title: CONSTANTINOPLE HAYES 8 - A RARE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN LAMP TYPE IN THE PROVINCE OF SCYTHIA. SEVERAL CONSIDERATIONS DERIVED FROM ITS ICONOGRAPHY AND DISTRIBUTION
abstract: The article is specifically tackling the Constantinople Hayes 8 type of clay lamps, dating from the second half of the 5th century to early 7th century AD. Our analysis pinpoints the sites where such lighting devices have been found in the Balkans, along the Lower Danube and in the Black Sea basin, as well as their specific clustering (namely at Constantinople, in association to the Church of St. Polyeuktos at Saraçhane, at Halmyris in the Lower Danube province of Scythia, as well as at Tauric C
journal: Journal of Ancient History and Archeology