Античная расписная керамика архаического времени из поселения Чобручи на левобережье Нижнего Днестра

Abstract

The paper publishes finds of antique painted pottery of the 6th century BC, discovered in the multilayered Chobruchi settlement in the Lower Dniester region. The materials are represented by ceramics of the Eastern Greek and Attic manufacture with a significant predominance of vessels from the North Ionian centers (Chios, Klazomenai and Samos). Eastern Greek ceramics includes open vessels (craters and bowls) and closed vessels (amphorae, alps, askeys, etc.). Attic pottery is represented mainly by vessels of open forms (kiliki and/or bowls). The collection of antique painted pottery from the Chobruchi settlement in total dates to the 6th century BC. Its appearance in the barbaric environment clearly demonstrates the emergence of trade relations between the local population and the ancient world. Apparently, the main sources of archaic painted ceramics for the site were the Greek cities-colonies of the North-West Black Sea region, first of all Olbia, as well as the Berezan settlement, from where the closest analogies of East Greek ceramics came to Chobruchi. The connection between Berezan and Chobruchi, in addition, is confirmed by the presence on the Chobruchi settlement of vessels made in the workshops of the Borysthenes.