Inscriptions on stone sarcophagi from hisardere necropolis in nikaia Inschriften auf stein-sarkophagen von der hisardere-nekropole von nikaia Nikaia’daki hisardere nekropolü’nden taş lahitler üzerindeki yazıtlar
Ekin Meriç A, Dreyer B (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2021
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Book Volume: 21
Pages Range: 47-63
Abstract
The article examines two sarcophagi with inscriptions found in the necropolis of Hisardere in İznik (Nikaia) and dated to the Roman Imperial Period, together with a funerary stele of a Christian tomb. The first of the sarcophagi belongs to Antigonos, who died at the age of 45-50. Antigonos was wrapped in a three-layered woollen shroud and buried with a glass bottle from the 3rd century AD as a burial gift. The shroud on the hands and feet in particular is intact. The wooden pillow under the head and part of the wooden bed under the body have also been preserved. The inscription contains Arete’s lament, which may be connected to the pictorial programme of the reliefs. In the second sarcophagus lie two female individuals, 30-45 years old and 25-30 years old, who, as the inscription indicates, are mother and daughter. They were found tightly wrapped in a shroud of linen and local wool and silk. A mosaic from the 4th-5th century AD was found on the sarcophagus. This mosaic was removed to open the tomb. The conditions of both sarcophagi are preserved intact. They thus provide us with useful information about the burial traditions of Nikaia in the Roman Imperial Period and are a fine example of how cooperation between disciplines (archaeology, anthropology, epigraphy) can offer fruitful new results.
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Ekin Meriç, A., & Dreyer, B. (2021). Inscriptions on stone sarcophagi from hisardere necropolis in nikaia Inschriften auf stein-sarkophagen von der hisardere-nekropole von nikaia Nikaia’daki hisardere nekropolü’nden taş lahitler üzerindeki yazıtlar. Gephyra. Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Kultur der Antike auf dem Gebiet der heutigen Türkei, 21, 47-63. https://dx.doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.864218
MLA:
Ekin Meriç, Aygün, and Boris Dreyer. "Inscriptions on stone sarcophagi from hisardere necropolis in nikaia Inschriften auf stein-sarkophagen von der hisardere-nekropole von nikaia Nikaia’daki hisardere nekropolü’nden taş lahitler üzerindeki yazıtlar." Gephyra. Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Kultur der Antike auf dem Gebiet der heutigen Türkei 21 (2021): 47-63.
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