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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MehmetÖnalUrfa-Edessa Mozaiklerihttp://syriaca.org/cbss/TKGD533Ahttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/TKGD533Ahttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/TKGD533AŞanlıurfaŞanlıurfa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kültür ve Sosyal İşler Daire Başkanlığı2017Urfa-Edessa Mosaics This book contains the mosaics were found in Urfa (Hellenistic and Roman name Edessa).Mosaics are paved to the floor of the Villa, churchs and rock tombs. The subjects of mosaics are mythological and related to daily life. In the church mosaics, depictions of animals, grapes and trees are seen. Roman period mosaics also contain Syriac inscriptions.Because Osrhone kingdom was established in the city of Edessa. This kingdom spoke and wrote Syriac. Edessa people made their own portraits to the mosaics. In the mosaics of the rock tombs, the householder, his wife and children look like family photographs. Some unic mosaics are also seen in Edessa mosaics. The hunting of four Amazon queens and depicting scenes from the life of Akhilleus from birth until the Trojan War.
Önal, Mehmet. Urfa-Edessa Mozaikleri. Şanlıurfa: Şanlıurfa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kültür ve Sosyal İşler Daire Başkanlığı, 2017.
Mehmet Önal, Urfa-Edessa Mozaikleri (Şanlıurfa: Şanlıurfa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kültür ve Sosyal İşler Daire Başkanlığı, 2017).Byzantine SyriaEdessaGreek cultureI-III CEIV-VII CERoman Syriaarchaeologyartcitiesmosaics