A NEW SARCOPHAGUS OF POLYXENA FROM THE SALVAGE EXCAVATIONS AT GÜMÜSCAY

In 1994 the Çanakkale Museum excavated a tumulus at Gumuscay, near the ancient battlefield of Granicus, and this article presents the results of the excavation. The most important discovery was a late Archaic marble sarcophagus, ca. 520-500 B. C., which includes a representation of the sacrifice of Polyxena by Neoptolemus on one side, and a funerary banquet with dancing warriors on the other side. This is the earliest stone sarcophagus with figural reliefs ever to have been found in Asia Minor, and the closest iconographic parallels are to be found in the late Archaic tombs of Lycia.

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