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| Roman rock tomb Fasıllar in Phrygia | |||
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| Fasıllar, in front the Hittite monument, in the rocks opposite the Roman tomb | |||
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Southeast of Lake Beyşehir, above the village Fasıllar, on a slope at an unknown ancient site lies a large Hittite sculpture. On the opposite slope is a rock tomb from the Roman Empire with a horse relief. |
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| The rock tomb | |||
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It shows on the left an arch that may have contained an urn or a statue of the buried person, flanked by two unchanneled Corinthian columns. To the right is a stomping horse. |
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To the right below the tomb is an inscription of which Prof. Dr. Hasan Spring of Selçuk Üniversitesi in Konya says it is a monument to the Roman rider Lukuyanus, who died at an early age. |
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| Inscription below the rock tomb | |||
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| The village Fasıllar | |||
| Photos: @chim, Monika P. | |||
| Translation aid: www.DeepL.com/Translator | |||
| Source: Wikipedia and others | |||
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