Figure Vessel Excavated at the Southern Suburb of Chersonese
Journal: Materials in Archaeology History and Ethnography of Tauria
Year: 2024

The 2021 excavations at the Southern Suburb of Tauric Chersonese uncovered the grave of a 3- or 4-year-old child. The grave goods contained a figure vessel showing human head. Its stylistic features allow the author to interpret the vessel as young satyr’s head. The figure vessels form a specific category of ceramic ware. The few finds of similar head-shaped vessels at the cemeteries of the Northern Black Sea cities and towns are well known from the late-nineteenth century on. The artefacts in q