%0 Journal Article
%T A Sarcophagus in the Museum of £¿demi£¿
%A Ay£¿e AYDIN
%J -
%D 2018
%X The sarcophagus in the garden of the Museum at £¿demi£¿, belonging to the Middle Byzantine period, was pieced together. This marble basin without lid bears frames with decorations on each side of it. On the centre of the front side of the basin, a medallion filled with zigzag and a cross occurs; on each side of the medallion there is a Greek cross. A band with a wave form occurs above and below the medallion. These bands enclose the motifs above and below. On the centre of the rear side of the basin, there is a medallion with a Maltese cross and on each side of it, a lozenge motif/diamond motif occurs. On one of the lateral sides of the basin, a six-armed Christogram and an eight-armed Christogram occur in the medallions. The monolith basin is resembles a chest sarcophagus. Regarding its dimensions, it must be carved for a child or a teenager. Plates with different motifs were produced of Prokonnesos marble in the workshops of the capital in the 5th and 6th centuries. On one of them there is a composition with a cross on each side of a Christogram medallion/ garland in the centre. This motif group spread with the export of the plates and they were even used with local materials in some regions. On the front side of the sarcophagus from £¿demi£¿ diversity of this motif group from the capital can be observed. The motif repertoire belonging to the Early Christianity-Byzantine period was rarely used on sarcophagi belonging to the Middle Byzantine period and it usually was diversified or different elements added to the motifs were used together. Moreover, more abstract, stylized and geometric forms were included. The decoration of the sarcophagus¡¯s basin in the Museum of £¿demi£¿, shows the standardised motifs of the Early Christianity-Byzantine period which were depicted in this same way and were put together via different combinations. This basin must be evaluated within the Middle Byzantine period regarding the medallion filled with zigzag on the front side, a cross with arms of equal length with pointed ends, enclosed motifs with a band in a wave form above and below, the medallions with the Maltese cross in the centre of the rear sides and a lozenge /diamond motif, the hook motifs on each side of it, a six-armed as well as an eight-armed Christogram in the medallions on the lateral sides and the double hook motifs on its outer frames. This must be one of the most important sarcophagi in Anatolia reflecting the characteristics of the Middle Byzantine period
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%U http://dergipark.org.tr/olba/issue/47136/593094