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Borderlands theory views borderlands as sites of overlap between multiple cultures and accommodates more fluid and multivalent notions of identity; the theory constitutes the methodological framework of my analysis of Klazomenian sarcophagi, and informs how I explore their visual programs, forms, and associated Ionian identities. Through the lens of the borderland and Anzald\u00faa\u2019s concept of <em>lenguaje<\/em>, I consider thematic motifs, production, and visual replication to resituate the sarcophagi within the context of contemporary elite burial practices in Achaemenid western Anatolia. 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