Tamga Series on a Vessel from Artezian Hillfort: Context of the Artifact
Journal: Stratum plus Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology
Year: 2024

The Artezian Hillfort, located in the European Bosporus, plays a crucial role in understanding early Greek-Sarmatian interactions from the 1 st century BC to the middle of the 1 st century AD. A significant series of Sarmatian tamga signs — the oldest found in the Northern Black Sea Region — has been discovered at this site, connecting various areas of Sarmatia. In 2006, within the Artezian citadel, a fragment of an earthenware jug with a horizontal row of various tamgas was unearthed, dating ba