A Roman tree trunk coffin from the Museum of Anamur in Rough Cilicia (southern Turkey)
A Roman tree trunk coffin from the Museum of Anamur in Rough Cilicia (southern Turkey)
Author(s): Ergün Lafli, Maurizio BuoraSubject(s): Archaeology, Social history, Ancient World
Published by: MUZEUL NAȚIONAL DE ISTORIE A ROMÂNIEI
Keywords: Wooden sarcophagus; tree trunk; coffins; Roman period; Late Roman period; Anamur; Rough Cilicia; Asia Minor;
Summary/Abstract: This brief paper presents a tree trunk coffin from the Museum of Anamur in western Rough Cilicia in southern Turkey. As wooden sarcophagi of the Roman period are rarely known in scholarly literature, this previously unknown example is of importance for the current research.
Journal: Cercetări Arheologice
- Issue Year: XXIX/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 143-148
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Romanian