Lycian tomb inscription
- Title:
- Lycian tomb inscription
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Mericle, Danielle
- Date:
- ca. 4th c. BCE
- Site:
- Antiphellus (modern Kaş), Turkey (discovery site) (original)
- Location:
- Goldwin Smith Hall (Room 122), Cornell University
Antiphellus (modern Kaş), Turkey (discovery site) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0725
- Accession Number:
- 34 (carved in front)
diff. remarks in pencil on right hand side
104 - File Name:
- CCC_0725.tif
- Culture:
- Lycian
- Style/Period:
- Classical or Hellenistic
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
inscription on stone (original) - Subject:
- Mortuary practice
Lycia - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 37.5 x 152 x 5.5 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
second fragment: 37 x 156 x 5.5 (centimeters, height x width x diameter) - Description:
- This is a cast of an inscription still located on a stone tomb in Kaş, Turkey, ancient Antiphellos. The inscription is in Milyan, a language in the Luwian group previously identified as a dialect of Lycian known as Lycian B. The cast is in two parts. The section on display and pictured here is the right-hand half of the inscription.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
- Bibliography:
- Ernst Kalinka, Tituli Asiae Minoris I (Vienna, 1901), no. 55.
- Related Work:
- For a related inscription, see ID no. 710.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Antiphellus (modern Kaş), Turkey (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.