Denis V. Beylin^{a, #}, Irina V. Rukavishnikova^{b, ##}, Nikolay F. Fedoseev ^a, Tatiana N. Smekalova^{c, ###}, Anna V. Antipenko^{a, ####}, Anastasia Yu. Loboda^{d, #####}, Polina V. Guryeva^{d, ######}, Ekaterina S. Kovalenko^{d, #######}, Mikhail M. Murashev^{d, ########}, Elena Yu. Tereshchenko^{d,e, #########} and Ekaterina B. Yatsishina^{d, ##########}

^aInstitute of Archaeology of Crimea RAS, Simferopol, Russia
^bInstitute of Archaeology RAS, Moscow, Russia
^cV. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russia
^dNational Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
^eFederal Research Centre of Crystallography and Photonics RAS; Moscow, Russia

^#E-mail: denis-beylin@mail.ru
^##E-mail: rukavishnikovairina@yandex.ru
^###E-mail: tnsmek@mail.ru
^####E-mail: an.antipenko@yandex.ru
^#####E-mail: lobodaau@mail.ru
^######E-mail: poli.b3@gmail.com
^#######E-mail: kovalenko_es@mail.ru
^########E-mail: mihail.mmm@inbox.ru
^#########E-mail: elenatereschenko@yandex.ru
^##########E-mail: Yatsishina_EB@nrcki.ru

Keywords: the Panticapaeum necropolis, ancient metal objects, funeral wreaths, gold foil, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray and neutron tomography.

The article is focused on the study of the alloy composition and the peculiarities of the manufacturing technique of metal objects uncovered during the excavation in the crypt in the northern part of the Panticapaeum necropolis. Based on the results of research on the details of funeral wreaths with natural science methods, it was established that they were made of gold of a fairly high standard. The use of such an alloy in the Roman period was recorded for items from the excavations at the Panticapaeum and Phanagoria necropolises. Bosporan jewellers made parts of funeral wreaths by mechanical processing: in the beginning, a metal sheet was forged, after that they cut out items of the required shape from it and applied an embossed ornament. Bronze objects found in the crypt, which were used by their owner during his lifetime, are mostly cast. They are made of pure copper, brass, tin-lead and lead-tin bronzes.

DOI: 10.31857/S0869606324010058, EDN: ZWJEQB