A New Greek Graffito from the Bilsk Hillfort and Greek Graffiti in Scythian Contexts

TY - JOUR

T1 - A New Greek Graffito from the Bilsk Hillfort and Greek Graffiti in Scythian Contexts

AU - Polinskaya, Irene

AU - Skory, Sergey

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PY - 2024/1

Y1 - 2024/1

N2 - The article presents a recent find of a potsherd, bearing an ancient Greek graffito, reported from the area of the Bilsk Hillfort. The area of discovery, considered by some archaeologists to be the city of Gelonos (Hdt. 4.108), makes this otherwise ordinary graffito potentially significant. The authors discuss the historical, archaeological, and epigraphic contexts of the find and possible scenarios of how it may have ended up at the site. To provide an epigraphic background for the find, the study is accompanied by a catalogue of Greek graffiti and dipinti from Scythian burials and settlements of the Northern Black Sea area and steppe and forest-steppe zones of Eastern Europe.

AB - The article presents a recent find of a potsherd, bearing an ancient Greek graffito, reported from the area of the Bilsk Hillfort. The area of discovery, considered by some archaeologists to be the city of Gelonos (Hdt. 4.108), makes this otherwise ordinary graffito potentially significant. The authors discuss the historical, archaeological, and epigraphic contexts of the find and possible scenarios of how it may have ended up at the site. To provide an epigraphic background for the find, the study is accompanied by a catalogue of Greek graffiti and dipinti from Scythian burials and settlements of the Northern Black Sea area and steppe and forest-steppe zones of Eastern Europe.

KW - Ancient Greek History

KW - Greek graffiti

KW - Scythians

KW - Black Sea

KW - Bilsk HIllfort

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85184930715&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1163/15700577-20232910

DO - 10.1163/15700577-20232910

M3 - Article

SN - 1570-0577

VL - 29

SP - 220

EP - 261

JO - Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia

JF - Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia

IS - 2

ER -