Specified Chronology of Knidian Amphorae of the 4th — early 3rd Centuries BC Based on Materials from Ceramic Complexes of the Kuban

Abstract

As a result of work in the Kuban region in recent years, about twenty Maeotian burial complexes have been explored, where Knidian amphorae together with containers from other centers or black-glazed pottery have been discovered. The analysis of these complexes has made it possible to define the dating of certain types and variants of the Knidian containers more exactly. It is clear that vessels of the “Elizavetovskiy” and “Cherednikovyi” variants of type I “with mushroom rims” were produced simultaneously in the second — the early third quarter of the 4 th cent. BC. In the middle of the century, change in morphology towards vessels height and diameter increasing occurred, and the containers were developed within the “Gelendzhik” and “Chersonesos” variants of this type in the third quarter of the century. Alongside, a container of the next type II appeared (with “roller-shaped” rims), which coexisted with amphorae with “mushroom” rims for some time.