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A unique cup of 16th century with a lyric inscription in Arabic was found in Sudak during excavations of 2010. The cup was made for a love rite. This is archaeological evidence of the fact that the poetic images of medieval Iranian writers and miniaturists are not a mere fruit of their imagination. A cup with wine for love rites was in use in 16th —17th centuries not only in the cultural metropolis — in Iran, but also in the everyday life of the outskirts of the Ottoman Empire.

Keywords: North Black Sea Region, Crimea, Ottoman ceramics, Persian poetry

Information about authors:

Dilyara Alyadinova (Simferopol, Ukraine). Crimea Branch of the Archaeology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
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Andrew Krasnozhon (Odessa, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. K. D. Ushinsky South Ukraine National Pedagogical University.
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