Abstract
This is the publication of gold and silver lunula-pendants discovered in the fire layer of the early citadel of the Artezian fortified settlement in Eastern Crimea in 2013. Along with other finds from the burnt layer of the early citadel of the Artesian fortified site, the objects under consideration are also of great scientific value, coming from a carefully recorded archaeological context, giving them a terminus ante quem of AD 46/47. This makes it possible to correct the chronological observations of researchers on the dating of lunulae. There is nothing surprising in the discovery of a sheet crescent pendant decorated with a garnet inlay, filigree and granulation, which is quite comparable with the Hellenistic samples represented by the find from Tanais. However, the sheet lunula from Artezian diff ers in details of form and decoration, both from the find from Tanais and from the crescent pendants of this type from the burial grounds of the South-Western Crimea. Also, the chronology of lunulae made of rods with balls at the ends, in large numbers originating from the burials and sanctuaries in the South-Western and Piedmont Crimea, dating before not earlier than the second half of the 1st century AD, is specified.
Keywords
Eastern Crimea, Artezian fortified settlement, Roman-Bosporan War of AD 45– 49, jewellery from precious metals, crescent pendants.
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