Pages: 223-244

The author studies Chersonesos amphora stamps found in different complexes in the North-Western Crimea, the Lower Dnieper area and the Bosporus, and offers a chronological sequence of 31 magistrates. The analysis of Sinope stamps from these complexes has shown that they refer to the astynomes from magistrate groups IIIB-C and IV. This allows synchronising the stamps of Sinope and Chersonesos types. The absolute chronology of Sinope stamps reveals that the activity of magistrate 31 is to be dated within the time span of 315—280 BC. The catalogue of Chersonesos amphora stamps from the Lower Dnieper area is annexed to the article.

Keywords: Lower Dnieper region, Chersonesos, Sinope, 4th—3rd BC, packages of stamps, magistrate, fabricant, astynome, amphora, stamps, settlement

Information about author:

Oleg Fateev (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine). Raiffeisen Bank Aval. Artema St., 4-d, Dnepropetrovsk, 49044, Ukraine.
E-mail: [email protected]