A tale of two skeletons? Greco-Turkish cultural memory, sacred space, and the mystery of the identity of the occupants of a now lost ciborium Byzantine tomb at Trebizond

buir.contributor.authorKennedy, Scott
buir.contributor.orcidKennedy, Scott|0000-0002-8638-3393
dc.citation.epage220en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.spage195en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber114en_US
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Scott
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-23T08:38:06Z
dc.date.available2022-02-23T08:38:06Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-22
dc.departmentProgram in Cultures, Civilization and Ideasen_US
dc.description.abstractThe body of almost every Roman or Byzantine emperor has been lost.This piece draws attention to two skeletons, recovered from a Muslim türbe at Trabzon during World War I by the Russian excavator Feodor Uspensky. Using local oral tradition, Uspensky identified the two bodies he recovered as the Byzantine emperor of Trebizond Alexios IV (1417–1429) and a local Turkish hero Hoşoğlan. Since Uspensky, his identifications have not been challenged nor scientifically examined. This paper argues that Uspensky did not recover just one but two imperial skeletons. It first dissects his identifications, showing how competition for sacred space between Greeks and Turks in the Ottoman period led each community to identify the tomb’s occupants with foundational figures in their communities. After dissecting Uspensky’s identifications, this paper then makes the case that both occupants of this tomb were unidentified members of the Grand Komnenoi family, urging for scientific examination of what may be the only bones of a Byzantine emperor.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1515/bz-2021-9009en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1868-9027
dc.identifier.issn0007-7704
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/77565
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherWalter de Gruyter GmbHen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1515/bz-2021-9009en_US
dc.source.titleByzantinische Zeitschriften_US
dc.titleA tale of two skeletons? Greco-Turkish cultural memory, sacred space, and the mystery of the identity of the occupants of a now lost ciborium Byzantine tomb at Trebizonden_US
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