LAFLI E., BUORA M. A Slab from Izmir with Two Peacocks. Depictions of Peacocks in Byzantine Architectural Sculpture of Asia Minor
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2022.6.13
Ergün Laflı
Doctor, Professor,
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Arkeoloji Bölümü,
Oda No A 418, Tınaztepe/Kaynaklar Yerleşkesi, Buca, TR-35160 Izmir, Turkey
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http://deu.academia.edu/ErgunLAFLI, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4722-5018
Doctor, Società Friulana di Archeologia odv,
Via Micesio 2, Torre di Porta Villalta, I 33100 Udine, Italy
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https://independent.academia.edu/mauriziobuora, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5746-8312
Abstract. This paper presents a marble slab from the Archaeological Museum of Izmir in western Turkey, which was published by Anastasios K. Orlandos in 1937 and its inscription was re-considered by Georg Petzl in 1990. Its epigraphy mentions a formerly unknown bishop, Euethios, who was probably the bishop of Smyrna during the Early Byzantine period. On this occasion, a brief review of the depiction of two peacocks flanking a vase in the marble architectural sculpture of Byzantine Asia Minor is presented, in order to assign a more concise date for the slab from Izmir. An accompanying catalogue with several examples of peacocks’ depictions from Asia Minor was made and a marble plate with a peacock depiction from Skopje, Macedonia is also included.
Authors’ contribution. In this article Ergün Laflı gives a detailed description of this inscribed plate which is a valuable historical document, while Maurizio Buora analyses its inscription and makes its epigraphic assessment as well as a systematic examination of the iconography of peacocks in the marble architectural sculpture of Byzantine Asia Minor through over thirty examples in Turkish museums.
Key words: marble slab, bishop, peacocks, peacocks flanking a vase, Izmir, western Asia Minor, Turkey, Turkish museums, Early Byzantine period, Byzantine architectural sculpture, Byzantine epigraphy.
Citation. Laflı E., Buora M. A Slab from Izmir with Two Peacocks. Depictions of Peacocks in Byzantine Architectural Sculpture of Asia Minor. Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya 4. Istoriya. Regionovedenie. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya [Science journal of Volgograd State University. History. Area Studies. International Relations], 2022, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 171-210. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2022.6.13.
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