezan Excavations of 1963/1964

Author(s): Sergey Vladimirovich Monakhov,Elena Vladimirovna Kuznetsova,Dmitrii Chistov / Language(s): English Issue: 51/2018

The article is devoted to the assemblage of finds from the well excavated by the State Hermitage archaeological mission under the direction of K.S. Gorbunova in 1963–1964 on the Berezan island. Transport amphorae are represented by the Samian, Lesbian and Klazomenian production. In addition, fragments of handles belonging to Cypriot basket-handle amphorae appear in the same deposit. The filling of the well contained the significant number of complete and fragmented tableware vessels of the Corinthian, Chian, Attic, North and South Ionian production. The dating of painted pottery fits into the narrow chronological limits of the second – early third quarters of the 6th century BC. The deposit of the well is close to the ’border’ deposits and structures precedent to the early stage of the mass construction of stone-and mud brick houses in the third quarter of the 6th century BC. Probably, the well is synchronous with the dugouts of the second quarter of that century but it was filled up in the course of the rapid urbanization of the colony in the 540s BC or slightly later.

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Chian Kraters from the Excavation in Berezan

Author(s): Y.I. Ilyina / Language(s): English Issue: 51/2018

The purpose of this article is to present examples of Chian black-figure style pottery discovered in Berezan in 2006 and 2011. In the 6th century Chian workshop produces kraters painted in the black-figure style.

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“Sindian” Coins: Some Remarks

Author(s): V.D. Kuznetsov / Language(s): English Issue: 51/2018

So-called „Sindian” coins have long been a subject of vigorous debate among researchers interested in the history and numismatics of the Kimmerian Bosporos.These coins, stamped with various obverse and reverse designs, are essentially Greek in nature; yet a lot of specialists attribute them to the Sindian tribe that inhabited the Taman Peninsula and its vicinities. According to this line of thought, the appearance of coinage proves the existence of the Sindian state. Other scholars believe that the „Sindian” coins were struck by some Greek city of the Kimmerian Bosporos, for example – by SindianHarbour.

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On the Early Date of the Sanctuary of Demeter in Apollonia: Some East Greek Pottery

Author(s): Margarit Damyanov / Language(s): English Issue: 51/2018

The paper presents the East Greek pottery from the first half of the 6th c.BC, discovered at a site in ancient Apollonia Pontica, identified as a sanctuary of Demeter. Although fragmentary, the materials – Ionian cups, rosette bowls, etc. –indicate it emerged in the late first or the second quarter of the 6th c. BC, which fact make sit one of the earliest positively identified sanctuaries not only in Apollonia, but in the West Pontic region as a whole.

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Votivterrakotten der ionischen koinè aus einem spätarchaisch/frühklassischen Fundkontext in Amisos

Author(s): Lâtife Summerer / Language(s): German Issue: 51/2018

This article presents the votive terracottas from a late archaic / early classical find context that was discovered in 2009 in the Kurupelit district of Atakum, a suburb of Samsun, during a rescue excavation and so far only published in excavation reports. On the basis of the published reports, the attempt is made to classify these votive terracottas typologically, iconographically and chronologically and finally to interpret them in the context of their find. They all show the type repertoire as well as the technical and stylistic peculiarities of the terracottas of the Ionic koiné. They came to light in a Bothros together with Ionic and Attic vases, especially kylikes, some of which bear graffiti of dedication to the goddess Kybebos. The finds of this Bothro are spread over a period between the last quarter of the 6th century. and second quarter of the 5th century BC. This complex is the earliest archaeological evidence of the Milesian founding of Amisos.

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Novelties from the Vani City Site

Author(s): Darejan Kacharava / Language(s): English Issue: 51/2018

Archaeological excavations carried out at the Vani site in 2002-2007 proved to be successful. Juxtaposition of the recent finds with the previous ones brought to light some novelties. Four cult constructions, dated to the second half of the 4th-3rd centuries BC were studied on the upper terrace of the site. Besides architectural and constructional similarities all the sanctuaries reveal some common features: all of them are connected with graves; inside or outside of some sanctuaries ritual burials of metal (bronze, iron) figurines were located. // In the majority of the graves a platform was arranged along the western wall of the grave-pit, on which retainers have been buried. The recent finds revealed one more shape borrowed by Colchian jewellers from the Greek world, namely, a pin-brooch. Two spacer-beads constitute innovations in the jewellery collection from Vani. One is swastika-shaped, while the other is rectangular. // Recent finds attest to the richness of Colchis in silver, too. Beads seem to be used in all possible cases. They were primarily used to decorate the shroud of the principal deceased; some of them composed necklaces and bracelets, while others were sawn on the headdress. Beads were used also to decorate a silver phiale.

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Timbres rhodiens des périodes I et II découverts à Callatis

Author(s): Livia Buzoianu / Language(s): French Issue: 51/2018

The article selects from among the amphoric stamps of Rhodes discovered in Callatis and published over time those of periods I and II according to the chronology established by Finkielsztejn in 2001. This selection led to corrections in the reading or identification of certain homonyms. We analyze the position of the names in the periods, the typology, the frequency on the Callatian market, any chronological references subsequent to the publication of Finkielsztejn, the situation of imports from nearby colonies and the territory. The "peak period" of Rhodian imports falls between ca. 270-247 BC AD, which separates Callatis from the rest of the West Pontic colonies. For the rest of the period - 246-199 BC. J. -C. -, the data compared to the situation in the territory are subject to interpretation.

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Contribution à l’étude des amphores de Myrsileia

Author(s): Thibaut Castelli / Language(s): French Issue: 51/2018

Le groupe de Myrsileia a été identifié d’abord par ses timbres. Il s’agit ici demieux connaître à partir de l’étude de 13 anses timbrées et d’une amphore presque complèteles caractéristiques des amphores de cette production d’un centre sud -pontique de la secondemoitié du IIIe s. av. J.-C. // The Myrsileia group was first identified by its stamps. From a study of 13 stamped handles and an almost complete amphora, we need to know better the characteristics of the amphorae of this production of a south-pontic center of the second half of the 3rd century. av. J.-C.

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Amphores timbrées d’époque hellénistique à Mytilène (Lesbos)

Author(s): Vasilica Lungu / Language(s): French Issue: 51/2018

Excavations carried out by the Canadian team from the University of Vancouver (resp. H. Williams) on two sites in Mytilene (Kastro and Rue de Nicomédie) yielded significant amphoric material dominated by gray pulp packaging of local origin, of the Lesvos type, but also containing a certain number of import items from the Hellenistic period, some of which are stamped, the subject of this communication. A total of 57 amphoric stamps have been collected and 42 identified so far; distributed among 13 production centers more or less insured. The Rhodesian stamps, which are in the majority, belong to several different chronological groups, and the Thasians, all in the recent era of stamping in Thasos. Even though these stamps come from excavated layers, they cannot be considered to have any real stratigraphic value. and absolute. On the other hand, they provide important data on amphoric prosopography and on the commercial exchanges maintained by the island of Lesbos.

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Roman Commerce And Elite Markets In The Eastern Mediterranean: A Case Study Of Three 2nd-century Shipwrecks Off Knidos

Author(s): Andrei Opaiț,Dan Davis,Michael Lee Brennan / Language(s): English Issue: 51/2018

The authors present three Roman shipwrecks, Knidos H, S, and R, recently identified in deep water off the Datça peninsula in the southeast Aegean. High resolution imagery allows substantial analysis of their cargoes. Knidos H was carrying between 1,300 and 1,500 amphorae, mostly of Agora M 54 type, accompanied by few Cilician imitation of Coan amphorae (Dr 2-4) and others belonging to the crew: Dr 24 similis, Knidian, and Agora G 199. Knidos S, a smaller ship, was transporting a mixed cargo of wine amphorae, including Agora G 199, Cylindrical amphora type I (previously believed to be Aegean), and a new variant of olive oil amphora Dr 24. Knidos R is represented by a small assemblage of amphorae (Dr 24, Cretan, and possibly Mendean types). Kitchen and drinking vessels that belonged to the crew were found on all three shipwrecks. The amphora evidence indicates that the ships sank in the first half of the 2nd century A.D. These discoveries illuminate Roman trade networks in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean region, particularly between Cilicia Pedias and one or more unknown Aegean emporia at the political and economic height of the empire.

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Scurtă notă asupra unor așezări de tip tell din vestul Munteniei

Author(s): Cristian Eduard Ștefan,Agata Bulei / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 50/2017

In this text we analyze some tell settlements from western Wallachia, less known, which were identified by survey in the recent years. In this sense we used open web sources (Google Earth, INIS Viewer geoportal) and older maps, namely Artilery Firing Plans from the beginning of XXth century and maps of the Military Topographic Department made in the 70s.

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Mytilene. Miscellanea culinaria: Unorthodox chytra, tagenon & brazier

Author(s): Pierre Dupont,Vasilica Lungu / Language(s): English Issue: 50/2017

Whereas Lesbian grey wares deserve full attention, Lesbian cooking pots rather remain in the background. The set of kitchen equipment of late Hellenistic -beginning of Roman date from Mytilene excavations presented here includes an item of utmost importance, viz. a fragmentary lidded vessel of chytra type obviously intended for steam cooking of cereals, like the traditional ones used for cuscus making in North Africa .

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Histria. Un système urbain orthogonal sur le „Plateau”?

Author(s): Mircea V. Angelescu / Language(s): French Issue: 50/2017

The article is intended to analyse the information that we have today about the urbanism of the Greek city, in its different stages of development. The opportunity was the observation on orthophotoplans of traces that could be interpreted as an orthogonal urban grid on the Plateau, i.e. the western part of the site. This possibilty is discussed in the context of the results of previous exacavations in this area and of the discovered structures that would support this idea. The total surface of the city is difficult to estimate because an important part was submerged by the lake Sinoe, mainly to the North but to the East, as well. The surface enclosed by the fortifications dated to differtent Greek periods are estimated as:fortifications of the Acropolis (Archaic = 4.3 ha, Classic = 20.8 ha and Hellenistic = 7.4ha) and of the Plateau (Arhaic = 27.1 ha, Classic = 21.8 ha and Hellenistic = 32.3 ha). Thus, the minimal inhabited areas of Histria were approximated at 37.4 ha (Arhaic), 42.6ha (Classic) and 39.7 ha (Hellenistic). The traces of an orthogonal urban grid with the following dimensions is presumed in two areas of the western Plateau:E-W (dev. ~2°) = 100 ionic feet = 0.295 x 100 = 29.500 mN-S (dev. ~2°) = 133 ionic feet = 0.295 x 133 = 39.235 mLength-width ratio = 1 : 1.33Area = 100 feet x 133 feet = 29.500 m x 39.235 m = 1,157.43 m2But, of course, future surveys, topographical measurements and excavations have to confirm this hypothesis.

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Despre o zonă privilegiată a necropolei callatiene

Author(s): Nicolaie Alexandru,Robert Constantin,Mihai Ionescu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 50/2017

Les auteurs présentent une recherche archéologique de sauvetage, entreprise dans les nécropoles antiques et modernes de Mangalia, l’ancienne cité de Callatis. Les tombes antiques, hellénistiques et romaines, sont différentes du point de vue du rite et du rituel funéraire ; les tombes d’inhumation sont prédominantes : 14 tombes d’époque hellénistique et romaine ; 8 tombes d’incinération d’époque hellénistique ont été également étudiées. Des constructions à caractère funéraire, des rings et des plateformes en blocs decalcaire y ont été découvertes aussi. Parmi les tombes d’inhumation on peut remarquer des tombes en ciste de pierre, enbrique, ainsi que des tombes à fosse simple ou à fosse couverte d’une pierre de calcaire. 32 tombes d’inhumation qui appartiennent à une nécropole moderne de la ville de Mangalia(XVIIIe –XIXe siècles) ont été étudiées. Les résultats de la recherche dans la partie nord de la cité antique montrent une continuité dans l'utilisation de l'espace depuis le IVe siècle av. J.-C. jusqu’à l’époque romano-byzantine. Les bâtiments et les complexes funéraires découverts soutiennent l'hypothèse que dans ce périmètre il y avait une zone privilégiée de la nécropole auxépoques hellénistique et romaine ; l'endroit était prioritaire du point de vue spatial,religieux et sacré. Nous avons observé une gestion complexe de l’espace par la découvertedes inhumations et crémations successives, de l’époque hellénistique et l’époque romaine ou des réinhumations dans des dolia ou des aplanissements avec de la terre jaune sur les tombes antérieurs. Dans la même zone, ont étés découverts des tombes importantes, comme la tombe avec papyrus, la plate-forme de crémation, et la tombe du guerrier aristocrate Celte. La nécropole appartenait, probablement, aux citoyens callatiens d’éliteou aux étrangers importants pour la ville. Les petites couronnes dorées et la construction d'un escharon prouvent l’hypothèse d’une place consacré au culte des héros.

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Alexandru Barnea (1944 – 2020)

Author(s): Livia Buzoianu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 53/2020

Outstanding personality in the historical sciences in Romania, Professor Alexandru Barnea left us an impressive biography through content and valuable for the image of a exceptional specialist in the field.

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