Akköprü. An Early Byzantine Bridge over the Indos
Akköprü. An Early Byzantine Bridge over the IndosAmongst the yet unexplored areas of Asia Minor is the middle Indos Valley, which in Antiquity marked the natural boundary between Caria and Lycia. Some 32.5 km north east of Caunos the Indos is spanned by a bridge which, owing to its complex formal de...
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| description | Akköprü. An Early Byzantine Bridge over the IndosAmongst the yet unexplored areas of Asia Minor is the middle Indos Valley, which in Antiquity marked the natural boundary between Caria and Lycia. Some 32.5 km north east of Caunos the Indos is spanned by a bridge which, owing to its complex formal design and the use of various materials, is difficult to date. Its substructure up to the incipient arches is made of smoothly cut limestone blocks, while the remaining wall structure consists of a conglomerate of rubble and pebblestones. The two arches, which deviate from each other in their shape, are made of bricks. While the small arch is of semicircular profile in the tradition of Roman bridges, the large arch, which spans the river proper, is designed as a drop arch. Unlike the top portion of the bridge, the area around the arches is plastered, which gives the wall structure an inhomogeneous appearance. The brickwork above the left half of the large arch is the result of a subsequent repair. The hitherto overlooked building inscription on the south side of the small arch proves that the bridge was built in the early Byzantine period, probably in the 6th century A.D. Made of bricks, the inscription mentions a certain Johannes as the builder of the monument. The title after his monogram could be read as σχ(ολαστικός). Since brick inscriptions are otherwise unknown in southern Asia Minor, the author assumes that the builder oriented himself towards important metropoleis like Thessalonike and Constantinople. These elaborations are rounded off by some reflections on the road network in the region, which was an important transition area even in Antiquity, linking Caria with Lycia and the Cibyratis. The author assumes that the region did not belong to Kaunos, but to Oktapolis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88ad52e1f1684ffbb8a826c2da9033ae2023-02-15T16:21:18ZdeuAkdeniz UniversityGephyra1309-39242651-50592006-05-013201212324Akköprü. An Early Byzantine Bridge over the IndosMustafa AdakAkköprü. An Early Byzantine Bridge over the IndosAmongst the yet unexplored areas of Asia Minor is the middle Indos Valley, which in Antiquity marked the natural boundary between Caria and Lycia. Some 32.5 km north east of Caunos the Indos is spanned by a bridge which, owing to its complex formal design and the use of various materials, is difficult to date. Its substructure up to the incipient arches is made of smoothly cut limestone blocks, while the remaining wall structure consists of a conglomerate of rubble and pebblestones. The two arches, which deviate from each other in their shape, are made of bricks. While the small arch is of semicircular profile in the tradition of Roman bridges, the large arch, which spans the river proper, is designed as a drop arch. Unlike the top portion of the bridge, the area around the arches is plastered, which gives the wall structure an inhomogeneous appearance. The brickwork above the left half of the large arch is the result of a subsequent repair. The hitherto overlooked building inscription on the south side of the small arch proves that the bridge was built in the early Byzantine period, probably in the 6th century A.D. Made of bricks, the inscription mentions a certain Johannes as the builder of the monument. The title after his monogram could be read as σχ(ολαστικός). Since brick inscriptions are otherwise unknown in southern Asia Minor, the author assumes that the builder oriented himself towards important metropoleis like Thessalonike and Constantinople. These elaborations are rounded off by some reflections on the road network in the region, which was an important transition area even in Antiquity, linking Caria with Lycia and the Cibyratis. The author assumes that the region did not belong to Kaunos, but to Oktapolis.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/gephyra/issue/18374/193988?publisher=nalan-eda-akyurek-sahin--- |
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