New Inscriptions from Tavium. The Büyüknefes Collection
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In July and August 2018, during the surveys under the supervision of the museum in Yozgat a big number of monuments containing inscriptions has been found. One part of this research was carried out in Büyüknefes, a small village adjacent to the ancient polis Tavium. There the museum established a collection of stone objects, which are permanently being found in and around the village. In this article eleven hitherto unpublished epigraphic monuments are presented and analysed. Tombstones make up the biggest part of the discovered material: originating from the 5th or 6th century, almost all of them show the same iconographic peculiarities as well as the same formula of the inscription. However, the new funerary texts contribute to improve our knowledge of Tavium and Galatia especially during the early Byzantine period.
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