The man who came late to dinner. A sundial, a raven, and a missed dinner party on a mosaic at Tarsus
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Katherine M.D. Dunbabin Mcmaster University, Kanada
Doç. Dr. Işık ADAK ADIBELLİ Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Mehmet Çavuş Adana, Türkiye
Doǧukan Alper University Of Tarsus, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Journal of Roman Archaeology | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1047-7594 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | AHCI, SCOPUS, Curation, Reference Master, Sophia | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 10-2019 |
| Kabul Tarihi | 12-04-2026 | Yayınlanma Tarihi | – |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 32 / 1 / 329–358 | DOI | 10.1017/S1047759419000175 |
| Makale Linki | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-archaeology | ||
| Özet |
| KMD Dunbabin, I. Adak Adıbelli, M. Çavuş and D. Alper 330 this building; no remains of walls were found around the mosaic, and the area to the north was not excavated. Very little can therefore be said at this stage about the nature of the building to which the mosaic belonged. There are no traces of any structures south of the mosaic between it and the pool building just 2 m distant, nor towards the reservoir to the west; any other components of the building must have lain to the north and/or east. Both the figures and the inscriptions in the mosaic are set to be viewed from the south, which suggests that the entrance to the building lay on that side, towards the pool building, and that the mosaic decorated a vestibule or entrance area.The function of the building is obscure. It stood outside the city walls, 2 away from the city centre and residential areas, and in association with a group of public buildings: in addition to the reservoir, further large-scale structures of a probable public character have been found in the general area. 3 The location seems best suited to a building serving a purpose related to the water system, such as related office units or baths, but there is no trace of any bath remains. On the other hand, the content of the mosaic and its inscriptions, which require the visitor to pause, read and admire, strongly suggest a more private function; if not the entrance to a domestic building, then perhaps to a clubhouse used for a dining association or similar group, for instance one involved with a cult connected to water. The possibility discussed below, that one of the inscriptions (4) mentions the Maiouma festival (always associated with water … |
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| Scopus | 3 |