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CLARA Review: J. Bonetto, G. Furlan, C. Previato, A.R. Ghiotto, E. Madrigali & V. Centola (eds) Scavi di Aquileia II. Aquileia fondi Cossar. 2. La domus di Tito Macro e le mura, vols. I, II and III. Rome: Edizioni Quasar 2024 Open
The most recent volumes (II, 1–2 and 3) of the vast series dedicated to Aquileia promoted by the University of Padua and produced with the support of the Aquileia Foundation were released in 2024. They collect the fruits of fifteen years o…
Fibulae from Lycia (South-Western Türkiye) Open
This paper focuses on nine fibulae curently housed in the Museum of Lycian Civilisations in Demre (ancient Myra), in south-western Türkiye. These finds were transferred from Antalya Archaeological Museum to the recently inaugurated museum …
Fibulae from Nicaea in Bithynia (south-eastern Marmara) Open
In the last fifty years the Archaeological Museum of İznik (ancient Nicaea) in south-eastern Marmara has acquired 14 new fibulae. Twelve of these fibulae date to the Phrygian period, and two examples are from the Roman period. Among Phrygi…
Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Liturgical and Devotional Objects from Cilicia (Southern Turkey) Open
In this paper we present 95 Byzantine and Post-Byzantine liturgical and devotional objects stored in eight local museums in Cilicia in southern Turkey. This corpus provides detailed analysis of several groups of metalwork. The study aims t…
Roman Dams in Asia Minor Open
In this brief paper we will focus on six dams of the Roman period in Asia Minor, respectively Böğet, Örükaya, Seleucia Pieria, Ancyra, Aezani and Sardis, which are presented here in some outlines. The aim of this article is to introduce th…
The memory of Sulla in Ephesus Open
In this brief paper, we focus on the monument of C. Memmius and its inscription in Ephesus in western Turkey. C. Memmius was the grandson of Sulla and was mentioned in the inscription of this Ephesian monument as the epigraph of the dedica…
Slab from Izmir with Two Peacocks. Depictions of Peacocks in Byzantine Architectural Sculpture of Asia Minor Open
This paper presents a marble slab from the Archaeological Museum of Izmir in western Turkey, which was published by Anastasios K. Orlandos in 1937 and its inscription was re-considered by Georg Petzl in 1990. Its epigraphy mentions a forme…
New observations on the Fine – Sgraffito ware and Aegean ware in western Asia Minor. A revision Open
This brief article deals with one aspect of Byzantine material culture, that of pottery and, more particularly, with two specific categories of Byzantine pottery, the so-called the “Fine sgraffito ware” and “Aegean ware”, presenting relate…
Byzantine and Early Islamic Rayed Lamps from South-Eastern Turkey Open
In this short paper, nine formerly unpublished rayed lamps from south-eastern Turkey, eight from Mardin and one from Malatya are being presented, belonging to a well-known type, starting from the end of the sixth century A.D., which became…
A Roman tree trunk coffin from the Museum of Anamur in Rough Cilicia (southern Turkey) Open
This brief paper presents a tree trunk coffin from the Museum of Anamur in western Rough Cilicia in southern Turkey.As wooden sarcophagi of the Roman period are rarely known in scholarly literature, this previously unknown example is of im…
The Sarcophagus of a Nicaean Emperor in Izmir Open
In this brief paper a marble slab fragment from Izmir in Western Turkey is presented. Originally its description was published by Ch. Texier in 1844 and later deemed missing. We believe that it is an imperial sarcophagus and that it may be…
Archaeological fakes and forgeries in Turkey Open
In this paper we present discussions on archaeological authenticity in Turkey, advanced both from scholarly as well as popular scientific point of views. In Turkey in the last five years a recent public debate has become on previously inco…
Inscribed finger rings from late antique and Byzantine Asia Minor Open
In this short paper we present thirteen metal rings from the museums of Izmir (nos. 3-4 and 9-10), Afyonkarahisar (no. 5), Bergama (nos. 6 and 8), Ödemiş (no. 7), Trabzon (no. 11), and Balıkesir (no. 13), dating mainly from the late antiqu…
Three Unpublished Byzantine Lead Seals from Western Asia Minor (With an Appendix on an Amulet from Izmir) Open
This paper presents three formerly unpublished Byzantine lead seals and an amulet that were examined in the archaeological museum of Izmir (nos. 1, 3 and figs. 5a–b) and Akhisar (no. 2) in western Turkey. They date from the 7th to the 13th…
Teapot-shaped wheel-made lamps from Cilicia and southeastern Turkey Open
The article publishes a small group of globular lamps from the museum of Mersin in coastal Cilicia. The lamps are clearly of local Asia Minor production, largely corresponding to a type designated as "Kragenlampe" and dated to the 2nd–1st …
Teapot-shaped wheel-made lamps from Cilicia and southeastern Turkey Open
The aim of this research, based on a series of unpublished lamps from Mersin, Malatya and Mardin museums and all the necessary parallels, is to propose a new hypothesis on the chronology and diffusion of the type of lamps Donald Bailey nic…
A Theotokos lamp from Antioch in the Hatay Archaeology Museum (southeastern Turkey) Open
During the early Byzantine period numerous objects with sacred inscriptions became souvenirs in the hands of pilgrims, returning to their homes. Particularly in Jerusalem - or in Syria - were made terracotta oil lamps with a specific formu…
A Theotokos lamp from Antioch-on-the-Orontes in the Archaeological Museum of Hatay (southeastern Turkey) Open
Pilgrims returning home during the early Byzantine period carried with them numerous objects with sacred inscriptions. In Jerusalem—and in Syria—terracotta oil lamps were made with a specific formula of blessing mentioning both the Blessed…
Iron Age fibulae in the museum of Şanlıurfa Open
In this brief article five bronze fibulae, being exposed in the museum of Şanlıurfa and belonging to the Iron Age, will be presented. At least two of these five were found at Lidar Höyük.
Five Roman fibulae in the museum of Kahramanmaraş in southeastern Turkey Open
In this brief article five bronze fibulae will be presented which are being exposed in the museum of Kahramanmaraş and belonging to the Roman period. These five examples are rare and significant for the Roman archaeology of Asia Minor.