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A LATE ROMAN INN IN EASTERN TURKEY
Author(s) -
MANGO CYRIL
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.1986.tb00354.x
Subject(s) - cave , archaeology , annexation , front (military) , porch , ancient history , geography , history , law , politics , political science , meteorology
Summary. An account is given of a late Roman inn situated 17 km SW of Edessa (Urfa). Its main part consists of three rock‐cut caves, of which two were used to stable animals. In front of the caves there was a porch for travellers. A cluster of inscriptions, recorded, though not altogether correctly, by previous investigators, establishes the date of the installation to c. AD 260, soon after the annexation of the province of Osrhoene by Rome. The inn also serves to establish a fixed point on the Roman road between Batnae (Suruç) and Edessa.