Lumina Muslim Cemetery

Village: 
  Lumina

Ottoman name of village:
  Kocaali

Latitude:
  44.3001083

Longitude:
  028.5659972

Date:
  19th century

Description:
  The cemetery is situated in northern limit of village and cover an ancient tumulus. The graves are marked with funeral stones for head and feet. In the northern part of the cemetery a large number of funeral stones are spolia (i.e. fragments of columns, capitals). Some of them are engraved with arabic letters and numbers. One of them is engraved with name of Allah and 1254 (possible year after Hegira). In the western part of cemetery some graves have so-called "arman" stones as funeral monuments. To the south the tombs are marked with less imposing funeral stones.

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