A phoenician τράπεζα in Panticapaeum?

Abstract

The paper proposes to read in the graffito on the attic black-glazed kylix founded in Kertch at 2017 – yod, beth, and shin: 12 sh(iglu), i.e. a bank receipt the bearer of which was supposed to get this money from the Phoenician trapezites in Panticapaeum. Also, the author analyzes the archaeological, and literary data reflecting the business relations between Phoenicia and the North Shore of the Black Sea from the beginning of VIIth century BC.

Keywords

• graffito
• kylix
• fragment
• phoenicia
• bosporus cimmerian
• trade
• script
• writing
• letter
• trapeza
• trapezites