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KITALON (Ancient city) TAVRIS
A Greek city on the N coast of the Black Sea 40 km SW of Kerch near
Zavetnoe. It probably dates to the 4th-5th c. B.C. (Ps. Skyl., 10.68; Plin. HN
4.86).
In the 4th-3d c. the city was surrounded by walls 2.5 m thick and
these were reinforced in the Roman period by a second circle of ramparts. The
city was a fort of major importance against the Scythian nomadic tribes. On the
outskirts is a kurgan necropolis belonging to the Hellenized Scythians who inhabited
the city. Another necropolis from the Roman period (2d-3d c.) contains tombs decorated
with frescos representing warriors, teams of horses, and ships. Particularly noteworthy
are a sundial of the 2d c. A.D. with a relief of a bull's head in the center (Kerch
Museum); from the 3d c. A.D. an offering table of stone with a Greek inscription
colitaining a reference to a temple; and several other Greek funerary inscriptions
with non-Greek names. The Hermitage and Kerch museums contain material from the
site.
M. L. Bernhard & Z. Sztetyllo, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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