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Alahan and Zeno

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Hugh Elton
Hugh Elton
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British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara
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Abstract

Following Gough, the late Roman church complex at Alahan in Isauria is usually described as a monastic site built by the emperor Zeno (AD 474–491). Recent reinterpretation of the site by Mango and Hill has suggested that it was not a monastery but a pilgrimage site. This paper argues that none of the physical evidence at the site gives good reason to think of it as built by Zeno. The usual lavish scale of imperial patronage is missing. Alahan was a rural church complex built in the late fifth or early sixth century, whose most important feature is its state of preservation.

Özet

Isauria bölgesinde yer alan Alahan Geç Roma kilise yapıların, Gough'un çalışmalarının ardından, genellikle İmparator Zeno (474–491) tarafından yaptırılan bir manastır yerlesimi olarak tanımlanmaktadir. Kisa bir süre önce, Mango ve Hill bu yapıların tekrar incelemiş ve bunların bir Manastıra deǧil, bir hac yerleşimine ait olduǧunu ileri sürmüşlerdir. Bu makalede, bu yapıların Zeno tarafından yaptırıldıǧını düşundürecek nitelikte herhangi bir somut verinin olmadıǧı savunulmaktadır. Burada İmparatorluk himayesinin olaǧan savurganlıǧi görülmez. Alahan, 5. Yüzyıl sonları, 6. Yüzyıl başlarında inşa edilm bir kırsal alan kilisesidir. Bu yapının en önemli özelliǧi çok iyi durumda korunmuş olmasıdır.

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Research Article
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Anatolian Studies , Volume 52 , December 2002 , pp. 153 - 157
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2002

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