A Complex of the Early-Eleventh Century Finds from a Cistern in Quarter IX of Chersonese
Journal: Materials in Archaeology History and Ethnography of Tauria
Year: 2021

This paper discusses a complex of ceramic finds excavated from a cistern in quarter IX in the north-eastern area of Chersonese, which supplied water to a public bath at the first stage of its existence. Although the reasons why the cistern was covered with soil remain unclear, later on residential buildings appeared at this site. The finds published here comprised imported transport and table ceramic wares. The complex included brown-clay flat-handle transport pitchers, presumably from the Taman