By Mehmet Oktan
This article
presents a stele bearing an epigram which was found in 2008 during drainage
work at Bozüyük, Bilecik.
The stele, whose upper part is broken, is
made of limestone and is now at the Machine Support section of the fire
department of Bozüyük.
In the upper part of the stele there is a
sepulchral verse consisting of 10 lines and in the lower part a frame with a
profile and some figures are carved in the niches also with a profile.
On the
niche there is a relief which probably represents the head of the Gorgon.
Within the niche there are two sections, in the upper, a lion that looks to the
right, in the lower at the front, a horseman, in the back, a bull and a man.
From the verse it is understood that this stele belonged to a man who died at
the age of 24. The epigram was written in hexametric verse.
The first line
cannot be fully read because of damage to the stone. The inscription dates from
the third century A.D.
Akdeniz University Journals- Turkey
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Σημείωση: Προφανώς, ο Mehmet Oktan που γράφει στη
"Jurnal for the Ancient History and Cultures of the Eastern
Mediterranean", θεωρεί περιττό να
σημειώσει ότι η γραφή του επιγράμματος είναι στην ελληνική γλώσσα, γιατί όλες σχεδόν
οι επιγραφές της Μικράς Ασίας είναι στην ελληνική.
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