A New Small Stone Icon from Chersonesos
Journal: Античная древность и средние века
Year: 2019

For 190 years of research of Chersonesos (Byzantine Сherson), twelve stone, in the vast majority, steatite icons were found. In 2002, during the excavation of quarter L in the southern part of the site, a one-sided fragmented black slate pendant icon was found. Its upper left part is lost. The dimensions of the preserved fragment are 3.2 x 3 cm, the thickness of the icon is 0.6 cm. The icon was found in the destruction layer of a residential building dating back to the last period of the city’s