Крышка бронзового светильника из поселения Полянка

The paper is devoted to the publication of a round bronze lid with a dolphin figurine from the Polyanka settlement in the Azov Sea region of the Crimea. The find originates from a context no later than the second half of the I century BC. Despite the fact that its construction (two hinges) differs from the most known lamp lids, given the relatively rare use of hinged lids, the size of the lid and its decoration with a threedimensional figure of a dolphin and parallels of similar images of dolphins in similar positions specifically for the decoration of bronze lamps dating back to the early imperial period, there are grounds for attributing the object as a lamp lid. Taking into account the context of the find, there is every reason to assume that it could belong to a richly decorated bronze lamp of the late Hellenistic period, probably of Eastern Mediterranean or Asia Minor origin. Thus, the find from the Polyanka settlement complements rather short list of finds of Hellenistic and Roman bronze lamps found in the North Pontic region, even taking into account the fact that it has been somewhat expanded by finds of recent decades and publications of old materials.