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Inscribed Early Christian relief: in the center, within a wreath, an anchor-cross and two fish, flanked by two swastikas and two right angles; below, a large fish swallowing a man (identified by an inscription as Jonah and the whale).
Date Roman, 3rd–4th century A.D.?
Medium limestone
Dimensions length: 149 cm (58.6 in); height: 95 cm (37.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,149U174728
dimensions QS:P2048,95U174728
Konya Archaeological Museum
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1986.1.1
Place of discovery Çukurkavak, south of Konya, Turkey
Inscriptions The Greek inscription above the relief records the dedication of the monument by [---] to the memory of his uncles, Mithios(?) and Paul. Below the relief a second inscription identifies the large fish and the man as Jonah and the whale (ΚΕΤΟΣ ΚΕ ΙΩΝΑΣ).
References
  • J. Dresken-Weiland, "Ein frühchristliches Jonas-Relief in Konya", Römische Mitteilungen 102 (1995), pp. 405–412.
  • B. H. Maclean, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the Konya Archaeological Museum (Ankara 2002), pp. 74–75, no. 212 (JSTOR 10.18866/j.ctt1pc5gpr).
  • SEG XLV 1831, LII 1460.
  • Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae 829 (doi:10.17171/1-8-3414).
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