Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki: The Hero-Horsemen on a burial stelae of the Imperial period from Eastern Thrace
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Title
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki: The Hero-Horsemen on a burial stelae of the Imperial period from Eastern Thrace
Description
‘Rhaidestos [Tekirdağ] - Thessaloniki. Antiquities in a refugee journey’ exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki (2016-2017), photo 115. One of the burial stelae (marble slabs) with the depiction of the Hero-Horsemen. Heroised dead are depicted in the very popular for the era and the region horseman type. Panion, Megalos Tsekmetzes, Tsifli-Dogiou, 2nd – 3rd c. AD
Date taken
5/1/2017
Original
Yes
Source
APAN Archive
© APAN
Yes
Color
Yes
Key words
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki.
Eastern Thrace / European Turkey.
Funerary stele.
Horse, horses.
Horse-rider / Rider, riders.
Raidestos / Raedestos / Tekirdağ.
Roman period, Imperial age.