A funerary sculptural group from the necropolis of Yakubiye in Roman Edessa (South-Eastern Turkey)
In this brief paper 15 high-relief blocks with recurring figure types will be presented which were found in a necropolis area of Edessa in south-eastern Turkey and emphasize the conservative nature of funerary relief sculpture in the Roman East. These reliefs consist of seven limestone blocks with P...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Huelva (UHU) |
| Repositorio: | Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/27580 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27580 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Yakubiye Edessa Şanlıurfa South-eastern Turkey Roman East Funerary sculpture Roman sculpture Edesa Sureste de Turquía Oriente romano Escultura funeraria Escultura romana 5505.01 Arqueología |
| Sumario: | In this brief paper 15 high-relief blocks with recurring figure types will be presented which were found in a necropolis area of Edessa in south-eastern Turkey and emphasize the conservative nature of funerary relief sculpture in the Roman East. These reliefs consist of seven limestone blocks with Psychai leaning against a stone pillar, three blocks with tritons holding a dolphin, two blocks with Erotes embrassing Psychai, a block with a sphinx, a horizontal slab with Atlas and a lion-footed slab. So far no previous researchers seem to have considered these sculptures as a whole which should in fact belong to a large tomb enclosure somewhere in Roman Edessa. A reconstruction for all of these monuments will therefore be proposed here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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