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Document Details : Title: Scroll and Codex on Phrygian Funerary Monuments Subtitle: Indicators of Erudition or Religious Symbols? Author(s): GRÜLL, Tibor Journal: Ancient Society Volume: 54 Date: 2024 Pages: 291-321 DOI: 10.2143/AS.54.0.3293603 Abstract : It is widely known that a very peculiar epigraphic culture existed in West-Central Anatolia (Phrygia) in the second-third century CE. Some of its special features, among other things, are the frequent depiction of writing instruments and materials (tablets, papyrus scrolls, pen-cases, etc.) on the epitaphs, the amazingly large number of Greek verse inscriptions filled with Homeric reminiscences, and the hidden or open confession of religious affiliation of the deceased, including Christianity and Judaism. The study tries to find an answer to whether the representations of scrolls and codices are only indicators of literacy or erudition, or whether they can be linked to a specific religion. |
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