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Fragment of a marble slab with decorative reliefs

Type of monument:
Fragment of a marble slab with decorative reliefs.
Location:
Atlıhisar (Synnada): in a house.
Description:
Limestone fragment from a chancel closure screen or ambo with decorative relief; broken left, right and above.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.58+; W. 0.37+; Th. 0.030-0.044.
Record:
MB notebook copy; photograph (1955/22).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Tenth or eleventh century AD.
 
 

The stone is decorated with an interlacing geometric strap-work pattern, with a bird, rosette, and plant depicted in relief in the intermediate spaces.

Illustrations:

MAMA XI 196 (Synnada 19: 1955-22)

MAMA XI 196 (Synnada 19: 1955-22)