Glass Lamps from Medieval Layers of Chersonese
Journal: Materials in Archaeology History and Ethnography of Tauria
Year: 2022

This article analyses different types of lamps uncovered from medieval layers in Chersonese. All the types were widespread in the Mediterranean – Black Sea area; almost all of them appeared in the Early Byzantine Period and existed throughout the Middle Ages, and some are still produced. Yet their use in Chersonese had its own specifics: some types appeared somewhat later than in other territories of the Empire; others, for example, the lamps with a solid stem with intercepts or lamps with a gla