The man who came late to dinner. A sundial, a raven, and a missed dinner party on a mosaic at Tarsus

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ID12373863
AuthorsKatherine M D Dunbabin (McMaster University, corresponding author), Işık Adak Adibelli (0000-0002-4078-0123, Ahi Evran University), Işık Adak Adıbelli, Mehmet Çavuş (0009-0001-1710-1727, Heritage Preservation), Doğukan Alper (Tarsus University)
Year2019
Volume32
Pages329-358
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Roman Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1047-7594 • E-ISSN: 2331-5709
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1047759419000175
OpenAlexW2979944582
LanguageEN
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In 2012, construction works at the traditional olive market at Tarsus, in Eski Ömerli district, revealed large-scale architectural remains of the Roman period; the construction works were halted and a salvage excavation was initiated by Tarsus Museum. The remains that appeared at the first stage of the excavations were interpreted as those of a reservoir from the Roman Imperial period, stretching along a N–S axis. On the E side, a structure projects from the E wall of the reservoir, containing a pool that collects water flowing from drainage pipes set in the reservoir’s façade. The pool was extended in two stages in late antiquity. 1 Two metres north of this pool and 3 m from the E wall of the reservoir, the excavations revealed a mosaic pavement (9.73 x 5.05 m), apparently forming part of the floor of a building running parallel to the reservoir’s wall (fig. 1)

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Excavation · Late Antiquity · Late period · Mosaic · Period (music · Tarsus (eyelids · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Ottoman and Turkish Studies · Geology

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