title: The « Lost » Ashik’s tomb. The history of its exploration and archive discoveries
abstract: The painted tomb brought to light by Ashik at Kerch is considered to be lost nowadays. However, its discovery in 1842 had proved to be a true sensation when the splendor of the frescoes in excellent state of preservation became evident to the archaeologist and his draftsman. Within three days they had been copying the frescoes which had afterwards been used as an illustrative material for the publication dedicated to this painted tomb. Several copies of the publication, intended for important pe