Asia Minor Research Centre
Posted on 11/18/2023 2:06:05 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Doliche was founded as a Hellenistic colony during the 2nd century BC in the present-day province of Gaziantep, Turkey. During antiquity, the city was located in the ancient region of Cyrrhestica, which was annexed by the Roman Empire in AD 72.
Previous excavations in the city have unearthed the remains of a Mithraic temple, rock cut graves, and a stele depicting a previously unknown Iron Age deity.
A recent study by the Asia Minor Research Centre has found over 2,000 seal impressions used to seal documents from the city municipal archive. The impressions consist of stamped clay lumps that range from 5 millimetres to 2 centimetres in size...
According to the researchers: "The archive documents themselves were destroyed in a major fire, possibly in AD 253 when the Persian king, Šāpūr I, destroyed numerous cities in the Roman province of Syria."
(Excerpt) Read more at heritagedaily.com ...
I was going to do a couple more, but I’m tired and sore, and can’t take another chore.
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-late-prehistoric-discovery-archaeological-assumptions.html
Just think of all the documents, scrolls, letters, books, manuscripts, codexes, hymnals, etc destroyed over the millennia. All that history lost.
Arf arf (means “Give me a fish.”)
I.e., seal impression. 🤣
Just to let you know how I look forward to your postings. Ancient cultures wrestled with how to build a working society. Some good, some bad. The past needs to be discovered to help the future.
Clap clap (means “Thank you!”)
i.e. seal impression.
Ha.
Even if you don’t do impressions give this one a try.
Pretty easy. Just try one for the jurors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-LIqdjqHts
Just think of everything that was lost when the Alexandria Library was destroyed at the orders of a religious fanatic Caesar!
Seals in ancient Doliche found in limestone blocks foundation
The gods portrayed on the seals offer insight into people’s religious world. Mythical figures or unique personal portraits indicate a strong Greco-Roman influence.
The well-preserved seal impressions and their motifs also provide valuable information about the administrative practices of ancient times, as reported by Heritage Daily.
The seals were discovered in the sturdy lower foundations of an archive building constructed from solid limestone blocks. The building has been confirmed to be eight meters wide and twenty-five meters long.
The width of the walls indicates the building was multi-story. An international research team revealed sections of the building over an eight-week period last summer, as reported by the University of Münster. Although each Roman city had specific archives for storing contracts, only a handful of archive structures from the Roman Empire have been recognized so far.
As researchers have explained, actual archive documents were lost in a significant fire, likely around AD 253, when the Persian king, Šāpūr I, laid waste to numerous cities in the Roman province of Syria.
Experts plan to investigate the evolution of the area around 300 BC. They aim to explore the city, established in the first century BC, which later became a regional center during Roman rule.
The focus of the study is on understanding the daily lives of the people who inhabited the city amid shifting political and cultural circumstances, according to the University of Münster.
The library of Alexandria was not destroyed by Julius Caesar, it was destroyed in the 7th century by order of the muslim caliph.
Thanks!
Not to mention musical impressions...Reeling in the fish by Sealy Dan
Doliche owes the charmer under me.
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