STONE PROJECTILES FROM POLISH EXCAVATIONS IN TANAIS (RUSSIA), TRENCH XXV
Journal: Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing eBooks
Year: 2024

The paper concerns a set of stone projectiles from Polish excavations conducted in 1995-2019 by archaeologists from the University of Warsaw in the ancient city of Tanais, located at the mouth of the river Don in today’s Russia. All objects come from the Western Tanais area (trench XXV) and date to the Hellenistic Period. The objects were made of sandstone or limestone and have various sizes, from large projectiles weighing over one kilogramme to small balls several centimetres in diameter. All