Clay Figurines of Olbia Pontica

Part I. Collection of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine

by Tetiana Shevchenko

Book cover: Clay Figurines of Olbia Pontica

Extent: 262 pages

Publisher: Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG

Subjects: Mediterranean Archaeology

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(March 2025)

ISBN: 9783796552717

Price: $75.00

In stock

This book analyses the figurines scientifically, through iconographic, technological and chronological identification, consideration of analogies from other centres, and investigations of communication routes in ancient times.


Olbia Pontica is one of the prominent Ancient Greek sites in the south of Ukraine. Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman clay figurines were found there in the 1930s and kept in the National Museum of History of Ukraine. These Terracottas illustrate the course of history in the Black Sea region, changes in art, religion and other aspects of life. This book analyses the figurines scientifically, through iconographic, technological and chronological identification, consideration of analogies from other centres, and investigations of communication routes in ancient times. Abundant photos and, in the case of partially preserved terracottas, reconstructions help to make this heritage, endangered since 2022, vivid and accessible.

  • By (author) Tetiana Shevchenko