Red-figure pottery from the necropolis of Apollonia Pontica (Sozopol) from the collection of the National Museum of History
Червенофигурна керамика от некропола на Аполония Понтика (Созопол) от фонда на Националния исторически музей
Language: Bulgarian with a summry in English
Category: pottery

   The monograph examines 103 painted vessels discovered during the excavations of the necropolis of ancient Apollonia Pontica in the 1990s. The ceramic forms and images are examined in their archaeological and cultural-historical context. Created in classical Athens in the 5th-4th centuries BC, pictorial narratives on vessels played the role of one of the most influential media in the dissemination of the values of Athenian society. At the same time, they clearly capture the identity of the multicultural community that was formed on the territory of the Pontic city as a result of contacts with various centres in the Mediterranean world, with the inhabitants of Inner Thrace and with the powerful Thracian kingdoms in the area. The edition contains 233 illustrations and 10 tables with data on the context of the objects, the composition of the clay and statistical information.

Table of contents

Introduction

Catalogue

1. Hydria

2. Pelikai

3. Kraters

4. Oinochoai

5. Skyphoi

6. Lekythoi

7. Askoi

8. Lekanides

Thematic scope, subjects and iconography

Mythological subjects

Genre subjects

Subjects representing rites

Summary of the results

Bibliography

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