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Chancel barrier lintel with decorative reliefs

Type of monument:
Chancel barrier lintel with decorative reliefs.
Location:
Anayurt (Alayund) (Synnada): in the wall of the türbe.
Description:
Fragment of white marble lintel with decorative reliefs, broken at both ends.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.31; W. 1.63+; Th. --.
Record:
MB notebook copy; photograph (1955/27).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Tenth or eleventh century AD.
 
 

This block is probably from the same chancel screen as MAMA XI 194 (1955/26). The lintel is decorated with two pairs of rosettes encircled with strap-work, with a schematic depiction of a plant between them, and a geometric pattern in a square frame at left.

Illustrations:

MAMA XI 195 (Synnada 18: 1955-27)

MAMA XI 195 (Synnada 18: 1955-27)