TWO STELES FROM THE ROMAN PERIOD IN KONYA KOYUNOGLU MUSEUM

The subject of our study is on the grave steles which date back to the Roman Period and which came to Konya Koyunoghlu Museum via donations with the inventory number 114 and 136. On the first grave stele which was made of marble and found in Kutahya cavdarhisar, what is depicted is eagle motif in triangular pediment and between the plaster under the pediment in the main description area are vine leaves with grapes on their branches rising through bellied kantharos, and also a purse and double-sided comb that is considered to have belonged to a female figure. On another stele whose findspot is unclear, what is depicted is in an arched niche supported by plasters and inside this niche is standing female and male figures with items about which they offer us information about their preferred local works. The funerary steles which have the inventory numbers 114 and 136 and which are kept in the Konya Koyunoghlu reflect the distinctive local style of Phrygia museum in the terms of composition and crafting when the stylistic features and workmanship of the figures are compared, we think that the inventory number 114 grave stele belongs to the second quarter of second century AD, and the inventory number 136 grave stele belongs to the second quarter of third century AD.