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Aleksandreia Troas'tan Yeni Bir Lahit Yazıtı

Year 2019, Issue: 45, 113 - 124, 18.11.2019

Abstract

Bu makalede Çanakkale’nin Ezine ilçesinde bir evin bahçe duvarında devşirme malzeme olarak kullanılmış olan bir lahit parçası üzerindeki yeni bir yazıt tanıtılmaktadır. Aleksandreia Troas’taki Roma dönemi mezar mimarisi hakkında bilgi sunan bu yazıt aracılığıyla kentte kama-ra olarak adlandırılan tonoz tavanlı mezar yapılarının –ki kentte bu tipteki mezar mimarisinin varlığı daha önceden bilinmekteydi– üzerine lahit yerleştirildiğini görmekteyiz. Aleksandreia Troas’ta bu türde mezarların varlığı arkeolojik olarak doğrulanmasa da lahidin bu şekilde yer-leştirildiği mezar yapıları Phrygia Hierapolis’inde belgelenmiştir. Ayrıca lahdin yazıtlarda nadir olarak geçen ve “basamaklı platform” olarak tercüme edilen ekbasmosis üzerine yerleştirildiği anlaşılmaktadır. Asia Minor’da özellikle Karia ve Pisidia bölgelerinde ceza formülü içeren me-zar yazıtlarında sıklıkla karşılaşılan tymborykhia kavramı bu yazıt ile Aleksandreia Troas’ta ilk defa kayıt altına alınmaktadır.

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A New Sarcophagus Inscription from Alexandreia Troas

Year 2019, Issue: 45, 113 - 124, 18.11.2019

Abstract

This paper aims to introduce a new sarcophagus inscription which was used as a spolia of the garden wall of a house in the town of Ezine in Çanakkale Province. Providing infor-mation about the tomb architecture of Alexandreia Troas in the Roman Imperial period, the inscription constitutes the first clear epigraphic evidence in the city about the practice of erect-ing a sarcophagus on the top surface of a kamara. Archaeological example of these monu-mental tombs has not documented in the city. However, analogous practice is well known from the necropolis of Phrygian Hierapolis. The inscription also shows that the sarcophagus was placed on a ‘stepped pedestal’ called ekbasmosis, a rare term recorded in inscriptions. With this inscription, the term tymborychia which is common in the funerary inscriptions with fine-clause, especially in Caria and Pisidia, firstly appears in Alexandreia Troas.

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  • A. Hauvette-Besnault – E. Pottier, “Inscriptions d’Asie Mineure”, BCH 4, 1880, 375-382.
  • P. Herrmann – H. Malay, New Documents from Lydia (Wien 2007).
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  • H. Wankel et al. (eds.), Die Inschriften von Ephesos, I-VII (Bonn 1979-1981).
  • V. İdil, Likya Lahitleri (Ankara 1998).
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Primary Language English
Subjects Archaeology
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Tolga Özhan 0000-0002-7541-9864

Hüseyin Yaman 0000-0003-1693-6500

Publication Date November 18, 2019
Submission Date April 8, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019 Issue: 45

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Chicago Özhan, Tolga, and Hüseyin Yaman. “A New Sarcophagus Inscription from Alexandreia Troas”. Anatolia, no. 45 (November 2019): 113-24.

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