A Roman tree trunk coffin from the Museum of Anamur in Rough Cilicia (southern Turkey) Anamur Müzesi’nde Bulunan Roma Dönemi’ne Ait Ahşap Bir Lahit

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LAFLI E., Buora M.

Cercetari Arheologice, vol.29, no.1, pp.143-148, 2022 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.46535/ca.29.1.07
  • Journal Name: Cercetari Arheologice
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.143-148
  • Keywords: Anamur, Asia Minor., coffins, Late Roman period, Roman period, Rough Cilicia, tree trunk, Wooden sarcophagus
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This brief paper presents a tree trunk coffin from the Museum of Anamur in western Rough Cilicia in southern Turkey. As wooden sarcophagi of the Roman period are rarely known in scholarly literature, this previously unknown example is of importance for the current research.