Bodel, J. (2026). "Tomb Garden of Anonymous 1." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/92a0c73535/

Tomb Garden of Anonymous 1

Author: John Bodel
Published: 2026-10-01
Last modified: 2026-10-01

Dates

probably first century CE

Excavation Dates

unspecified

Garden Description

A highly fragmentary inscription found in the south part of the Cayster River valley records the dedication of a piece of landed property apparently attached to a heroon. The tomb is not explicitly mentioned with the property in the surviving text (καθιέρωσεν δὲ κὲ κτῆμα τὸ προσὸν τῶ ἡρώω) but is implied in the reference elsewhere in the inscription to a banquet served at the monument (ὥστε αὐτοῖς εὐωχίαν εἶναι καὶ παννυχ[ί]δα ἐπὶ τοῦ μνημείου). The combination of the two suggests the standard configuration of a tomb with productive property attached — whether a field or a garden is impossible to say — to provide revenue for commemorative funerary celebrations at the grave.

Bibliography

  • Keil, J., and A. von Premerstein. 1914. Bericht über eine dritte Reise in Lydien. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 57.1. Vienna, no. 112. (worldcat); (Archive.org)
  • Kubińska, J. 1968. Les monuments funéraires dans les inscriptions grecques de l'Asie Mineure. Warsaw, pp. 145. (worldcat)

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