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In 2014, on the left bank of the Lower Dniester in the vicinity of Tiraspol a barrow was investigated with a single Sarmatian burial made in the pit. Despite devastation, some expressive grave goods were found — ceramic pottery imports (three-handle bowl, “pyxes”, fragments of the late Heraclean amphorae), a silver buckle and others.
Wheel-made three-handle vessel has no analogies in the Sarmatian burials of the North-Western Black Sea littoral and it is a Carpian import, as well as is another wheel-made vessel with preserved lid and a fragment of a cup’s rim. Similar lids are well known on Carpian sites and/or sites of free Dacians on the territory of the Romanian Moldova. Fragments of a late Heraclean amphora were also found in the burial.
A silver buckle with all-in-one frame and plate is of particular interest. Similar products until now have not been met in the Sarmatian burials of the North-West Black Sea littoral. The closest analogy to this buckle is known on the necropolis of Kobyakovo settlement on the right bank of the Lower Don.
Taking into account the dating of these finds we have enough basis to date the construction of the barrow by the second half of the second century AD. Dimensions of the funerary construction and a set of accompanying inventory indicate that the barrow was built to bury a Sarmatian nobleman.
Keywords: Lower Dniester, second half of 2nd century AD, Sarmatian noblemanly barrow, Carpian ceramic imports, late Heraclean amphora, silver buckle.
Information about authors:
Vitalij Sinika (Tiraspol, Moldova). Candidate of Historical Sciences. T. Shevchenko Transnistria State University. 25 Oktiabria St., 128, Tiraspol, 3300, Moldova
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Sergey Razumov (Kiev, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Geroev Stalingrada Pr., 12, Kiev, 04210, Ukraine
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Sergey Lysenko (Kiev, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Geroev Stalingrada Pr., 12, Kiev, 04210, Ukraine
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Nicolai Telnov (Kishinev, Moldova). Doctor of History. Institute of Cultural Heritage of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Stefan cel Mare Bd., 1, Kishinev, MD-2001, Moldova
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