Abstract:

In this study, it was aimed to examine two sarcophagi with the depiction of Eros Komos and dated to the Roman Period, which were found during the 2021 excavations in Hisardere Nekrolpol in the Iznik District of Bursa.In the study, analogical evaluations were made with the literature review, petrographic analyzes were carried out by taking samples from the sarcophagi and the ancient stone quarries in the vicinity in order to determine the quarries and workshops. As a result of the studies, it was seen that the use of Eros Komos depictions in Roman city and Attica sarcophagi became widespread after the second half of the 2nd century AD. In Anatolian workshops, complete and in-situ examples of sarcophagi containing these scenes, which were produced for a short time under the influence of Attica, are rare. In addition, a complete and in-situ example of the group of “plaster column sarcophagi” attributed to the Nicaea workshops, but which could not be definitively judged, is the subject of this study. During the literature studies, in addition to the canonical Eros Komos types, new types parallel to local beliefs were also identified in the sarcophagi examined in this article. These data, which were determined for the first time with this article, will shed light on other studies to be carried out.

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