Attic Black-Glazed Pottery from Olbia Pontica: A Study of the Excavation Area “P-1”
Keywords:
Olbia Pontica, Attic black-glazed pottery, ancient ceramics, drinking vessels, Black Sea north region
Abstract
This article presents the results of archaeological research on black-glazed pottery from the “Peredmistia 1” area of Olbia Pontica, excavated during the 2018 and 2021 seasons. The study examines 203 pieces of Attic black-glazed ceramics, focusing on their typology, chronology, and contextual significance. Given the challenges posed by the ongoing war in Ukraine, and the inability to work directly with the material, the analysis relies on excavation reports and photographic documentation, shedding light on the role of these ceramics in the cultural and economic landscape of Olbia Pontica.
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Brashinskii, I. B.1980. Grecheskii keramicheskii import na Nizhnem Donu v V–III vv. do n.e. Leningrad: Nauka.
Buiskikh, A. 2015. The southern temenos of Olbia Pontica (Preliminary Results). Vestnik drevnei istorii, 2, p. 6-21.
Buiskikh, A., Fornasier, J., Kuzmishchev, O. 2016. Olbian suburb in the light of new Ukrainian-German studies. Zapiski IIMK RAN, 14, p. 46-57.
Buiskikh, A. V., Fornasier, J., Kuzmishchev, O. H. 2019. Otchet o raskopkakh na uchastke «Predmeste-1» v Olvii v 2018 godu. Scientific Archive of the Institute of Archaeology, the NAS of Ukraine,, f. 64, 2018/103.
Buiskikh, A. V., Fornasier, J., Kuzmishchev, O. H. 2022. Otchet o raskopkakh na uchastke «Predmeste-1» v Olvii v 2021 godu. Scientific Archive of the Institute of Archaeology, the NAS of Ukraine, Field Committee.
Buiskykh, A. V., Fornasier, J., Kuzmishchev O. H. 2020. Research on the Olbian suburb. In: Boltryk, Y. V. (ed). Arkheolohichni doslidzhennia v Ukraini 2018 r. Kyiv: IA NAN Ukrainy, p. 128-130.
Buiskykh, A. V., Fornasier, J., Kuzmishchev, O. H. 2022. Research on the Olbian suburb in 2021. In: Boltryk, Yu. V. (ed.). Arkheolohichni doslidzhennia v Ukraini 2021 r. Kyiv: IA NAN Ukrainy, p. 101-104.
Grach, N. L. 1999. Nekropol Nimfeia. St. Petersburg: Nauka.
Danylchenko, S. A. 2000. Black-glazed Attic pottery from the Kozyrka II settlement. In: Zuev, V. Y. (ed.) ΣΥΣΣΤΙΑ. Sankt-Peterburg: Aleteya, p. 217-222.
Egorova, T. V. 2014. Predvaritelnyi analiz kompleksa chernolakovoi keramiki VI–II vv. do n.e. iz raskopok Pantikapeia 1945–1992 gg. Drevnosti Bospora, 18, p. 174-195.
Egorova, T. V. 2017. Antichnaia chernolakovaia keramika iz sobraniia Gosudarstvennogo muzeia izobrazitelnykh iskusstv imeni A. S. Pushkina. Moscow: Isskustvo.
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Kozub, Yu. I.1974. Nekropol Olvii V–IV st. do n.e. Kyiv: Nauka.
Levi, E. I. 1940. Privoznaia grecheskaia keramika iz raskopok Olvii v 1935, 1936 gg. In: Zhebelev, S. A. (ed.). Olviia, 1, Kyiv: AN SSSR, p. 105-127.
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Levi, E. I. 1964. Itogi raskopok olviiskogo temenosa i agory (1951–1960). In: Gaidukevich, V. F. (ed.). Olviia. Temenos i agora. Moscow; Leningrad: Nauka, p. 131-175.
Leipunskaia, N. O. 1986. Zhiloi raion Olvii k iugo-zapadu ot agory (1972–1977). In: Rusiaeva, A. S. (ed.). Olviia i ee okruga. Kyiv: Naukova dumka, p. 29-37.
Nazarchuk, V. I. 2014. Chernolakovaia keramika. In: Zinko, V. N. (ed.). Zhilye doma Tsentralnogo kvartala Olvii. Materialy po arheologii, istorii i etnografii Tavrii, 13. Simferopol, Kerch: BF Demetra, p. 312-356.
Onaiko, N. A. 1980. Arhaicheskii Torik Antichnyi gorod na severo-vostoke Ponta. Moscow: Nauka.
Papanova, V. A. 1993. Nekropol Olvii. Istoriia issledovaniia, itogi raskopok. Berdiansk: Gortipografiia.
Papanova, V. A. 2000. Black-glazed pottery from the family part of necropolis of Olbia. Starozhytnosti Stepovoho Prychornomoria i Krymu, 8, p. 194-216.
Parovich-Peshican, M. 1974. Nekropol Olvii ellinisticheskogo vremeni. Kyiv: Naukova dumka.
Rogov, E. Ia. 2011. Nekropol Panskoe-1 v Severo-Zapadnom Krymu. Materialy po arheologii, istorii i etnografii Tavrii, 10. Simferopol: BF Demetra.
Rogov, E. Ia., Tunkina, I. V. 1985. Painted and black-glazed ceramics from the necropolis of Panskoye I. Arheologicheskie vesti, 5, p. 159-175.
Rusiaieva, A. S., Kuzmishchev, O. H., Fornasier, J. 2021. Graffiti from the western outskirts of Olbia Pontica. Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine, 3 (40), p. 89-103. https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2021.03.04
Rusyaeva, A. S., Nazarchuk, V. I. 2006. Atticheskaia keramika. In: Aibabin, A. I. (ed.). Drevneyshii temenos Olvii Pontiyskoi. Materialy po arheologii, istorii i etnografii Tavrii, 2. Simferopol: BF Demetra, p. 169-177. https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2021.03.04
Skudnova, V. M. 1988. Arhaicheskii nekropol Olvii. Leningrad: Iskusstvo.
Slavin, L. M. 1964. Raskopki zapadnoi chasti olviiskoi agory (1956–1960 gg.). Ιn: Gaidukevich, V. F. (ed.). Olviia. Temenos i agora. Moscow; Leningrad: Nauka, p. 189-223.
Sorokina, N. P. 1957. Tuzlinskii nekropol. Moscow: Sovetskaia Rossiia.
Stoyanov, R. V. 2005. Memorialnyi pogrebalnyi kompleks IV v. do n.e. vozle іuzhnyh vorot Hersonesa Tavricheskogo. Stratum plus, 3, p. 324-335.
Farmakovskii, B. V. 1911. Pamiatniki antichnoi kultury, naіdennye v Rossii. Izvestiia Imperatorskoi arheologicheskoi komissii, IV, 42, p. 134-143.
Chechulina, I. O. 2015. To the history of research of Attic black-glazed pottery from the north coast of the Black Sea. Arheologia, 1, p. 12-18.
Chechulina, I. O. 2016. Stamped ornament on Attic black-glazed ware from Olbia. Arheologia, 2, p. 29-40.
Chistov, D. E., Ilina, Iu. I. 2015. New evidence on the Berezan settlement in the Classical period. Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine, 1/4, p. 232-234.
Bozhkova, A. 2008. Black Glazed Stemmed Cups from the Classic Period from Bulgaria. In: Gencheva, T. (ed.). Yugoizotochna Evropa prez Antichnosti. Sofia: Bolgarska akademiya nauk, p. 8-17.
Chechulina, I. 2024. From Athens to Olbia Pontica: The Artistry of Black-Glazed Ware. Kyiv: IA NANU.
Damyanov, M. 2023. Black-Glaze Pottery from the Necropolis of Apollonia Pontica: Typological and Chronological Study. Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov.
Fornasier, J., Buiskykh, A. V., Kuzmishchev, O. H. 2022. Urban Planning with Divine Protection? On the Location of (Sub-)Urban Sanctuaries in Olbia Pontica in the Archaic-Classical Period. Arheologia, 2, p. 67-95. https://doi.org/10.15407/arheologia2022.02.067
Fornasier, J., Ivchenko, A. V., Kuzmishchev, O. H. 2024. Disposal Of The Dead In Recently Abandoned Settlement Areas — An Evidence Of The Siege Of Olbia Pontica By Zopyrion? Arheologia, 1, p. 25-68. https://doi.org/10.15407/arheologia2024.01.025
Gluszek, I. 2022. The Athenian Black-Gloss Pottery from Histria. Some Remarks about the Technology of Production and Technique of Decoration. Dacia, LXVI, p. 33-62.
Handberg, S., Peterson, J. H. 2010. Black-Glossed Pottery. In: Lejpunskaja, N. A., Bilde, P. G., Hojte, J. M., Krapivina, V. V., Kryzickij, S. D. (eds.). The Lower City of Olbia (Sector NGS) in the 6th Century BC to the 4th Century AD. Black Sea Studies, 13. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, p. 185-260.
Hannestad, L., Stolba, V., Sceglov, A. 2002. Panskoye I. The Monumental Building U6. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press.
Kuzmishchev, O. H. 2021. Results from the ‘HEKP-4’ Area Updated Chronology and Construction Phases. In: Fornasier, J. (ed.). An den Ufern des Bug. На берегах Бугу. Deutsch-ukrainische Ausgrabungen in Olbia Pontike im Kontext internationaler Forschungen zu antiken Migrationsprozessen. Bonn: Rudolph von Habelt GmbH, p. 185-202.
Rotroff, S. I. 1997. Hellenistic Pottery. Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related Material. The Athenian Agora XXIX. Princeton: The American School of Classical Studies in Athens.
Sparkes, B., Talcott, L. 1970. Black and Plain Pottery of the 6th, 5th and 4th Centuries B.C. The Athenian Agora XII. Princeton: The American School of Classical Studies in Athens.
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