A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea
A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea presents one of the most spectacular early Hellenistic funerary monuments, recently excavated on the western Black Sea coast by a Romanian-Bulgarian-Polish interdisciplinary research team. Documaci Tumulus, covering a pa...
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| description | A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea presents one of the most spectacular early Hellenistic funerary monuments, recently excavated on the western Black Sea coast by a Romanian-Bulgarian-Polish interdisciplinary research team. Documaci Tumulus, covering a painted tomb, and marked by a monumental statue, was built at the threshold of the 4th to 3rd centuries BC in the cemetery of the Greek City of Callatis. The sophisticated construction techniques and the remains of commemorative rituals attest to the dynamic political arena of the Diadochi wars in the Black Sea area and offer a glimpse into a complex and interconnected world of Hellenistic architects and artists. The monument will fuel discussions about the mechanisms of ritualised identity expression in mixed cultural environments, functioning under the pressure of political change, or about community membership, symbolic discourse and ancestors— all reflected in ‘le jeu des miroirs’ of the funerary practices. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1573992025-07-29T12:49:44Z A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea Sîrbu, Valeriu History Ancient Greece bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLA Ancient history: to c 500 CE A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea presents one of the most spectacular early Hellenistic funerary monuments, recently excavated on the western Black Sea coast by a Romanian-Bulgarian-Polish interdisciplinary research team. Documaci Tumulus, covering a painted tomb, and marked by a monumental statue, was built at the threshold of the 4th to 3rd centuries BC in the cemetery of the Greek City of Callatis. The sophisticated construction techniques and the remains of commemorative rituals attest to the dynamic political arena of the Diadochi wars in the Black Sea area and offer a glimpse into a complex and interconnected world of Hellenistic architects and artists. The monument will fuel discussions about the mechanisms of ritualised identity expression in mixed cultural environments, functioning under the pressure of political change, or about community membership, symbolic discourse and ancestors— all reflected in ‘le jeu des miroirs’ of the funerary practices. 2025-03-15T07:57:04Z 2025-03-15T07:57:04Z 2025-03-14T05:47:42Z 2021 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/100043 9781789694376 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/157399 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/100043/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/100043/1/external_content.pdf Archaeopress Publishing Archaeopress Publishing Ltd 59b4663a-f67e-4c39-b0e5-149245151ec1 Knowledge Unlatched 9781789694376 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Open Services Archaeopress Publishing Ltd open access |
| spellingShingle | History Ancient Greece bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLA Ancient history: to c 500 CE A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea |
| title | A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea |
| title_full | A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea |
| title_fullStr | A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea |
| title_short | A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea |
| title_sort | monumental hellenistic funerary ensemble at callatis on the western black sea |
| topic | History Ancient Greece bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLA Ancient history: to c 500 CE |
| topic_facet | History Ancient Greece bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLA Ancient history: to c 500 CE |
| url | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/100043 |