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⚒️ Captions on Wall Paintings from Rock-Cut Tomb at Zawiet Asgafa el Abiar (SEG 45.2150)

Date (late 4th c. CE); date of excavation (from 1924); content (captions naming Bellerophon, Chimaira, Hector, Achilles, Xanthos, Balios, Sirens, Pyrrhos, Polyxena; description of Odysseus sailing past the Sirens referencing Hom. Od. 23.326): IRCyr accessed May 2025.
Language
Greek
Period
Late Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)
Place of creation
🌍 Zawiet Asqafah el Abiar (Libya)
Place of recovery
🌍 Zawiet Asqafah el Abiar (Libya)
UNESCO status
In situ
Provenance
Excl. unprovenanced
Other identifiers
M.95
Inscription URL
https://ircyr2020.inslib.kcl.ac.uk/en/inscriptions/M.95.html
SEG
45.2150
Is the same as
🎨 Wall Paintings from Rock-Cut Tomb at Zawiet Asgafa el Abiar (In Situ)
Mentions
👤 Achilles 👤 Balios (horse) 👤 Bellerophon 👤 the Chimaira 👤 Hector (Trojan) 👤 Polyxene 👤 Neoptolemos 👤 Odysseus 👤 Scylla (sea monster) 👥 the Sirens 👤 Xanthos (horse) 🌍 the Island of the Sirens (unlocatable)
Cites
📖 Homer, Odyssey 12.36-12.141 📖 Homer, Odyssey 12.166-12.200 📖 Homer, Odyssey 23.310-23.343
Commentary
Date (late 4th c. CE); date of excavation (from 1924); content (captions naming Bellerophon, Chimaira, Hector, Achilles, Xanthos, Balios, Sirens, Pyrrhos, Polyxena; description of Odysseus sailing past the Sirens referencing Hom. Od. 23.326): IRCyr accessed May 2025.
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