Abstract
The article publishes materials from the “Voskresenskoye 6” Estate Group Site, dated to the second half of the 4th – 3rd centuries BC. The bronze ring found in the pit filling is examined. It is of the so-called Ptolemaic type, which became widespread in the Northern Black Sea region, primarily in the Bosporus, during the second half of the 3rd–2nd centuries BC. The bezels of these rings typically feature profile images of female portraits; in this case, it is Arsinoe III. The specific features of the depiction – a narrow band along the edge of the hairstyle with slanted, parallel strands, long, slightly curved locks of hair descending from the crown to the band, and a rounded bun at the nape, cinched at the base with a ribbon and adorned with numerous small, rounded protrusions, conveying either curled locks, hairpin heads, or a winding of threads with beads (?) – allow for the classification of rings with such portraits (6 examples, including the one published) into a distinct variant. The concentration of finds is observed both in the Bosporus, particularly in the vicinity of Gorgippia, and in the Maeotian burial grounds of the Trans-Kuban region.
Keywords
North Pontic region, Asian Bosporus, Trans-Kuban region, Ptolemaic finger ring, portraits of Arsinoe III