The Bosporus: Gateway Between the Ancient West and East (1st Millennium BC-5th Century AD) : Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities, Istanbul, 14th-18th September 2009

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The book consists of 49 papers and two Appendices. The themes covered are: Greeks around the Hellespont, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Western, Northern and Eastern Black Sea, and Relations with the Mediterranean World; Romans around the Hellespont, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Western, Northern and Eastern Black Sea, and Relations with the Mediterranean World; The Black Sea and Surrounding Regions in Late Antiquity and the Early Byzantine Period; and New Excavations and Projects. With a short introduction by John Boardman. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Principal Editor’s Preface Message from the President of the International Organising Committee, Prof. Sir John Boardman Welcome by the Secretary-General List of abbreviations List of Illustrations and Tables Greeks around the Hellespont, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Western, Northern and Eastern Black Sea, and Relations with the Mediterranean World SEA STRAITS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD: THEIR MEANING AND FUNCTIONS EXTRACTING, INVESTIGATING AND REPRESENTING GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTS IN HERODOTUS: THE CASE OF THE BLACK SEA PRE-COLONISATION IN THE BLACK SEA: THE FIRST GREEK POTTERY FINDS IN THE BLACK SEA ATTRIBUTING THINGS GREEK: ANCIENT PERCEPTIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF ANTIQUITY BYZANCE HELLÉNISTIQUE ET IMPÉRIALE: UN CENTRE CULTUREL AVANT CONSTANTINOPLE? RELIGION AND GREEK COLONISATION: AN EPITHET OF APHRODITE AS EXAMPLE OF ADOPTION AND ADAPTATION TO LOCAL PRACTICE APHRODITE’S TRAVELS AROUND THE BLACK SEA REPRÉSENTATIONS D’APHRODITE DANS LA CITÉ D’ÉPOQUE HELLÉNISTIQUE D’ALBEŞTI ARCHITECTURAL SIMILARITIES(?) BETWEEN THE BLACK SEA AND NORTH AEGEAN SETTLEMENTS NOT ALL THINGS GREEK CAME THROUGH GREEK TRADE OR AT THE HANDS OF GREEKS QUELQUES RÉFLEXIONS SUR LE COMMERCE GREC AU LITTORAL SEPTENTRIONAL DE LA MER NOIRE D’APRÈS L’ÉPIGRAPHIE (VIe-IVe SIÈCLES AV. J.-C.) TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE MAEOTIAN TRIBES OF THE KUBAN AND THE ANCIENT WORLD BASED ON THE EVIDENCE OF AMPHORAE (END OF THE 7TH CENTURY-FIRST HALF OF 1ST CENTURY BC) TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN TANAIS AND THE PONTIC REGION STAMPED AMPHORAE FROM THE GREEK BLACK SEA COLONY OF SINOPE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD CORINTHIAN CONVENTIONALISING POTTERY FROM THE NORTHERN BLACK SEA REGION IN THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM KOMAST CUPS FROM EXCAVATIONS ON BEREZAN ISLAND: ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF ATTIC POTTERY IN THE NORTHERN BLACK SEA AREA COLUMN-KRATERS OF THE 5TH CENTURY BC FROM THRACE (BASED ON FINDS FROM BULGARIA) ARCHAIC COINS FROM NORTH-WESTERN ASIA MINOR IN CYCLADIC HOARDS? FROM VANI TO VARNA: SOME LATE CLASSICAL JEWELLERY RECONSIDERED ATHENS AND THE PONTIC POLEIS IN THE TRIBUTE LIST OF 425/424 BC THE TYRANNIES OF HERACLEIA PONTICA AFTER CLEARCHOS Romans around the Hellespont, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Western, Northern and Eastern Black Sea, and Relations with the Mediterranean World LES CULTES ISIAQUES DE LA TROADE À LA BITHYNIE THE MILITARY IMPORTANCE OF THE BOSPORUS AND THE DARDANELLES IN THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE (PRINCIPATE) IMITATIO PRINCIPIS: BETWEEN EUERGETISM AND SELF-CELEBRATION. JULIO-CLAUDIAN STATUARY GROUPS FROM THE BLACK SEA, HELLESPONT AND BOSPORUS LA MOBILITÉ INTERNE EN MÉSIE INFÉRIEURE SELON LES SOURCES ÉPIGRAPHIQUES ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS AND THE RELATIONS OF CITIES ALONG THE SOUTH-WEST BLACK SEA COAST (1ST-3RD CENTURIES AD) FRESH THOUGHTS ON OLD SUBJECTS: FROM ORA MARITIMAE TO LITUS SCYTHICUM. THE COASTAL DEFENCE OF LOWER MOESIA AND THRACE IN THE 1ST-3RD CENTURIES AD FROM DAVA TO CIVITAS. HALMYRIS, A GETIC, EARLY AND LATE ROMAN SETTLEMENT ON THE LOWER DANUBE LES AMPHORES ROMAINES D’HÉRACLÉE DU PONT EN DOBROUDJA WIDDERFÖRMIGES KÄNNCHEN AUS OLBIA IM AKADEMISCHEN KUNSTMUSEUM BONN UND SEINE ENTSPRECHUNGEN: NEUE UNTERSUCHUNGEN ÜBER EINE ALTBEKANNTE GEFÄßGRUPPE The Black Sea and Surrounding Regions in Late Antiquity and the Early Byzantine Period EARLY BYZANTINE SOURCES ON THE OGHURIC TRIBES IN THE NORTHERN BLACK SEA AREA EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC SETTLEMENTS OF THE BOSPORUS HINTERLAND IN THE EARLY BYZANTINE PERIOD RÖMISCHE SPIELSTEINE IN EINEM GRAB DER SÂNTANA DE MUREŞ-CHERNYAKHOV-KULTUR – INDIKATOR FÜR EINEN BESONDEREN SOZIALSTATUS? EARLY BYZANTINE CHURCHES IN THE SOUTH-WEST OF THE CRIMEA ON THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT CHERSONESITE NARRATIVES IN CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS’ DE ADMINISTRANDO IMPERIO 53, LL. 1-492 WESTERN GEORGIA IN THE 5TH-6TH CENTURIES AD: A CHOICE BETWEEN BYZANTIUM AND PERSIA FRÜHBYZANTINISCHE ÜBERGEPRÄGTE MÜNZEN VON DER WESTKÜSTE DES SCHWARZEN MEERES New Excavations and Projects ARCHAEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT: A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP IN THE BLACK SEA REGION THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE HELLENIC WORLD – VOLUME 2: THE BLACK SEA BLACK SEA ‘TOMB RAIDERS’ AND THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS: LEGITIMATING ILLICIT EXCAVATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM POLICY ONE POSSIBLE LOCATION OF DAMASTION – KALE BY KRŠEVICA (SOUTH-EASTERN SERBIA) APERÇU SUR L’ORGANISATION URBAINE D’APOLLONIA DU PONT: LA PARCELLE UPI XI-XII-515 IMAGES OF THE DEAD ON HELLENISTIC FUNERARY RELIEFS FROM MESAMBRIA THE COMPOSITION OF THE FUNERAL FEAST IN ANCIENT TOMBS EXHIBITED IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY, SOFIA LES BOLS À RELIEFS HELLÉNISTIQUES D’HISTRIA: DONNÉES ARCHÉOMETRIQUES PRÉLIMINAIRES ATHENIAN POTTERY FROM BEREZAN AT THE HERMITAGE – REVISITED RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS IN APSARUS OLUZ HÖYÜK: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD AND IRON AGE LAYERS NEW EXPLORATION OF THE TURKISH BLACK SEA COAST: FILYOS/TIOS Appendix 1 Programme Fourth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities Appendix 2 Summaries of Papers Fourth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities Contributors/Lead Authors and Contact Details (published papers)