- Collection: Edessa/Urfa/Şanliurfa
68 Items
Sarcophagus
Sculpture, C2nd-C4th? Found in Urfa, now in Urfa Museum.
Type: Sculpture
Tags: Edessa, Sarcophagus, Sculpture, Turkey, Urfa, Urfa Museum
Side room of the Villa of the Amazons
A side room with a raised dais, geometric mosaic and a stone relief. Villa of the Amazons, Halepli Bahçe, C5th-C6th.
Type: Architecture
Tags: C5th-C6th, Edessa, Geometric Motif, Mosaic, Sculpture, Turkey, Urfa, Villa of the Amazons
Statue called a 'Soldier' on museum label, found in Urfa
Sculpture, C3rd-C4th. Now in Urfa Museum.
Type: Sculpture
Tags: Edessa, Figure, Sculpture, Turkey, Urfa, Urfa Museum
Syriac inscription
Sculpture, C2nd-C4th? Urfa Museum.
Type: Inscription
Tags: Edessa, Inscription, Syriac, Syriac Inscription, Turkey, Urfa, Urfa Museum
Syriac inscription from Viranşehir
Sculpture, C4th. Urfa Museum.
Type: Inscription
Tags: C4th, Inscription, Syriac, Syriac Inscription, Turkey, Urfa Museum, Viranşehir
The fishponds of Abraham
The heart of Urfa is a garden and complex of religious buildings around pools of sacred fish, believed to have been holy to Abraham and called locally Balikli Göl.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Abraham, Architecture, Edessa, Fishponds, Turkey, Urfa
The Fishponds of Abraham
Abraham's Fishponds (Balikli Göl), viewed from Urfa Citadel.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Abraham, Architecture, Edessa, Fishponds, Turkey, Urfa
The well of the Prophet Job
A well and cave that are associated by local tradition with the places where the Prophet Job suffered and was then cured of a skin disease are located to the south of the old city of Urfa. The complex is called the Eyyüp Peygamber Makamı and the well head is constructed of reused Roman masonry.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Caves, Edessa, Eyyup, Job, Mosque, Roman, Shrine, Turkey, Urfa, Well
Togate male, head joined to earlier torso, found in Urfa
Sculpture, C3rd-C4th. Urfa Museum.
Type: Sculpture
Tags: C3rd-C4th, Edessa, Figure, Sculpture, Toga, Turkey, Urfa, Urfa Museum
Trough (?)
Sculpture, C5th-C6th. Found in Serugh, now in Urfa Museum.
Type: Sculpture
Tags: Animal, C5th-C6th, Deer, Sculpture, Serugh, Turkey, Urfa Museum