Abstract
The paper deals with a group of Hellenistic stone tombs in the form of a box, discovered in the necropolis of Phanagoria. The tradition of burying one person (12 cases) or several (4 cases) in these structures is considered. Against the background of numerically predominant individual burials, isolated cases of simultaneous and consecutive burials of two or more persons in the space of one tomb are recorded. The phenomenon of deliberate unification of individual tombs into funerary ensembles, including those consisting of diff erent types of burials, is considered. Based on the analysis of all known materials, a conclusion is made about the individual nature of the stone boxes of Phanagoria.
Keywords
Cimmerian Bosporus, Phanagoria, Hellenism, necropolis, stone tombs.
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