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Funerary doorstone of Asklas and family
Type of monument
Funerary doorstone.
Location
Çarık Köyü (Traianopolis): in front of the mosque.
Description
Upper part of grey marble quadruple doorstone (Waelkens 1986: 144-5, Typ G Uşak 1), broken below. In the spandrels of the archivolts: (1) palmette acroterium; (2) vine or ivy plant growing from cauliculus, with flowers at the ends of the lateral branches; (3) chalice; (4) vine or ivy plant growing from cauliculus, with small Maltese cross at the end of the left branch; (5) hidden by modern mortar. In the tympana: (1) and (2) comb, mirror and perfume bottle; (3) vine-pruner; (4) wheel with six spokes, or perhaps constantinianum. Inscription on the upper lintel. The lower part of the doorstone (Ht. 0.59+) lay nearby, thickly encrusted with modern mortar.
Dimensions
Ht. 0.48+;
W. 2.02;
Th. 0.38;
letters 0.035.
Record
Line drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/31).