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-719082025-08-13T14:11:03Z A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea Sîrbu, Valeriu Ștefan, Maria-Magdalena History Ancient Greece thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history 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. 2021-09-22T04:00:32Z 2021-09-22T04:00:32Z 2021-09-21T05:32:52Z 2021 book OCN: 1282961430 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50620 9781789694376 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/71908 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50620/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50620/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50620/1/external_content.pdf Archaeopress Publishing Archaeopress Publishing 59b4663a-f67e-4c39-b0e5-149245151ec1 9781789694376 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Archaeopress Publishing open access
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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
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
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