Small Bowls and Saltcellars in Funerary Rite of Volna 1 Necropolis

The article analyzes a complex of miniature bowls and saltcellars from the end of the 6th to the middle of the 3rd cen­tury BC, found in 172 burials from the necropolis of the Volna 1 settlement. Different in form (14 variants), they are equally found accompanying male and female burials. Among the black-glazed vessels, a saltcellar of Southern Italian manufacture, rare for the Northern Black Sea region, can be especially distinguished. In addition, a group of small bowls from the second — early third quarter of the 5th century BC was identified, which were reduced copies of mortars of three types. They were probably used for grinding medicinal or ritual dishes. Based on the analysis of statistical data, a group of burials can be distinguished that share similar types of vessels and ritual features

Assemblage (archaeology · Black sea · Middle Ages · Period (music · Rite · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Marine and environmental studies