The man who came late to dinner. A sundial, a raven, and a missed dinner party on a mosaic at Tarsus. (2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dunbabin, Katherine M. D.; Adak Adıbelli, Işık; Çavuş, Mehmet; Alper, Doğukan
• Is Part Of: Journal of Roman archaeology. Volume 32(2019)
• Page Start: 329
• Page End: 358
• Publication Date: 2019
• Subjects: Europe -- Antiquities, Roman -- Periodicals; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Europe -- Periodicals; Rome -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Europe -- Périodiques; Europe -- Antiquités romaines -- Périodiques; Rome -- Antiquités -- Périodiques; Archeologie; Romeinse oudheid; Antiquities; Classical antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology); Europe; Rome (Empire); Periodicals; Electronic journals; 930
• DOI: 10.1017/S1047759419000175
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1047-7594

Abstract

Abstract : In 2012, construction works at the traditional olive market at Tarsus, in Eski Ömerli district, revealed large-scale architectural remains of the Roman period; the construction works were halted and a salvage excavation was initiated by Tarsus Museum. The remains that appeared at the first stage of the excavations were interpreted as those of a reservoir from the Roman Imperial period, stretching along a N–S axis. On the E side, a structure projects from the E wall of the reservoir, containing a pool that collects water flowing from drainage pipes set in the reservoir's façade. The pool was extended in two stages in late antiquity. 1 Two metres north of this pool and 3 m from the E wall of the reservoir, the excavations revealed a mosaic pavement (9.73 x 5.05 m), apparently forming part of the floor of a building running parallel to the reservoir's wall (fig. 1).