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Title: New Ancient Iranian Names from Early Phanagoria
Author(s): BALAKHVANTSEV, Archil S. , ZAVOYKINA, Natalia V.
Journal: Ancient West & East
Volume: 21    Date: 2022   
Pages: 247-254
DOI: 10.2143/AWE.21.0.3291147

Abstract :
This paper presents the publication of two new owners’ graffiti discovered in Phanagoria in 2015. The first one, Ἀράτριος ἡ κύλιξ (the kylix of Aratris), dates back to the end of the first quarter of the 5th century BC. The name Aratris demonstrates obvious parallels to the ethnic name Aratrii mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (Peripl. M. Rubr.). The second graffito is Ἀρπάτρις (Arpatris). It dates back to the end of the 6th-first third of the 5th century BC. It is possible to suggest that it is a composite name of Scythian origin and it should be translated as ‘the Keeper of Fire’.

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