Bir Anadolu-Akhaemenid Dönemi Ölü Kültü Geleneği Tümülüs Önünde Steller ve Seremoni Alanları

Authors : Gürcan Polat

Pages : 1-23

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Publication Date : 2005-05-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Since Anatolian-Persian stelai are not uncovered in situ at Daskyleion and its environment, it makes up an endless discussion about what kind of tombs they have been decorating. The bases of stelai those have been found recently around the Daskyleion tumuli, urged to reconsider the earlier data received from the tumuli of Sardeis, ‹kiztepe and Karaburun II. After this reassessment, it has been understood that the Anatolian-Persian stelai have been erected in the ceremony areas located on the skirts of the tumuli dating to Achaemenid period. The number of these stelai was changing according to the number of the people those were going to be buried in a tumulus. The symbolic door stelai were accompaniments of the AnatolianPersian stelai at the ceremony areas. The number of the stelai depend on the number of the chambers. The ceremony area has been used to perform regular offerings for "the cult of the dead”. This tradition, which appeared after the arrival of Persians to Anatolia, should relate to the eastern cultures.
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