Marble-like decorated glazed pottery from Ottoman fortresses of the North-Eastern Azov region

Ceramological research is devoted to a rare type of polychrome glazed ware that was discovered during archaeological excavations between 1961 and 2015 in the former Ottoman fortresses of Azak and Sed-Islam in the North-Eastern Azov region. It was a first-ever possibility to identify and study fragments of this tableware dating back to the 17th - 18th centuries, which are stored in the stock collections of Archaeological Museum-Reserve “Tanais” and Azov History, Archaeology and Paleontology Museum-Reserve. Over 50 years of work at these archaeological sites, 97 fragments of glazed earthenware with marble-like decoration were discovered (18 fragments - in the Sed-Islam fortress, 79 fragments - in the Azak fortress). The predominant fragments are the remains of open-shaped vessels - plates and bowls (90.8%). Fragments of closed-shaped vessels (jugs) are very rare (6.2%). In Azak, 3 lids from jugs (3%) were found. According to the author, most of this tableware is imported from Anatolia and from the Coast of Marmara Sea...