Archaeologists from the Tauric Chersonese Museum-Reserve have discovered a rare find of a standard of length measurements from ancient times, the head of the museum department, Daniil Kostromichev, said in a message to the Sevastopol News telegram channel on July 10.
The found object is a marble disc with a diameter of 65 cm, on which “we can see the dimensions of an elbow, a foot, a finger, a palm, etc. – all measurements derived from the human body that were used at that time,” says Alexey Arzhanov, head of the Interdisciplinary Research Department of the Tauride Chersonese Museum-Reserve. He explained that there are only five similar finds in the world, and only two of them can be safely attributed to ancient Greek standards of length measurements, so the importance of the found slab for archaeology is enormous.
According to Daniil Kostromichev, the unique find was recovered from a trench during the relocation of utility lines on the territory of the museum-reserve. The slab was located in layers dating back to the early Byzantine period of Chersonese’s history, but, apparently, it was originally located in the central square and was intended for use by all residents of the ancient city.
Currently, survey work is continuing on the museum’s territory and the number of finds in the cultural strata already exceeds 3 thousand objects.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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