Tomb Garden of Anonymous 2
Dates
Discovered 1901 CE
Keywords
Garden Description
A broken inscription found near Thyaira in 1901 records the second part of a funerary dedication in which the dedicant prescribes who can be buried in his monument and forbids anyone "to sell this tomb or the garden (peribÒlion) in front of it with the crematory in it oÈk §j°stai d¢ oÈden[‹] pvl∞sai toËto tÚ ≤r"on oÈd¢ tÚ prÚ aÈtoË peribÒlion §n ⁄ §stin ≤kaÊstra)". The prohibition against alienation suggests that peribÒlion here, like peribÒlow at Attaleia and Hypaipa in Lydia and often elsewhere, refers metonymically to a garden enclosed within the wall rather than simply to the wall itself. The crematory (≤kaÊstra)—a feature seldom mentioned in funerary inscriptions in Asia Minor—suggests a Roman style tomb garden, with ustrina and tomb monument enclosed within the same perimeter wall, as often around Rome and on the Bay of Naples.
Bibliography
- Frontrier, REA 4, 1902:263, no. 12 (Persée)
- R. Cagnat et al, Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes. Paris, 1906-1927, IV, 1605 (worldcat)
- J. Kubin'ska, Les monuments funéraires dans les inscriptions grecques de l'Asie Mineure. Warsaw, 1968, pp. 66, 144. (worldcat)
Places
- Cayster River Valley Pleiades: 550492
- Thyaira Pleiades: 599981
- Caria (former nation/state/empire) TGN: 7002358