On the issue of identifying production centers for imported black-glazed ceramics from the Northern Black Sea region
Year: 2025

This article attempts to collect detailed information about the visual characteristics of fab- rics, that are characteristic of black‑glazed ceramics from various centers, most often found in the Northern Black Sea region: Attica, Corinth, a number of Asia Minor centers (including Pergamum, Sardis, Ephesus, Daskyleon, Knidos), Thasos, the Western Black Sea coast, Laco- nia and Southern Italy. As illustrations, examples of microphotographs of fabrics of vessels from excavations in Kerch Bay and l