Kızılbel's tomb

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Warriors on a chariot

The grave of Kızılbel near Kızılbel, which was found during rescue excavations in 1969, is located near Elmalı in the southwest of today's Turkey . In ancient times the region belonged to Lycia . It is a painted burial chamber that dates back to the 6th century BC. Dated. The paintings show a strong Greek influence.

The burial chamber was found under a tumulus and is completely walled up from limestone. It is about 2.4 m long and 2 m wide. Four stones form the gable roof. On the west wall there is a limestone kline , next to it a stone table.

All walls including the ceiling and floor are painted. The figures vary in size, depending on the stones that make up the walls. The paintings can be found directly on the stone.

A warrior on a chariot is depicted on the west wall. He says goodbye to a woman, an old man is depicted next to it. There is also a banquet scene here. On the north wall you can find a ship scene and other, but heavily destroyed representations that can no longer be identified. Sports scenes, a hunt, a procession and other unidentifiable scenes are depicted on the east wall. The south wall may show Medusa , there is a wrestling scene and a mythological scene with a man with a horse.

Red and blue are preferred colors. Black is used for drawing the figures and for some details. White was used for the eyes and other details. There are no other colors. The men's skin is shown in red; women's skin is not painted. It's the wall color.

The origin of the painters is controversial. Strong Greek influences are often assumed. Others, however, see the paintings more in the Assyrian tradition. Others see a mix of Greek, Persian and Anatolian elements here.

According to the remains of a skeleton found in the burial chamber, the owner of the grave is about a 1.77 m tall man who often rode a horse in his life.

A reconstruction is located in the museum in Elmalı ( 36 ° 44 ′ 24.4 ″  N , 29 ° 55 ′ 0.8 ″  E ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Machteld J. Mellink , Robert A. Jr Bridges, Franca Callori di Vignale: Kizilbel: An Archaic Painted Tomb Chamber in Northern Lycia , 1998, ISBN 0924171537 ; Dimitris Plantzos: The Art of Painting in Ancient Greece , Athens, 2018, ISBN 978-618-5209-20-9 , pp. 90–93, figs. 84–87
  2. ↑ Plantzos: The Art of Painting in Ancient Greece , p. 93
  3. ↑ Orhan Bingöl: Painting and mosaics of antiquity in Turkey , Mainz am Rhein, 1997, ISBN 3-8053-1880-4 , pp. 43–48
  4. ↑ Plantzos: The Art of Painting in Ancient Greece , p. 93

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