The man who came late to dinner: a sundial, a raven, and a missed dinner party on a mosaic at Tarsus

• Autores: Katherine M. D. Dunbabin, Işık Adak Adıbelli, Mehmet Çavuş, Doğukan Alper
• Localización: Journal of Roman archaeology, ISSN 1047-7594, Vol. 32, Nº. 1, 2019, págs. 329-358
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In 2012, construction works at the traditional olive market at Tarsus, in Eski Ömerli district, revealed large-scale architectural remains of the Roman period; the construction works were halted and a salvage excavation was initiated by Tarsus Museum. The remains that appeared at the first stage of the excavations were interpreted as those of a reservoir from the Roman Imperial period, stretching along a N–S axis. On the E side, a structure projects from the E wall of the reservoir, containing a pool that collects water flowing from drainage pipes set in the reservoir’s façade. The pool was extended in two stages in late antiquity.1 Two metres north of this pool and 3 m from the E wall of the reservoir, the excavations revealed a mosaic pavement (9.73 x 5.05 m), apparently forming part of the floor of a building running parallel to the reservoir’s wall