A020: Taşoluk Sanctuary Cross Panel in Ataköy

Page reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 387, 388 - Book catalogue no.: Churches cat. 12. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92600>

A020

Sanctuaries and Churches8: Modern5: Late Roman

Local Name: Ataköy, mayor's mother's gardenLocal Informant: Halil YorukLocal Information: The mayor of Ataköy says that the marble panel and the inscribed marble block in his mother's (Hatice Yoruk) yard were brought there by the his youngest brother from Taşoluk, near Tekcam on the Babadağı ridge, where there are many other similar fragments and the ruins of a church. ** Hatice Yoruk told us that her youngest son brought these pieces from Giranye (Hisar) about a year ago when he built a bathroom in the garden. Hatice teyze is seventy-three years old and in a perfect physical condition. However she lost her hearing after she had meningitis. She is the "cikikci" (bonesetter) of the village.Latitude: 37.45.28.50Longitude: 28.42.37.02Elevation: 696mDimensions: H: 0.14m ** L: 1.29m ** Th: 0.90mDescription: Byzantine screen panel. The decorated side is divided vertically into two parts: one part is oblong and carved in shallow relief with a tall cross with enlarged termini, which form almost full semicircles; the second part is square and decorated with a rotated square containing an inscribed circle with a simple cross.

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