New Funerary Inscriptions from Lydia in the Kütahya Museum

Volume: 5 January 15, 2008
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New Funerary Inscriptions from Lydia in the Kütahya Museum

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New Funerary Inscriptions from Lydia in the Kütahya Museum

This article presents two grave steles and four cinerary chests (three of which are inscribed). The steles were found in Yassıeynehan, a village of Simav in northern Lydia/western Phrygia (Maionia/Mysia Abbaïtis). Both steles feature pediments and show wreaths with a inscription beneath them. The steles in this icono-graphy in fact are in the type of steles from Saittai and its territory, and many similar samples existed there. At the end of inscriptions are curse imprecations peculiar to that region. The village of Yassıeynehan, the finding place of these steles, is not far from Saittai (Sidaskale-İcikler) and they are the productions of Lydian culture. The steles are from the A.D. 1st century for and the beginning of the 2nd century, ac­cording to their era information given in their inscriptions. All the cinerary chests which are in plain foursquare box form and don't have depictions, belonged to the territory of Philadelpheia (Alaşehir/Manisa), except for one, the finding place of which is unknown but is probably originated from Lydia. The inscriptions of them are simple and in two of them the name of the deceased were given in genitive case. Since in an inscription of chests is given a date in A.D. 1st century (no. 4), the others should also belong to the same epoch.

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January 15, 2008

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November 10, 2007

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Year 2008 Volume: 5

APA
Akyürek Şahin, N., & Onur, F. (2008). New Funerary Inscriptions from Lydia in the Kütahya Museum. Gephyra, 5, 125-138. https://izlik.org/JA69LZ28RH
AMA
1.Akyürek Şahin N, Onur F. New Funerary Inscriptions from Lydia in the Kütahya Museum. GEPHYRA. 2008;5:125-138. https://izlik.org/JA69LZ28RH
Chicago
Akyürek Şahin, N., and Fatih Onur. 2008. “New Funerary Inscriptions from Lydia in the Kütahya Museum”. Gephyra 5 (January): 125-38. https://izlik.org/JA69LZ28RH.
EndNote
Akyürek Şahin N, Onur F (January 1, 2008) New Funerary Inscriptions from Lydia in the Kütahya Museum. Gephyra 5 125–138.
IEEE
[1]N. Akyürek Şahin and F. Onur, “New Funerary Inscriptions from Lydia in the Kütahya Museum”, GEPHYRA, vol. 5, pp. 125–138, Jan. 2008, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA69LZ28RH
ISNAD
Akyürek Şahin, N. - Onur, Fatih. “New Funerary Inscriptions from Lydia in the Kütahya Museum”. Gephyra 5 (January 1, 2008): 125-138. https://izlik.org/JA69LZ28RH.
JAMA
1.Akyürek Şahin N, Onur F. New Funerary Inscriptions from Lydia in the Kütahya Museum. GEPHYRA. 2008;5:125–138.
MLA
Akyürek Şahin, N., and Fatih Onur. “New Funerary Inscriptions from Lydia in the Kütahya Museum”. Gephyra, vol. 5, Jan. 2008, pp. 125-38, https://izlik.org/JA69LZ28RH.
Vancouver
1.N. Akyürek Şahin, Fatih Onur. New Funerary Inscriptions from Lydia in the Kütahya Museum. GEPHYRA [Internet]. 2008 Jan. 1;5:125-38. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA69LZ28RH