The rock-cut tomb near Fokaia dates back to the end of the IV vcentury BC. It is 4,5 m high two-storey structure with the sarcophagus on the top indicates the Lycian tradition however the entrance facade is rather Lydian pattern. The stepps between the storeys indicate Achemenid custom. The monument may have been erected to memorize the local ruler during the Persian domiation of the region in the V-IV century BC1.
Sources:
- George E. Bean, Turkey Beyond the Maeander. An Archaeological Guide, London Ernest Jersey 1971, p.124, 125
- Nicholas Cahill, Taş Kule: A Persian-Period Tomb near Phokaia in: American Journal of Archaeology 92(4):481 · October 1988
- Ekrem Akurgal, Ancient Civilisations and Ruins of Turkey: From Prehistoric Times Until the End of the Roman Empir, II ed., Istanbul 1970, p. 118
References
- ↑Ekrem Akurgal, Ancient Civilisations and Ruins of Turkey: From Prehistoric Times Until the End of the Roman Empir, II ed., Istanbul 1970, p. 118
