BYZANTINE MARBLE MORTARS IN THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF MEDIEVAL TOWNS OF TAURICA
Journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija
Year: 2025

Introduction. One of the rare categories that make up the material culture of Taurica in the second half of the 7th to the beginning of the 14th century are marble mortars made from waste in the production of marble architectural details. Despite the small number, they were noted during excavations of almost all Provincial-Byzantine cities of the peninsula. They are also widely known outside the peninsula in the material culture of the Golden Horde cities of the Sea of Azov and the Volga region.