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D118a: Geyre Cemetery Tomb 2a, "Bishop's Tomb"
dc.contributor.authorAphrodisias Regional Surveyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-24T18:51:31Z
dc.date.available2012-08-24T18:51:31Z
dc.date.issued2007-06-01en_US
dc.identifier.citationPage reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 362, 377; 362 - Book catalogue no.: --; Inscriptions cat. 16. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92839>en_US
dc.identifier.otherD118aen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92839
dc.descriptionLocal Name: Aphrodisias, Northeast Necropolisen_US
dc.descriptionLocal Information: Old Geyre Cemetery in use at least up to 2003en_US
dc.descriptionLatitude: 37.42.41.6en_US
dc.descriptionLongitude: 28.43.50.2en_US
dc.descriptionElevation: 532men_US
dc.descriptionAxis: South (vault); east (doorway)en_US
dc.descriptionDimensions: W: 1.55m, D: 2.25men_US
dc.descriptionDescription: Two independent simple vaulted tombs (a: "Bishop's Tomb", b: "trapezoidal tomb"). Both well preserved; both entirely cleared by Museum. The tombs open onto a shared quadrilateral forecourt (approximately 1.70 m n-s by up to 1.55 m e-w). They have no walls in common. The western (118a) should predate the eastern (118b) since the west wall of the latter blocks the end of the inscription on the lintel of the former; they may be roughly contemporary, however. The full thickness of two walls of Tomb 118a is known; the southern is 0.64 m thick, and the western is 0.72 m thick. No superstructure of either tomb is visible. The western tomb (D118a) is a regular vaulted chamber, 2.25m N-S by 1.55m E-W. Although the vault is oriented N-S, entrance is through the southern end of the eastern wall (H: 1.20m, W: 0.8 m). The threshold is missing, but the lintel, though broken, is preserved in place and inscribed "Theopropius, bishop. He lives." with flanking chi-rho monograms (ALA 166). A pivot is preserved on the north end (Diam: 0.09 m, D: 0.06 m); from the outside, the door swung inward and toward right. The masonry of the walls is quite irregular, and many of the thick mortar beds are scored. Some sections are in coursed petit appareil, but other areas contain re-used blocks; these include two fragments of a sarcophagus lid at the spring point of the vault in the northwest corner, and four scattered petit appareil blocks with clamp cuttings for the attachment of revetment. A square niche (H: 0.52m, W: 0.45m) is centered in the upper part of the north wall. The heavily mortared vault is constructed entirely of long split marble blocks (L: 0.40-0.88m, H: 0.27-0.38m, W: 0.06-0.11m); the structure is most clearly visible at the southern end where it is broken away. Plaster is preserved on some sections of the walls, especially along the eastern wall, across most of the vault, and within the area of the cists. The plaster contains many long narrow cavities, perhaps from decayed straw. ** The floor of the doorway is 2.05m below the crest of the vault. Below this level are two layers of cists; the upper continues 0.70m below the floor level, and the lower reaches 1.27 below the floor. A shallow indentation (H: 0.09-0.10 m, D: 0.07-0.10 m) cut into the blocks of the north wall marks the original floor level and the upper level of the cists, and is likely served to support the cover slabs. The level of the lower cists is marked in the north and south walls by a shallow shelf that projects 0.12-0.16 m from the plane of the wall. Two cross walls divide the lowest area into three cists (southern: L: 1.73 m, W: 0.56 m; middle: L: 1.68 m, W: 0.45 m; northern: L: 2.00 m, W: 0.44 m). The wall between the southern two is built of mortared rubble (W: 0.28-0.31 m), while the wall between the northern (W max: 0.23 m) is made up in great part of re-used blocks, including a vertically split Corinthian capital (H orig: 0.64 m). The northern cist is longer than the others since it extends eastward under the eastern wall of the tomb. Several fragments of bone are seen in the bottom of the northern cist.en_US
dc.relationD117, D119, D120, D122, D124, D125, D126, D133en_US
dc.subjectTombsen_US
dc.subjectInscriptionsen_US
dc.subject5: Late Romanen_US
dc.titleD118a: Geyre Cemetery Tomb 2a, "Bishop's Tomb"en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelArchaeologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
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dc.owningcollnameAphrodisias Regional Survey


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