An unplundered chamber tomb on Ganos Mountain in southeastern Thrace


Delemen I.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, cilt.110, sa.2, ss.251-273, 2006 (AHCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 110 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, L'Année philologique, Anthropological Literature, Art Abstracts, Art Index, Art Source, ATLA Religion Database, Avery, Humanities Abstracts, Index Islamicus, International Bibliography of Art, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Old Testament Abstracts Online
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.251-273
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

A salvage excavation at the Naip tumulus on Ganos Mountain in southeastern Thrace uncovered a stone-built, single-roomed chamber tomb with a dromos. The structure has a modest facade and corbeled roofing, which is semicircular in section over the burial chamber. It yielded a closed deposit that includes marble furniture and a silver sympotic set complemented by a Thasian amphora, as well as water vessels, articles for anointing and adornment, military gear, and lighting devices, all contributing to a banquet setting reminiscent of Totenmahl representations. From the aspect. of regional relations, strong connections with Macedonia stand out; in terms of chronology, precisely dated finds indicate that the tomb was scaled in the last two decades of the fourth century B.C. Finally, the single interment at Naip is associated with a high officer in the Macedonian army and is tentatively identified with Teres, son of Kersebleptes.