Новая надпись с поселения Каменная Батарейка на Азиатском Боспоре

Вестник древней истории. 2023. Т. 83. № 3. С. 620–631.

Ivantchik A.

 This article is a publication of a funeral inscription on a stele that was discovered in 2015 at

the rural settlement of Kamennaya Batare.ka (Asiatic Bosporus). The stele has been reused –

the relief from the first use has been destroyed and the inscription is on the reverse side.

The tombstone was placed for Apollonios, son of Ompsalakos, by his brother Patasys. The

article analyzes the names mentioned in the inscription, Ομψαλακος (Sarmatian name) and

Πατασυς (Egyptian name). Ompsalakos’ family must have been of Sarmatian origin, but in

the second or third century, when the inscription was made, it was strongly Hellenized. The

inscription supplements the available data on the presence of an element of Sarmatian origin

in the Greek population of the Bosporus, including its rural area.

Keywords: Боспор, Северное Причерноморье, ancient history, античная история, Bosporus, epigraphics, Античная эпиграфика, Sarmatians, сарматы, Античная археология, Ancient archaeology, Black Sea

Publication based on the results of: Traditional Foundations of Modern Oriental Societies: Institutions, Narratives, Practices (2023)