The Sundial and Convivium Scene on the Mosaic from the Rescue Excavation in a Late Antique House of Antioch

Abstract

During the rescue excavation carried out at İplik Pazarı in 2013 in the modern quarter of Antakya ancient Antioch by archaeologists D. Kara and B. Demir from the Hatay Archaeology Museum, a partially surviving figural floor mosaic was discovered1. Only the eastern part of the figural mosaic floor has survived while the rest was destroyed. The mosaic panel is bordered by a frame and consists of three intact yet different scenes. In the center is a sundial, a male figure with the inscription Trekhedeipnos, and another male figure at his back with the inscription Akairos. A slightly reclining skeleton and the inscription Euphrosynos is depicted in the next panel, while the head of an African figure holding a double stick is in the third panel. The sundial theme is a subject seen previously in Antioch mosaics2; however, the skeleton depiction is viewed for the first time. The panel has a uniqueness both in its subject and its different style, and brings novelty to the Antioch mosaic repertoire.

Antakya Geç Antik Çağ Konutu Kurtarma Kazısından Güneş Saati ve Ziyafet Mozaiği

Abstract

Antakya Kurtuluş Caddesi, İplik Pazarı mevkisinde, Hatay Arkeoloji Müzesince 2013 yılında yürütülen kurtarma kazısında bir kısmı korunagelmiş figürlü taban mozaiği içeren konut ve çevresi kazılmıştır. Kazı, günümüzden başlayan ve Geç Antik Çağ’ın başlarına kadar uzanan bir yerleşim katmanlaşmasını ortaya çıkarmıştır. Üst üste yapılaşma nedeniyle orijinal planı bozulmuş olan ancak 7 mekânı tanımlanabilmiş bir konutun, kuzey ve batı tarafı yol ile sınırlanmıştır. Hellenistik insula üzerinde kuzey ve batısı sokağa bitişen konut, avlu etrafında sıralanan mekânları ve avluya açılan geniş ziyafet salonu olan tricliniumu ile Geç Antik Çağ Antakya evlerinin planını vermektedir. Konutun inşası sikke buluntulara göre en erken M.S. 276 en geç M.S. 337 yıllarıdır.

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