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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)
edition
ΔαμοκράτηςκαὶἈμμίαΦιλίππῳυἱῷμνήμη|ςχάριν.
Damokrates and Ammia, for their son Philippos, in memoriam.