A bronze cauldron with a Greek inscription from the kurgan cemetery near the Bazki farmstead in the Volgograd region

Archaeological excavations on the right bank of the Don River in the VolgogradRegion revealed a hammered bronze cauldron of the Early Sarmatian period in themound of kurgan 1 near the Bazki farmstead. The caldron bears a Greek inscriptionplaced on the vessel shoulders. The inscription reads as [Η]ΔΔΔΖ F1 | ΔΙΡΙNAKOY andis interpreted as (Weight) 181 (drachms) (owned by) Dirinak. Regarding typologicalcharacteristics and paleographic data, the dating puts the cauldron within II - possibly,early I century BC.