Summary (English)
KABYLE (Stefan Bakardzhiev – st_bakarjiev@abv.bg) A stratum up to 50 cm thick was explored, dated to the 4th – beginning of the 5th centuries AD, judging from the coins and the pottery. A part of a bronze belt buckle was found in Trench 43 with a Greek inscription that read: ΚΥΡΙΕΒΟΗΘΙCΟΝ (Κύριε, βοήθισον) – “God help!”, dated to the 5th century AD. Two pottery kilns were discovered in Trenches 43 and 44. In 1978, five more pottery kilns dated from AD 378 to the first decades of the 5th century AD had been discovered close to Basilica No. 1 situated at 20 m to the west of the site. A stratum of the second half of the 3rd – beginning of the 2nd centuries BC was also explored. The finds included a coin of Apollonia Pontica minted in c. 250 BC, a fragment from a terracotta figurine of Cybele and sherds from stamped amphorae from Rhodes, Knidos and Ephesus. A stratum of the second half of the 4th – beginning of the 3rd centuries BC was explored, containing Thracian and imported Greek pottery, a bronze coin of Maroneia and sherds from stamped amphorae from Akanthos, Rhodes and Thasos. The southern fortification wall of Kabyle has not been located so far.
- Stefan Bakardzhiev - Museum of History - Yambol 
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