NOVO OTRADNOE
Bosporus.
An ancient
fortress on the coast of the Sea of Azov. Founded in the
1st c. A.D. by the Bosporan Kingdom, it was inhabited
solely by natives. A stone rampart (1st c. B.C.) was
strengthened from within in the 1st c. A.D. Traces of two
houses from the 3d c. A.D. reflect the Greek traditions of
the inhabitants. The houses are 10 x 12 m square and
built of hewn stone blocks. In the necropolis 45 burials
(1st c. B.C-3d c. A.D.) have been excavated. The site was
destroyed in the late 3d c.
The few finds consist of agricultural implements and
fishing equipment (Hermitage Museum).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
I. T. Kruglikova, “Pozdneantichnye
poseleniia Bospora na beregu Azovskogo mona”
SovArkh 25 (1956) 236-60; T. M. Arsen'eva, “Raskopki u
derevni Novo-Otradnoe v 1959 g.,”
KSIA 86 (1961) 66-69; id., “Nekropol' rimskogo vremeni u der. Novo-Otradnoe,”
SovArkh (1963) 1.192-203; id., “Mogil'nik u der.
Novo-Otradnoe,” Poseleniia i mogil'niki Kerchenskogo
poluostrova nachala n.e. [Materialy i issledovaniia PO
arkheologii SSSR, No. 155] (1970) 82-149.
M. L. BERNHARD & Z. SZTETYŁLstrok;O
