ŞANLIURFA’DA YENİ BULUNAN KAYA MEZARLARI TABAN MOZAİKLERİ
ROCK GRANTS BASE MOSAICS IN ŞANLIURFA

Summary/Abstract: The mosaics used in the architectural decoration have been an indispensable element which has been used continuously since antiquity. Mosaics which are at the forefront, not only with their strength but also with their visual beauty, have been made a lot in Şanlıurfa especially during the Roman period. However, these mosaics are not used in both civil and official buildings decorations but in tombs. The mosaics depict the deceased person and his family. There are also mosaics in which religious and mythological subjects are depicted. Mosaics were found on the floor of the rooms of the three rock tombs, during the recent years excavations in the Necropolis of Şanlıurfa. These are very similar to about 30 mosaics found previously in Şanlıurfa. Up to now, the majority of the thirty mosaic in Şanlıurfa belonged to the Kingdom of Edessa (2nd century BC - 3rd century AD). Some of the mosaics have been smuggled abroad, some of them have been destroyed and some of them have been exhibited in the Halepli Bahçe Mosaic Museum in Şanlıurfa.

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