chronology

The paper analyses small black-glazed vessels for food service. There are saltcellars, small bowls and stemmed dish. There are not only whole vessels, but the bottom part, which were used as small cups. Most of vessels were found in the burial grounds Prikubansky and Lebedy III. Chronology of graves with black-glazed pottery based on amphora containers of different Mediterranean centers and in hole limited IV cent. BC.

In the burial grounds of the Maeotian hill-forts, located on the Right Bank of the Kuban River, often found Rhodian amphorae. Reliably documented material was obtained as a result of long-term excavations of the burial grounds Starokorsunskaya № 2 and Lenin № 3 hill-forts, which belong to the Krasnodar group of the monuments. Now, there are 14 burials with stamped Rhodian amphorae of the different types and variants.

The article publishes a series of stamps, previously usually attributed to undefined centers. A Comparision of Mediterranean and Black Sea materials allows with a high degree of probability to attribute the stamps published below as Knidian. At the same time, an attempt is made to separate individual stamps within the group and their chronological definition.