Tomb Garden of Anonymous 1

Dates

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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 (kayi°[rvsen d¢ k¢ kt∞ma ?t]Ú prosÚn t" [≤r–ƒ]) but is implied in the reference elsewhere in the inscription to a banquet served at the monument (eÈvx¤[an e‰nai ---]da §p‹ toË mnh[me¤ou]). The combination of the two suggests the standard configuration of 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

• J. Keil and A. von Premerstein, Bericht über eine dritte Reise in Lydien. Vienna, 1914, no. 112 (worldcat)
• J. Kubin'ska, Les monuments funéraires dans les inscriptions grecques de l'Asie Mineure. Warsaw, 1968, p. 145. (worldcat)

Keywords

• inscriptionsAAT:300028702
• heroaAAT:300005888
• tombsAAT:300005926

Explore the places containing this garden:

• Cayster River Valley
• Asia