BRONZE RELIEF VESSEL APPLIQUES OF THE ROMAN TIME FROM THE EXCAVATIONS AT TAURIC CHERSONESOS
The work is devoted to the relief vessel appliqués from the excavations of Tauric Chersonesos, which differ from the other details of bronze vessels by the refinement of their artistic execution. In former times they served to decorate the lower parts of vessel handles. The vessels with analogous subjects on their appliqués are thought to have been manufactured by the Italic craftsmen of the Early Roman time. The described handle appliqués, as well as the other details of bronze vessels from Chersonesos, are indicative of a constant infux of bronze ware to the city in the I-II cc. AD.