FOUR FUNERARY AND VOTIVE MONUMENTS FROM MYSIA (NORTH-WESTERN TURKEY)
FOUR FUNERARY AND VOTIVE MONUMENTS FROM MYSIA (NORTH-WESTERN TURKEY)
Author(s): Ergün Lafli, Mustafa Uyar Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Ancient World
Published by: Editura Muzeului Municipiului Bucuresti
Keywords: Funerary stele; votive altar; Adramyttium; Balıkesir; Miletoupolis; Karacabey; Mustafakemalpaşa; Yumurcaklı; Karyağmaz; Bursa; Mysia; north-western Turkey; Asia Minor; Late Hellenistic period; Roman;
Summary/Abstract: In this brief contribution, four funerary and votive monuments from Turkey are presented. No. 1 is housed in the Turkish National Forces - Kuvâ-yi Milliye Museum of Balıkesir, no. 2 in the garden of the cleaning office of TİGEM in Karacabey, no. 3 in a garden of a private house in the district of Yumurcaklı and no. 4 in the garden of the mosque in the district of Karyağmaz, all in the ancient territories of Mysia in north-western Asia Minor. All of these formerly unknown monuments bear inscriptions in Greek and are dated between the first century BC and mid-third century AD. Nos. 2, 3 and 4 were studied by M. E. Uyar in the course of his master’s thesis which was submitted to Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir in 2019.
Journal: Revista de Cercetari Arheologice si Numismatice
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 74-89
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English