The Burials with Rhodian Amphorae from Meotian Burial Grounds of the Krasnodar Group

Abstract

In the burial grounds of the Maeotian hill-forts, located on the Right Bank of the Kuban River, often found Rhodian amphorae. Reliably documented material was obtained as a result of long-term excavations of the burial grounds Starokorsunskaya № 2 and Lenin № 3 hill-forts, which belong to the Krasnodar group of the monuments. Now, there are 14 burials with stamped Rhodian amphorae of the different types and variants. Chronological analysis of the assemblages with Rhodian amphorae shows their constant and continual supply to the population of these settlements around the middle – last third of the III cent. BC to the turn of II–I – early I cent. BC Rhodian amphorae are the most reliable dating material for the Maeotian burials, where other imported products are rare in this time.