The Black Sea: Hub of Peoples and Cultures (8th Century BC–5th/6th Century AD)

Contents

Editors’ Preface

Message from the President of the Congress, Prof. Sir John Boardman

Appreciation of Gocha Tsetskhladze – James Hargrave

About Gocha – Manolis Manoledakis

Launch of the Festschrift, 26 September 2022 – John Boardman(†), James Hargrave and Alexandru Avram

List of Illustrations

Session 1 Scythians, Taurians, Sarmatians, Dacians, Thracians, Colchians, the Local Populations of the Southern Black Sea, etc.

The Getae and Scythians at Callatis and in its territory, 4th–2nd centuries BC – Nicolaie Alexandru

The Sarmatian Cultural Phenomenon between Migration and ‘Network Analysis’: From M.I. Rostovtzeff to recent historical debates – Victor Cojocaru

Multiple Aiai in Colchis. On the creation and proliferation of mythical landscapesin the eastern Black Sea region – Altay Coşkun

‘Bird-bowls’ as an Indication for the Foundation Date of Some of the Earliest Greek Settlements in the Black Sea Region and the Early Trade in This Region – Jan G. de Boer

The Bithynians and the Greek Poleis of the Asian Propontis in the Archaic and Classical Ages – Ferdinando Ferraioli

Rock Sanctuary at Komatinski Skali in the Region of Brestovo Village, South-Western Bulgaria – Anton Genov, Dimitriya Spasova and Anastas Ifandiev

Phrygians in the Black Sea? – Manolis Manoledakis

Rock Arches in Thracian Megalithic Sanctuaries on the Southern Black Sea Coast of Bulgaria – Vasil Markov

Why the Sea of Azov Was Called a ‘lake’ in Antiquity. The Problem of Estuary Lakes in the Pontus Euxinus – Аlexander V. Podossinov

The Sumela Monastery Near Trabzon, an Important Pre-Christian Cult Site – Alexandar Portalsky

Gold Clothing Decoration of the Sarmatians in the North Pontic Area – Evgenia Velychko

Session 2 Relations of Greece, Rome and Anatolia with the Local Peoples of the Black Sea: Cultural, Political, Commercial

Retracing Connections Through Artefacts: a Bone Plaque with an Image of a Naked Woman from Ancient Armazi – Eka Avaliani

The Presence of Tauric Chersonesus on the Western Coast of the Pontus Euxinus – Livia Buzoianu and Irina Sodoleanu

Archaeological Materials from the Early Byzantine Period in Pichvnari, South-west Georgia – Tamaz Darchidze

Literacy in Roman Iberia, South Caucasus – Irina Demetradze-Renz

Greek Colonisation of Colchis (Western Georgia): The Failure of an Hellenic Experiment – Tedo Dundua and Natia Phiphia

Initiatives édilitaires à Tyras aux premier–troisième siècles ap. J.-C. La perspective épigraphique – Ana Honcu

Were Thracian and Pontic Slaves Traded in the East Mediterranean in the Archaic Period? – Liviu Mihail Iancu

An Alternative Route of the Silk Road Through Svaneti (West Georgia) to the Black Sea in the 6th Century AD – Besik Lortkipanidze, Nikoloz Murgulia, Davit Lomitashvili, Ian Colvin and Paul Everill

Postponing the End of the Lower Danube Limes – Andrei Opaiţ

Some Remarks on the Financing of Agonistic Festivals in Tauric Chersonesus – Oksana A. Ruchynska

Thracophobia? Greek Representations of Ancient Thracians: a Modern Misjudgment – Aliénor Rufin Solas

Coins and Trade in the Local Environment of the South-Western Istro-Pontic Territory. Some Remarks Regarding the Archaeology and Numismatics of the Hellenistic Period – Gabriel Mircea Talmațchi

Aspects of Monetary Circulation in the Province of Scythia in the 6th–7th Centuries AD. A Case Study: Tropaeum Traiani – Gabriel Mircea Talmațchi and Gabriel Custurea