To My Family and Uğraş Uzun - Bilkent University
To My Family and Uğraş Uzun - Bilkent University
To My Family and Uğraş Uzun - Bilkent University
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position. He is wearing a chiton <strong>and</strong> a himation. The right h<strong>and</strong> is on his wife’s<br />
(?) right shoulder. The left h<strong>and</strong> is on the scroll on the mattress lying open before<br />
him. The head is broken off (ancient damage), <strong>and</strong> there is some modern damage<br />
on the shoulder. There is no indication that it was ever carved. There are<br />
encrustations within the folds of his clothes.<br />
4.6 Composition<br />
One of the most striking features of the Antakya Sarcophagus is the<br />
discrepancy of composition between the rear <strong>and</strong> the other three sides. On the<br />
front side <strong>and</strong> the short sides of the Antakya Sarcophagus, there are motionless<br />
seated <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ing males <strong>and</strong> females. It is quite common to come across<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> seated males <strong>and</strong> females, <strong>and</strong> sometimes even st<strong>and</strong>ing children on<br />
“st<strong>and</strong>ard type” sarcophagi (Morey, 1924: 64-70; Wiegartz, 1965: 59-65; Koch,<br />
2001: 171). These figures usually do not appear to reflect any symbolism or tell a<br />
story, unless they are mythological figures such as Hercules, Meleager, Daidalus<br />
<strong>and</strong> Icarus, <strong>and</strong> the Dioscuri, which is not the case with the Antakya Sarcophagus.<br />
As such, the front <strong>and</strong> the short sides of the Antakya Sarcophagus conform to the<br />
usual pattern of composition found on “st<strong>and</strong>ard type” sarcophagi.<br />
On the rear side of the sarcophagus, however, a single hunting scene<br />
occupies all the available aediculae <strong>and</strong> bays, an exceptional composition among<br />
recorded Docimeum columnar sarcophagi (Koch, 2001: 171). There are a few<br />
examples which incorporate a continuous scene of hunting on one or two sides,<br />
<strong>and</strong> seated or st<strong>and</strong>ing figures on the other sides as with the; Athens A1 (A<br />
fragment incorrectly reconstructed by H. Wiegartz as part of a single<br />
sarcophagus- The Athens-London Sarcophagus- with other fragments from<br />
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