THE GRANITE COLUMN IN MODON: HOW TO MAKE A STONE SAY WHAT YOU WANT IT TO SAY!

Author: PATRICE FOUTAKIS

Source: Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 24, Number 1, February 2005 , pp. 89-105(17)

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Abstract:

Summary.

The 3 km long ramparts of the castle of Modon survive remarkably unscathed despite the attacks of Man and Nature over the centuries. The most interesting monument which remains, a column of red granite, crowned with a capital and a stone slab, has escaped the looters of antiquities who often passed by Modon. It has also escaped the scholars who have failed to give a reliable interpretation of the monument. This paper seeks to deal with this question and to set the monument in its proper historical context.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.2005.00226.x

Publication date: 2005-02-01