Five New Grave Epigrams from Mysia

YENI S., AVCU F., AKYÜREK ŞAHİN N. E.

OLBA, cilt.26, ss.369-386, 2018 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Dergi Adı: OLBA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.369-386
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Epigram, epitaph, Bursa, Hexametron, Pentametron, Distich, Dialogue vers inscriptions
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper presents 5 new funerary epigrams from the Bursa Museum. The find-spots of two of these funerary steles (Nos. 1 and 3) are unknown, the other steles are from Bursa and in its vicinity. The first 4 epigrams are complete, while the last (no. 5) is a fragment. No. 1 is dated to the 1st century A. D., Menandros, the owner of the tomb, speaks to the passenger. It consists of one distich. No. 2 is probably to be dated Hellenistic period and belonged to Philoxenos who died before reaching 20 years of age. The first two lines are written in hexametron. No. 3 was erected (probably) by her father Iulianus for Timothea who passed away aged 7 years. This epigram, dated to the Roman Imperial period, consists of one distich and two pentameters. No. 4 was erected by Macrinus for her daughter Asklepiodote. In this epigram, dated to the Late Roman period, Asklepiodote is praised with her nobility. It consists of two distichs. The large part of a fragmentary stele (No. 5) is missing and so owner of this epigram cannot be determined, but it can probably be dated to the second half of 1st A. D. or 2nd century A. D.