Fortune, a bull, and two rams - A new ostotheke probably from Ephesos
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This item was published in
Epigraphica Anatolica. Zeitschrift für Epigraphik und historische Geographie Anatoliens. 2019, vol. 52, p. 139-142
Habelt-Verlag
English Abstract
We present an ostotheke with an unpublished inscription. This cinerary urn was made of limestone from around Lydia and Caria, perhaps from the quarries of Hierapolis. It presents a rectangular shape with a beveled base, ...Read more >
We present an ostotheke with an unpublished inscription. This cinerary urn was made of limestone from around Lydia and Caria, perhaps from the quarries of Hierapolis. It presents a rectangular shape with a beveled base, measuring 34 cm. high, 59 cm. wide and 36 cm. deep. A festooned garland traverses the front long side in two rounds that are held up by three heads, that of a bull in the center and of two rams on the sides.Read less <
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