The paper presents heterogeneous carved stone blocks of the Middle Ages, originating from different parts of the Taman settlement. Some of them are preserved only in photos, the rest are kept in the collection of the Taman archaeological Museum, as well as in Krasnodar. The considered artifacts are divided into three groups: 1) columns' capitals and their fragments; 2) fragment of the plate depicting an angel holding the scarf; 3) blocks decorated with "twist"-type ornaments. Byzantine reliefs belong to two chronological groups. The first group (end of the 5th-6th c.) unites the four capitals and the fragment of plate with angel. Their presence proves the hypothesis that a church building of the early Byzantine period was located somewhere on the Taman settlement. The second group (9th-11th c.) includes the lost reliefs that were registered in the photos of the archaeological records by A.S. Bashkirov and B.A. Rybakov. It is likely that they are connected with the Byzantine church of the inscribed-cross type on the four pillars or columns, built in the 10th-11th centuries and existed in the Taman settlement till the 18th century. Analogies and the date of construction of the church allow narrowing down the period, shifting the emphasis in favor of the 11th century.
Introduction. Finds of seals of representatives of more than 50 Byzantine names of 11 th-12 th centuries are known in the Crimea (Chersonesos, Sudak, Kerch, etc.) and Taman Peninsula by the present time. Among them are Doukai, Komnenoi, Palaiologoi, Angeloi, Kastamonitai, Vrahamiai, etc. From the end of the 11 th century, the appearance of the seals of representatives of noble families on this territory can be an indicator of change of stratiotai with the private hetaireiai, especially members of the Komnenoi clan, in the empire. On the other hand, the interest of the highest layers of the Byzantine Empire to these territories could be due to the fact that the addressees hung the seals to the documents that were sent to their private possessions. Methods. In this context, the comparative analysis of a small number of seals met simultaneously in two or three urban centers is of undoubted interest for studying the Byzantine presence in the Crimean-Taman region (Chersonese, Sudak, Taman). Analysis. The found seals of various representatives of one and the same family in the Crimea and Taman are of great interest. This is the Hagiostephanitai family (12 th century): the seal of Theodore was found in the Crimea, and the seal of Nicholas-in Taman. Results. In conclusion, the article presents information about four representatives of the Hagiostephanitai family known from sphragistic monuments.
Статья посвящена дирхаму подвеске, обнаруженному во время раскопок древнерусского городища Вщиж в 1949 г. экспедицией под руководством Б. А. Рыбакова. Подвеска была сделана из дирхама аббасидского халифа ал Мутазза, правившего в 866 869 гг. С учетом времени обращения монеты в арабских землях, а также долгого срока использования ее в качестве подвески, периодом выпадения ее в культурный слой Вщижа можно считать конец IX Х в. The paper publishes a dirham pendant discovered during the excavations of the Medieval Russia fortified settlement of Vshchizh conducted by an expedition led by B. A. Rybakov in 1949. The pendant was made from a dirham of the Abbasid caliph al Mutazz, who ruled in 866 869. Taking into account the period of this coin circulation in the Arab lands as well as a long period of its use as a pendant, most likely, it fell into the Vshchizh occupation layer at the end of the 9th 10th centuries.
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