Among the five sarcophagi unearthed in a late necropolis in Izmit (Kocaeli), one bears a long epigram as well as a text engraved on the lid, indicating the owner of the tomb. According to the archaeological context, the palaeography and the onomastic particularities, the document most probably dates from the 3rd c. AD. The epigram written in iambic trimeter represents an exhortation to enjoy life, like other texts attested both in the eastern part of the Empire and in Rome. The deceased, mentioned in the text of the epigram together with his wife, had fulfilled important functions, in particular that of patèr of a civic subdivision attested for the first time (the Sebastè phyle), which is mentioned in the brief text engraved on the lid. He ...
A rescue excavation by the Directorate of the Kocaeli Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography was cond...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
Among the five sarcophagi unearthed in a late necropolis in Izmit (Kocaeli), one bears a long epigra...
Among the five sarcophagi unearthed in a late necropolis in Izmit (Kocaeli), one bears a long epigra...
Among the five sarcophagi unearthed in a late necropolis in Izmit (Kocaeli), one bears a long epigra...
Among the five sarcophagi unearthed in a late necropolis in Izmit (Kocaeli), one bears a longepigram...
International audienceA rescue excavation by the Directorate of the Kocaeli Museum of Archaeology an...
International audienceA rescue excavation by the Directorate of the Kocaeli Museum of Archaeology an...
International audienceA rescue excavation by the Directorate of the Kocaeli Museum of Archaeology an...
International audienceA rescue excavation by the Directorate of the Kocaeli Museum of Archaeology an...
International audienceThe two famous metrical epitaphs engraved on the tomb of the Roman senator Mai...
International audienceThe two famous metrical epitaphs engraved on the tomb of the Roman senator Mai...
International audienceThe two famous metrical epitaphs engraved on the tomb of the Roman senator Mai...
In this paper the authors publish a new sarcophagus from Tatabánya found in 1989. The funerary inscr...
A rescue excavation by the Directorate of the Kocaeli Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography was cond...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
Among the five sarcophagi unearthed in a late necropolis in Izmit (Kocaeli), one bears a long epigra...
Among the five sarcophagi unearthed in a late necropolis in Izmit (Kocaeli), one bears a long epigra...
Among the five sarcophagi unearthed in a late necropolis in Izmit (Kocaeli), one bears a long epigra...
Among the five sarcophagi unearthed in a late necropolis in Izmit (Kocaeli), one bears a longepigram...
International audienceA rescue excavation by the Directorate of the Kocaeli Museum of Archaeology an...
International audienceA rescue excavation by the Directorate of the Kocaeli Museum of Archaeology an...
International audienceA rescue excavation by the Directorate of the Kocaeli Museum of Archaeology an...
International audienceA rescue excavation by the Directorate of the Kocaeli Museum of Archaeology an...
International audienceThe two famous metrical epitaphs engraved on the tomb of the Roman senator Mai...
International audienceThe two famous metrical epitaphs engraved on the tomb of the Roman senator Mai...
International audienceThe two famous metrical epitaphs engraved on the tomb of the Roman senator Mai...
In this paper the authors publish a new sarcophagus from Tatabánya found in 1989. The funerary inscr...
A rescue excavation by the Directorate of the Kocaeli Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography was cond...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...