Kapustina E.P.

Key words: pottery group with zoomorphic handles, metal vessels with zoomorphic handles, Sarmatian-time, semantic analysis.
The article considers a Sarmatian-time pottery group with ornamented handles from the Bosporus and adjoining territories. It substantiates the interpretation of the vessels as imitations of imported metal ware with its characteristic structural details. The author undertakes a semantic analysis of the group of handles in the context of the regional traditions of zoomorphic pottery and offers a new integrative interpretation of the vessels as a specific variant of the pottery with zoomorphic handles.