MAMA XI 92 (Traianopolis)

Funerary doorstone of Philippos

Type of monument:

Funerary doorstone.

Location:

Çarık Köyü (Traianopolis): in a fountain on the north side of the village.

Description:

Triple doorstone of grey marble (Waelkens 1986: 144-5, Typ G Uşak 1), with spandrels and lateral pilasters covered with acanthus scroll-work. Above each door, archivolts with fascia and cornice. In the tympana: (1) eagle; (2) basket and vase; (3) lion. Each of the doors has a lock-plate in the upper right panel, and a lozenge enclosing a circular object in each of the lower panels. The upper left door-panels contain respectively: (1) stilus-case; (2) mirror; (3) four-petalled flower. The inscription runs round the fascia of the left archivolt and finishes on the capital immediately to the right of it.

Dimensions:

Ht. 0.84; W. 2.21; Th. 0.30; letters 0.015-0.020.

Record:

Line drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/32).

Publication:

Waelkens 1986: 152-3, no. 386.

Date:

c. AD 150-175 (doorstone type)