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The Shaft Monuments and the taurobolium among the Phrygians*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Vecihi Özkaya
Vecihi Özkaya
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Adnan Menderes University, Aydın
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Since the discovery of the Midas Monument in the nineteenth century, Phrygian civilisation has emerged as an area of great scientific interest, and research has provided important evidence for Phrygian religion by studying the rock monuments, which reflect the artistic discernment of that period by their workmanship and architectural details. Though the connection of these rock monuments with the Great Mother has been made plain, the function of some details has not yet been adequately explained. One of these details is the vertical shafts that are found behind the façades of certain monuments. In this paper it is proposed to discuss the functions and use of these shafts and their relation to the monuments.

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Anatolian Studies , Volume 47 , December 1997 , pp. 89 - 103
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 1997

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