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A New Lot of Greek Amphoric Stamps from Medgidia Elenistic 1 site, Constanța County.

Authors :
MATEEVICI, Natalia
COLȚEANU, Petre
Source :
Studia Antiqua et Archeologica. Nov2023, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p21-45. 25p.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The preventive archaeological research carried out on the Medgidia Elenistic 1 site, by MINA Constanța, which took place between November 2022 and July 2023, brought to light a rich and beautiful ceramic material of all kinds, fromGetic and Scythian hand modeled pottery by - to luxury black-glazed Greek vessels, gray pottery and, of course, a rich batch of Greek amphorae and their fragments. In general terms, the discovered material falls chronologically between the IV and III BC.Among the amphoric material, the majority on the site, a special place is occupied by the amphoric stamps (67), coming from6 Greek producing centers, bothMediterranean - Thasos, Cnidos, Rhodes, and from the Pontic ones - Heraclea, Sinope, Chersones. Among the stamps from Medgidia, some specimens of unknown centers were also noticed, some present for the 􀌑rst time in the W-NW area of the Black Sea, as well as, we believe, a new Sinopean producer. Most of the stamps belong to the Sinopean amphoric production - 34, which represents 60% of the total of this lot. From a chronological point of view, the batch of stamps discovered on the Medgidia Elenistic 1 site falls between the 􀌑rst half of the century 4th and mid-century 3rd century Chr. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
12242284
Volume :
29
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Studia Antiqua et Archeologica
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
174306933
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.47743/saa-2023-29-1-2