Glassware and illumination objects of XIII-XIV centuries from excavations in Azak (the South of Russia)‎

Abstract EN

During the longstanding archaeological excavations on the territory of the Golden Horde city of Azak (present-day Azov city, Rostov region, South of Russia), there have been discovered and studied remains of medieval structures of residential and handicraft areas, bath-houses, mosques, fortification structures in the shape of an earth mound or a moat as well as several municipal Muslim burial grounds. 
The finds of the Azov archaeologists dated by the XIII-XIV centuries include various wares made of ceramics, metal, bone, stone, glass, etc.

The findings of ceramic crockery (jugs, bowls, water vessels, amphoras, etc.

) are the most numerous.

The ceramics complex of Azak were published in the museum catalogue.

But until now researchers have paid a little attention to the glassware discovered in the memorial, Yet the range is quite wide.

This study is devoted to the classification of glassware and illumination objects from the excavations in the medieval Azak.

For the first time the authors make an attempt to give a brief characteristic to some repairable shapes of glass vessels.