- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Arkeoloji Bölümü, Tınaztepe/Kaynaklar Yerleşkesi, Buca, TR-35160 Izmir, Turkey.
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Ergun LAFLI
Dokuz Eylül University, Archaeology, Faculty Member
- Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir; Chair of the Division of Medieval Archaeology.edit
Terracotta unguentaria are found in relatively large quantities in almost all the areas of the ancient Mediterranean, where they were produced from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine period. The object of this study is to bring... more
Terracotta unguentaria are found in relatively large quantities in almost all the areas of the ancient Mediterranean, where they were produced from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine period. The object of this study is to bring together in a single volume a collection of essays about new finds of these and related vessels from the Late Classical through Early Byzantine periods which have been discovered in various areas of the Mediterranean. Thus, we have attempted to create an integrative approach to the study of terracotta unguentaria and some related vessels (such as pelikai and alabastra) with 18 papers dealing with finds from a geographical area streching from sites and museums across Portugal, through two sites in Andalusia and Granada in Spain, the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, some Etruscan sites in Italy, the necropolis of Cumae, other sites in Italian Magna Graecia, the Athenian Agora, Thessaloniki, Cetăţeni in Dacia, Sardinia, Hierapolis in Phrygia, and the rest of western Anatolia, to Syracuse. These papers also offer a partial overview of some previous studies having ceramic finds and unguentaria as their primary focus.
These 18 papers, most of which are collaborative efforts, contribute to our corpus of extant works, as they bring to us several unpublished examples excavated in recent years. A great deal can be learned from these studies in connection with each other and with the archaeology as well as the history of the Graeco-Roman Mediterranean. Sometimes the contribution is towards the chronology of these vessels; sometimes it increases our understanding of types, their uses, their meaning, context and production. In some papers unguentaria or related vessels have a context of discovery that can really serve to fix their chronologies.
Keywords: Terracotta unguentaria, pelikai, alabastra, Late Classical period, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Early Byzantine period, Portugal, Spain, Iberian Peninsula, Etruscans, Cumae, Magna Graecia, Athenian Agora, the British Museum, Thessaloniki, Cetăţeni, Dacia, Sardinia, Hierapolis in Phrygia, western Anatolia, Syracuse, ancient Mediterranean, typology, use, context, production, chronology, monograms, ceramic archaeology, classical archaeology, Late Roman archaeology, sigillography.
These 18 papers, most of which are collaborative efforts, contribute to our corpus of extant works, as they bring to us several unpublished examples excavated in recent years. A great deal can be learned from these studies in connection with each other and with the archaeology as well as the history of the Graeco-Roman Mediterranean. Sometimes the contribution is towards the chronology of these vessels; sometimes it increases our understanding of types, their uses, their meaning, context and production. In some papers unguentaria or related vessels have a context of discovery that can really serve to fix their chronologies.
Keywords: Terracotta unguentaria, pelikai, alabastra, Late Classical period, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Early Byzantine period, Portugal, Spain, Iberian Peninsula, Etruscans, Cumae, Magna Graecia, Athenian Agora, the British Museum, Thessaloniki, Cetăţeni, Dacia, Sardinia, Hierapolis in Phrygia, western Anatolia, Syracuse, ancient Mediterranean, typology, use, context, production, chronology, monograms, ceramic archaeology, classical archaeology, Late Roman archaeology, sigillography.
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, and 15 moreRoman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Ancient Anatolia, Hellenistic Pottery, Ancient Greek Pottery, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
Pp. 537 with num. col. ills. ISBN: 978-2-84867-953-2. The ancient region of Lydia in western Anatolia stretches from the present-day Turkish province of Manisa in the west to Uşak in the east (fig. 1). It was one of the largest... more
Pp. 537 with num. col. ills. ISBN: 978-2-84867-953-2.
The ancient region of Lydia in western Anatolia stretches from the present-day Turkish province of Manisa in the west to Uşak in the east (fig. 1). It was one of the largest landscapes in Asia Minor in ancient times and was inhabited by the Lydians and Maonaens. Lydia was not a coastal region but an inner Aegean landscape. Pliny the Elder gave a concise and equally vague description of the country: the center of the heartland comprised the mountain Tmolos (now Beydağları), on which the capital was Sardis, the Gygian lake (today Marmara Gölü), and the surrounding fertile plain along the Hermus. In the south, Lydia bordered on Caria, in the east on Phrygia, in the north on Mysia, and extended to Ionia in the west. Turning to modern publication, C.H. Roosevelt’s 2009 book, entitled The archaeology of Lydia, from Gyges to Alexander, has a special emphasis on archaeology of Lydia, as well as its history within the wider context of ancient Asia Minor. For the chronology of Lydia, Roosevelt has recently developed a uniform scheme to meet the methodological difficulties:
1- Pre-Lydian period (before the 12th century B.C.).
2- Early Lydian period (about 12th century to seventh century B.C.).
3- Middle Lydian period (about seventh century to 547 or 545 B.C., the time of Croesus, the last and most famous Lydian king).
4- Late Lydian period (about 547 B.C., after the conquest of Sardis by Cyrus the Great and creation of the Persian satrapy Sparda, until 217 B.C.).
5- Post-Lydian period (late third century B.C. to third century A.D.).
6- Province “Lydia” after Diocletian’s provincial reforms in A.D. 297. The province, however, consisted only of the slightly extended Hermus Valley, the heart of Lydia.
7- Early Byzantine rule from the beginning of the fifth century A.D. until 616/617, when Sardis and the surrounding area suffered massive destruction from the incursion by the Persian troops of the Sassanid Khosrau II.
8- Byzantine empire, from A.D. 617 until A.D. 1405, by which time Sardis was a small castle that was finally destroyed by the Golden Horde of Timur the Mongol.
The following subjects are currently being discussed by scholars in the context of Lydia and the Lydians: Society, social structure, military, economy, resources, agriculture and livestock, ceramics, textiles and luxury, commerce, religion, cults and cultic sites, visual arts, architecture, music, and the Lydian language. The most important topics of Lydian research are a.o. local resources, especially the gold from the Tmolos, agriculture and pastoralism, the oldest coinage in the Mediterranean, and the so-called Royal Road or King’s Road in Lydia.
The name Lydia was linked to wealth in antiquity. In most cases it mentioned prominently that the Pactolus poured out gold from the Tmolos, which would have led to the wealth of the Lydians. This view continued into the 20th century but has become increasingly relativized in recent years. In fact, Lydia was well positioned economically. Firstly, there were the rich soil, which, together with the mild climate, produced very good agricultural yields. The uncultivated land also offered good grazing grounds and game for hunting, as well as forests that supplied firewood and timber. In addition to the gold of the Tmolos (as recent research has shown, it was indeed gold and not electrum, as has long been assumed), there existed iron, copper, lead, and mineral deposits suitable for textile dyeing. Furthermore, there was marble, limestone, jasper, and a kind of onyx that was named “sardonyx” after the city of Sardis. Lastly, the favourable geostrategic position needs to be mentioned: Lydia was a borderland on the route between the Anatolian plateau and the Aegean coast.
As regards agriculture, the produce of Lydia was not significantly different from most Greek cities. In addition to cereals, legumes, pumpkins, and olives, a very popular local wine was produced. Reddish figs were called “Lydian figs” in antiquity and chestnuts “Sardinian acorns.” In the seventh century B.C., the first coins were issued as a means of payment, which represent the oldest coin finds in the ancient world. The so-called Royal Road was one of the first major, long-distance highway in antiquity and was built by Persians to allow rapid communication across his very large empire, stretching from Susa to Sardis. The first coinage as well as the route of the Royal Road were linked most probably to the local resources of Lydia.
Since the end of the 19th century Lydia has been scientifically researched. One of the most significant scientific initiatives of the 20th century was the American “Archaeological Exploration of Sardis” project. Since the late 1950s, numerous scholars, notably G.M.A. Hanfmann, C.H. Greenewalt, Jr., R. Gusmani, P. Herrmann, A. Ramage and C. Foss have contributed to the study of the city’s as well as region’s archaeology, history, and epigraphy in the Lydian, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, and Late Medieval periods. Following the 2009 publication by C.H. Roosevelt on Lydia, three more books have appeared in recent years: a historical book on Lydia by Peter Högemann and Norbert Oettinger in 2018, a study by Annick Payne on the Lydian language, and the epigraphic monograph of Hasan Malay (†) and Georg Petzl on religious texts from Lydia.
Since 2005, Lydia has become a significant research area owing to the increasing number of archaeological projects, such as the excavations at Thyatira, Tripolis-on-the-Maeander, and Blaundos, and field surveys in southeastern Lydia and around Hypaepa in the Cayster Valley. Additionally, the archaeological departments at the Universities of Manisa and Uşak are very active in the region. The local museums of Manisa, Uşak, and Akhisar in Lydia have also carried out a large number of rescue excavations and producing publications. Some of the Lydian material in the Museums of Afyonkarahisar, Ödemiş, Tire, Izmir, and Kütahya have been published.
For the current state of Lydia research two conferences and their contributions are decisive: one is the volume Forschungen in Lydien, published in 1995 and edited by E. Schwertheim, and the other is the proceedings of the Lydia Conference held in Rome in 1999 and edited by M. Giorgieri, M. Salvini, M.-C. Trémouille, and P. Vannicelli. This volume is the result of a third major symposium on Lydia, which was held on May 17–18, 2017 at Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey (figs. 2-5). This event, titled «Archaeology and history of Lydia from the early Lydian period to late antiquity (eighth century B.C.-sixth century A.D.)» was intended to cover time frame as much as possible streching from the Middle Iron Age to the late antiquity. Our intention was to broaden the timeline of Lydian studies from the Lydian period to the Early Byzantine period and to bring together researchers from a broader range of disciplines, including archaeology, history, epigraphy, etc., as well as to discuss a series of questions related to greater diversity perspectives interdisciplinary. One of our questions was whether there was a «continuation» of the earlier phases in Lydia during the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods, a time frame from the late fourth century B.C. until the middle of the sixth century A.D., as there is a great cultural continuity in all parts of Asia Minor. In this symposium 65 papers were accepted as contribution. Thematic works were divided into 20 sessions dealing with both Lydia and other neighbouring regions in western Anatolia.
A review on this book has appeared:
Antonin Jourdren, Comptes rendus, Recensions, Revue des études anciennes 126/1, 2024, pp. 281–285 <https://revue-etudes-anciennes.fr/studies-on-the-history-and-archaeology-of-lydia-from-the-early-lydian-period-to-late-antiquity-e-lafli-g-labarre-eds-besancon-presses-universitaires-de-franche%e2%80%91comte-2023-5/>.
The ancient region of Lydia in western Anatolia stretches from the present-day Turkish province of Manisa in the west to Uşak in the east (fig. 1). It was one of the largest landscapes in Asia Minor in ancient times and was inhabited by the Lydians and Maonaens. Lydia was not a coastal region but an inner Aegean landscape. Pliny the Elder gave a concise and equally vague description of the country: the center of the heartland comprised the mountain Tmolos (now Beydağları), on which the capital was Sardis, the Gygian lake (today Marmara Gölü), and the surrounding fertile plain along the Hermus. In the south, Lydia bordered on Caria, in the east on Phrygia, in the north on Mysia, and extended to Ionia in the west. Turning to modern publication, C.H. Roosevelt’s 2009 book, entitled The archaeology of Lydia, from Gyges to Alexander, has a special emphasis on archaeology of Lydia, as well as its history within the wider context of ancient Asia Minor. For the chronology of Lydia, Roosevelt has recently developed a uniform scheme to meet the methodological difficulties:
1- Pre-Lydian period (before the 12th century B.C.).
2- Early Lydian period (about 12th century to seventh century B.C.).
3- Middle Lydian period (about seventh century to 547 or 545 B.C., the time of Croesus, the last and most famous Lydian king).
4- Late Lydian period (about 547 B.C., after the conquest of Sardis by Cyrus the Great and creation of the Persian satrapy Sparda, until 217 B.C.).
5- Post-Lydian period (late third century B.C. to third century A.D.).
6- Province “Lydia” after Diocletian’s provincial reforms in A.D. 297. The province, however, consisted only of the slightly extended Hermus Valley, the heart of Lydia.
7- Early Byzantine rule from the beginning of the fifth century A.D. until 616/617, when Sardis and the surrounding area suffered massive destruction from the incursion by the Persian troops of the Sassanid Khosrau II.
8- Byzantine empire, from A.D. 617 until A.D. 1405, by which time Sardis was a small castle that was finally destroyed by the Golden Horde of Timur the Mongol.
The following subjects are currently being discussed by scholars in the context of Lydia and the Lydians: Society, social structure, military, economy, resources, agriculture and livestock, ceramics, textiles and luxury, commerce, religion, cults and cultic sites, visual arts, architecture, music, and the Lydian language. The most important topics of Lydian research are a.o. local resources, especially the gold from the Tmolos, agriculture and pastoralism, the oldest coinage in the Mediterranean, and the so-called Royal Road or King’s Road in Lydia.
The name Lydia was linked to wealth in antiquity. In most cases it mentioned prominently that the Pactolus poured out gold from the Tmolos, which would have led to the wealth of the Lydians. This view continued into the 20th century but has become increasingly relativized in recent years. In fact, Lydia was well positioned economically. Firstly, there were the rich soil, which, together with the mild climate, produced very good agricultural yields. The uncultivated land also offered good grazing grounds and game for hunting, as well as forests that supplied firewood and timber. In addition to the gold of the Tmolos (as recent research has shown, it was indeed gold and not electrum, as has long been assumed), there existed iron, copper, lead, and mineral deposits suitable for textile dyeing. Furthermore, there was marble, limestone, jasper, and a kind of onyx that was named “sardonyx” after the city of Sardis. Lastly, the favourable geostrategic position needs to be mentioned: Lydia was a borderland on the route between the Anatolian plateau and the Aegean coast.
As regards agriculture, the produce of Lydia was not significantly different from most Greek cities. In addition to cereals, legumes, pumpkins, and olives, a very popular local wine was produced. Reddish figs were called “Lydian figs” in antiquity and chestnuts “Sardinian acorns.” In the seventh century B.C., the first coins were issued as a means of payment, which represent the oldest coin finds in the ancient world. The so-called Royal Road was one of the first major, long-distance highway in antiquity and was built by Persians to allow rapid communication across his very large empire, stretching from Susa to Sardis. The first coinage as well as the route of the Royal Road were linked most probably to the local resources of Lydia.
Since the end of the 19th century Lydia has been scientifically researched. One of the most significant scientific initiatives of the 20th century was the American “Archaeological Exploration of Sardis” project. Since the late 1950s, numerous scholars, notably G.M.A. Hanfmann, C.H. Greenewalt, Jr., R. Gusmani, P. Herrmann, A. Ramage and C. Foss have contributed to the study of the city’s as well as region’s archaeology, history, and epigraphy in the Lydian, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, and Late Medieval periods. Following the 2009 publication by C.H. Roosevelt on Lydia, three more books have appeared in recent years: a historical book on Lydia by Peter Högemann and Norbert Oettinger in 2018, a study by Annick Payne on the Lydian language, and the epigraphic monograph of Hasan Malay (†) and Georg Petzl on religious texts from Lydia.
Since 2005, Lydia has become a significant research area owing to the increasing number of archaeological projects, such as the excavations at Thyatira, Tripolis-on-the-Maeander, and Blaundos, and field surveys in southeastern Lydia and around Hypaepa in the Cayster Valley. Additionally, the archaeological departments at the Universities of Manisa and Uşak are very active in the region. The local museums of Manisa, Uşak, and Akhisar in Lydia have also carried out a large number of rescue excavations and producing publications. Some of the Lydian material in the Museums of Afyonkarahisar, Ödemiş, Tire, Izmir, and Kütahya have been published.
For the current state of Lydia research two conferences and their contributions are decisive: one is the volume Forschungen in Lydien, published in 1995 and edited by E. Schwertheim, and the other is the proceedings of the Lydia Conference held in Rome in 1999 and edited by M. Giorgieri, M. Salvini, M.-C. Trémouille, and P. Vannicelli. This volume is the result of a third major symposium on Lydia, which was held on May 17–18, 2017 at Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey (figs. 2-5). This event, titled «Archaeology and history of Lydia from the early Lydian period to late antiquity (eighth century B.C.-sixth century A.D.)» was intended to cover time frame as much as possible streching from the Middle Iron Age to the late antiquity. Our intention was to broaden the timeline of Lydian studies from the Lydian period to the Early Byzantine period and to bring together researchers from a broader range of disciplines, including archaeology, history, epigraphy, etc., as well as to discuss a series of questions related to greater diversity perspectives interdisciplinary. One of our questions was whether there was a «continuation» of the earlier phases in Lydia during the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods, a time frame from the late fourth century B.C. until the middle of the sixth century A.D., as there is a great cultural continuity in all parts of Asia Minor. In this symposium 65 papers were accepted as contribution. Thematic works were divided into 20 sessions dealing with both Lydia and other neighbouring regions in western Anatolia.
A review on this book has appeared:
Antonin Jourdren, Comptes rendus, Recensions, Revue des études anciennes 126/1, 2024, pp. 281–285 <https://revue-etudes-anciennes.fr/studies-on-the-history-and-archaeology-of-lydia-from-the-early-lydian-period-to-late-antiquity-e-lafli-g-labarre-eds-besancon-presses-universitaires-de-franche%e2%80%91comte-2023-5/>.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, and 15 moreClassics, Roman History, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Lydian, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek History, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Iron Age, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
Hadrianopolis is located on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea, 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük, in Roman southwestern Paphlagonia (modern... more
Hadrianopolis is located on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea, 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük, in Roman southwestern Paphlagonia (modern northwestern central Turkey). This site was a small but important city, controlling this major route and dominating a rich agricultural, especially vinicultural, enclave on the borders between Paphlagonia, Bithynia and Galatia. Between 2005 and 2008 four survey, excavation and restoration campaigns were conducted at this Roman and early Byzantine site by the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir. As a result of the 2005 surveys of the area, it was confirmed that Hadrianopolis was indeed coincident with Viranşehir, which is located c. 3 km west of modern Eskipazar and was active between the 1st cent. BC. and the 8th cent. AD. The field surveys in 2005 identified the remains of at least 24 buildings at the site. Among them are two bath buildings, two basilicas, a domus, an apsidal building, a fortified structure of the Byzantine period, a possible theatre, a vaulted building, a domed building and some domestic buildings most of which were paved with extensive mosaic floors. After the publications of the inscriptions (Hadrianopolis I), glass (Hadrianopolis II), and pottery finds (Hadrianopolis III), the present volume IV of this series is devoted to the early Byzantine mosaics and frescoes from this site which are dated mainly to the 6th and 7th cent. AD. Main find spots of mosaics and frescoes are Baths A, Baths B, Basilica A, Basilica B, the Apsidal Building and the Domus. One of the most remarkable discoveries was undoubtedly the floor mosaic of the nave of Basilica B, which displays personifications of the Four Rivers of Paradise: Euphrates, Tigris, Phison and Geon. In this book Early Byzantine mosaics and frescoes from Turkey and elsewhere in the eastern Mediterranean are also collected as comparanda for our researches in northwestern central part of Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine Archaeology, Ancient Mosaics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Graeco-Roman Mosaics and Wall Paintings, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Fresco, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Byzantine Mosaics, Mosaic Restoration and Conservation, Medieval Wall Paintings, Roman Mosaics, Roman Wall Painting, Early Christian Mosaics, and Roman Archaeology
In this book pottery finds from Hadrianopolis in southwestern Paphlagonia (north-central Turkey) are presented in detail, which were collected between the years 2005 and 2008. Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of... more
In this book pottery finds from Hadrianopolis in southwestern Paphlagonia (north-central Turkey) are presented in detail, which were collected between the years 2005 and 2008. Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south, and the focus of this book is the finds from Hadrianopolis and its chora in southwestern part of Paphlagonia, i.e. the region around Eskipazar in the Turkish province of Karabük. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir carried out archaeological field surveys, excavations and restaurations in Hadrianopolis and its close surroundings. During these four field campaigns 1550 sherds ranging between the Pre-Iron Age (IInd mill. BC.) and the Middle Byzantine period (late 11th/early 12th cent. AD.) were collected, most of which consist of Late Roman-Early Byzantine (late 5th-mid 8th cent. AD.) coarse ware. In this study 30 main pottery groups were constituted, based on their chronology, function and fabric. The book includes a detailed description of each find deposits, typologies and fabrics of wares and a comprehensive catalogue with drawings as well as photos of each sherds. It is, thus, the first extensive pottery report of the Turkish Black Sea area, offering a continual picture of all the wares and chronologies available.
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http://www.barpublishing.com/hadrianopolis-iii.html
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Classics, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, and 27 moreAnatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Phrygian, Iron Age, Hellenistic Pottery, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Ceramics, Pottery studies, Byzantine art, Paphlagonia, and Roman Archaeology
In Hadrianoupolis the second largest small find group after pottery was glass: in the five field seasons between 2003 and 2008 several hundred glass fragments were collected; no intact vessels have been found so far. The major groups of... more
In Hadrianoupolis the second largest small find group after pottery was glass: in the five field seasons between 2003 and 2008 several hundred glass fragments were collected; no intact vessels have been found so far. The major groups of the material are as follows: vessels, lamps, window glass, bracelets and other ornaments, miscellaneous objects (weights etc.), tesserae and slag. The typological repertory of the glass vessels is limited. The second largest group is chalices or lamps. Most of the plain glass windows are in light green, in few samples bluish green. Few bracelet fragments in scanty number of colours and very few glass beads are also collected. Tessarae are in numerous amounts. Several dozens of slag were uncovered. All glass are of bad quality. Bubbles in long and round form are numerous in vessels and lamps. In Hadrianoupolis early and mid Roman glass are very few in numbers. Most of the glass are dated to the last quarter of the 5th century towards the beginning of second quarter of 8th century. Slag, a homogenous composition, limited typological repertoire as well as less quality make us to think a local secondary production at the site. All these characteristics are similar in various aspects to that of other Black Sea finds, rather than Anatolian sites. The homogenous glass structure, vessel forms and colour make us to think that Hadrianoupolis will be an important place for the future glass studies. The text is in German with abstracts in English and Turkish.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Glass (Archaeology), Medieval Glasses (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Glass, Roman Glass, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Ancient Glass Analysis, Byzantine art, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
Bu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 31/01/2005 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01.707.1.(9)-9714- sayılı (Adana) ve 02/02/2005 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1 / 9-11321 (Mersin)... more
Bu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 31/01/2005 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01.707.1.(9)-9714- sayılı (Adana) ve 02/02/2005 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1 / 9-11321 (Mersin) sayılı ile 04/07/2007 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA07.40/C).116544 (Tarsus ve Hatay) sayılı izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır.
This booklet in French language focuses on Roman bronze statues and statuettes from Cilicia in southern Turkey with two appendixes, the first one on a Dolichenian hand from Commagene and the second one on the bronze figurines from the Archaeological Museum of Hatay in Antioch. Concerned museums in Cilicia are from west to east Alanya, Anamur, Silifke, Mersin, Tarsus and Adana. Most of the finds are from the second and third centuries A.D.
This booklet in French language focuses on Roman bronze statues and statuettes from Cilicia in southern Turkey with two appendixes, the first one on a Dolichenian hand from Commagene and the second one on the bronze figurines from the Archaeological Museum of Hatay in Antioch. Concerned museums in Cilicia are from west to east Alanya, Anamur, Silifke, Mersin, Tarsus and Adana. Most of the finds are from the second and third centuries A.D.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman Religion, and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, Cilicia, Roman Iconography, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Archaeology of Roman Religion, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Terracotta Figurines, Greek Sculpture, Roman Sculpture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Bronzes, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
This volume focuses on bronze and other metal finds from several ancient sites of Asia Minor and other regions in the Mediterranean. It consists of four main parts and 45 papers in total which deal with various genres of ancient bronze... more
This volume focuses on bronze and other metal finds from several ancient sites of Asia Minor and other regions in the Mediterranean. It consists of four main parts and 45 papers in total which deal with various genres of ancient bronze material. The papers include analysis of pre-Greek, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine bronzes from Anatolia, as well as studies of bronzes from Georgia, Greece, Iran, Italy, Serbia, and Slovenia. Key sites are covered, such as Allianoi, Arycanda and Olba, Roman and Early Byzantine cities in western and southern part of Turkey. The volume also contains a common bibliography for researchers interested in Asia Minor and neighbouring regions. Readers will discover numerous unpublished materials as well as new insights into the bronze archaeology of Anatolia and more broadly across the rest of the ancient eastern Mediterranean.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Metallurgy, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Ancient Mining and Metallurgy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Bronzes, Ancient Bronzes, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, and Ancient Iron Metallurgy
Quelle qu’ait été leur faveur auprès du public depuis les découvertes de Myrina et Tanagra au XIXe siècle, les terres cuites figurées antiques sont trop longtemps restées dans l’ombre d’une histoire de l’art passéiste. Ce n’est que tout... more
Quelle qu’ait été leur faveur auprès du public depuis les découvertes de Myrina et Tanagra au XIXe siècle, les terres cuites figurées antiques sont trop longtemps restées dans l’ombre d’une histoire de l’art passéiste. Ce n’est que tout récemment que leur étude a profondément évolué, grâce à la prise en compte de toutes leurs spécificités, tant celles des modalités de fabrication et de diffusion, qui en font un artisanat étonnement moderne, que celles des contextes de trouvaille et des assemblages, qui renouvellent l’archéologie des pratiques funéraires et votives. Désormais objet d’études les plus exigeantes, les terres cuites figurées apportent une contribution originale à la connaissance de l’antiquité classique.
Les textes réunis dans ce volume, l’un des deux issus du colloque d’Izmir, le première manifestation de cette importance sur ce sujet, font connaître une foison de documents nouveaux, illustrent toutes les approches des figurines – histoire de l’art, archéologie, archéométrie, iconographie, anthropologie culturelle… –, mais reflètent aussi les débats autour de leur interprétation : ils dressent ainsi un état des lieux dans ce domaine de recherche au dynamisme nouveau.
Les textes réunis dans ce volume, l’un des deux issus du colloque d’Izmir, le première manifestation de cette importance sur ce sujet, font connaître une foison de documents nouveaux, illustrent toutes les approches des figurines – histoire de l’art, archéologie, archéométrie, iconographie, anthropologie culturelle… –, mais reflètent aussi les débats autour de leur interprétation : ils dressent ainsi un état des lieux dans ce domaine de recherche au dynamisme nouveau.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Iconography, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 23 moreMediterranean Studies, Funeral Practices, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Aegean Archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, Greek religion (Classics), Classical Mythology, Mediterranean archaeology, Archaeology of Ritual, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Terracotta Figurines, Greek sanctuaries, Greek Sculpture, Anthropomorphic Figurines, Coroplastic Studies, Roman Sculpture, Votive offerings, Greek Terracottas, Votive offerings, Greek sanctuaries, and Roman Archaeology
Volume 1 des actes du colloque d'Izmir. Il regroupe 32 contributions, regroupées en deux parties. La première , intitulée "De la fabrication à la collection et à l'étude" envisage les officines, les techniques et outils de production, la... more
Volume 1 des actes du colloque d'Izmir. Il regroupe 32 contributions, regroupées en deux parties. La première , intitulée "De la fabrication à la collection et à l'étude" envisage les officines, les techniques et outils de production, la diffusion et la constitution de koinès, et enfin l'étude et les collections. La deuxième partie, intitulée "Centre de production", est consacrée aux produits et répertoire de différentes régions productrices, en Grèce propre, en Éolide, Ionie et Carie, et enfin aux marges du monde classique.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Iconography, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 28 moreMediterranean Studies, Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Funeral Practices, Greek Religion, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Aegean Archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, Greek religion (Classics), Mediterranean archaeology, Archaeology of Ritual, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Terracotta Figurines, Greek sanctuaries, Greek Sculpture, Boeotian Studies, Coroplastic Studies, Roman Sculpture, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Tanagra, Votive offerings, Greek Terracottas, Ritual Practices, Votive offerings, Greek sanctuaries, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
This is a new book, published in Oxford, England, in the series of British Archaeological Reports, no. 2750. Recent studies on the archaeology of Anatolia displayed the great importance of the cultural and archaeological heritage of moder... more
This is a new book, published in Oxford, England, in the series of British Archaeological Reports, no. 2750. Recent studies on the archaeology of Anatolia displayed the great importance of the cultural and archaeological heritage of moder Turkey. This volume includes data from surveys and excavations, in addition to the analysis of unpublished materials preserved in Turkish local museums. The geographical region covered in by the papers included in this volume covers the whole of Asia Minor, from the west coast to the central and northern part, up to the east. The temporal coverage ranges from the Neolithic to the nineteenth century. Scholars from various parts of the world, but especially young and promising Turkish researchers, have contributed papers to this volume which discuss the important archaeological heritage of Anatolia and contribute a great deal to archaeological knowledge and practice in this part of the world.
Turkish archaeology, or better the archaeology of Anatolia, has changed radically since 2005. The state of the field archaeology in Turkey is nothing like it was in its earliest phases during the 1920s–1930s. Its focus is now based more on site management, restoration, conservation, and cultural tourism, as required since 2006 by the Turkish General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums. As a result, very few scientific studies on the publication of sites and material studies appear today. Although some recent publications exist, very few of them take Anatolian archaeology as a whole. So this collection should be understood as a old-fashioned collection of papers rather than a new-fashioned work. Our intention is to give a brief insight about some sites and present their new results as well as materials, especially from the western part of the country.
Turkish archaeology, or better the archaeology of Anatolia, has changed radically since 2005. The state of the field archaeology in Turkey is nothing like it was in its earliest phases during the 1920s–1930s. Its focus is now based more on site management, restoration, conservation, and cultural tourism, as required since 2006 by the Turkish General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums. As a result, very few scientific studies on the publication of sites and material studies appear today. Although some recent publications exist, very few of them take Anatolian archaeology as a whole. So this collection should be understood as a old-fashioned collection of papers rather than a new-fashioned work. Our intention is to give a brief insight about some sites and present their new results as well as materials, especially from the western part of the country.
Research Interests: History, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, and 27 moreClassics, Art History, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Turkey, Neolithic Archaeology, Anatolian Languages, Middle Eastern Studies, History of Art, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Near East, Roman Pottery, Aegean Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Near East (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Anatolian Prehistory, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Asia Minor, Archaeology, Classical archaeology, Greek and Roman history, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Material Culture Studies, Funerary Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
This volume comprises the published acts of the international colloquium entitled “Late Antique glass in Anatolia (4th to 8th cent. A.D.)” that took place between the 25th and the 28th of October 2009 in Izmir, Turkey . This workshop was... more
This volume comprises the published acts of the international colloquium entitled “Late Antique glass in Anatolia (4th to 8th cent. A.D.)” that took place between the 25th and the 28th of October 2009 in Izmir, Turkey . This workshop was organized jointly by Dr Sylvia FÜNFSCHILLING (Augst) and by the editor and took place at the Conference Hall of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University. Both excavated finds and museum pieces were the subject of this workshop, offering a firm basis for the support of future research concerning Late Antique and Early Byzantine glass studies in Turkey. The aim was to report on the state of research concerning glass from Anatolia that is dated approximately between the fourth and eighth centuries A.D. However, the geographical scope of the papers presented included not only Turkey, but also Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia, the Crimea, Georgia, Lebanon, and Tunisia. The glass groups under consideration were vessels, lamps, window panes, slags, glass tesserae, and other items. Twenty-eight papers were presented at the workshop, with about fifty participants coming from twelve countries.
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Whole book is posted on the following website: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12397/13885
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Glass (Archaeology), Late Roman Archaeology, Medieval Glasses (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Stained Glass, Ancient Glass, Roman Glass, Ancient Glass Analysis, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Byzantine art, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
In this brief paper 34 earrings are presented, all of which are curated in the Archaeological Museum of İznik in south-western Marmara region of Turkey. They are significant, as very few items of jewellery from Bithynia have been... more
In this brief paper 34 earrings are presented, all of which are curated in the Archaeological Museum of İznik in south-western Marmara region of Turkey. They are significant, as very few items of jewellery from Bithynia have been published.
KEYWORDS: Earrings, Graeco-Roman jewellery, İznik, Nicaea, Bithynia, Asia Minor, south-eastern Marmara, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Byzantine period, Anatolian archaeology, classical archaeology.
KEYWORDS: Earrings, Graeco-Roman jewellery, İznik, Nicaea, Bithynia, Asia Minor, south-eastern Marmara, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Byzantine period, Anatolian archaeology, classical archaeology.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman military archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient jewellery, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Engraved gems, Bithynia, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Gemstone, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Medieval jewellery, Late Antique and Byzantine Jewellery, Ancient Greek Jewellery, Roman Jewellery, Roman Glyptics and Jewelry, and Roman Archaeology
Bu makalede konu edilen eserler ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü’nün 3 Haziran 2021 tarih ve E-28262782-806.01.03-1429753 sayılı izinleri ile çalışılmış ve bu makale kapsamında yayınlanmıştır. This article will be displayed in Academia beginning... more
Bu makalede konu edilen eserler ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü’nün 3 Haziran 2021 tarih ve E-28262782-806.01.03-1429753 sayılı izinleri ile çalışılmış ve bu makale kapsamında yayınlanmıştır.
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This article offers an edition of the 18 Greek inscriptions from Cappadocia, among them 13 previously-unpublished texts including two new metrical inscriptions. With the exception of the one in the Appendix, these texts are funerary, should be dated to the period c. 130-250 AD, and take the form of family members dedicating funerary monuments in commemoration of deceased relatives. They offer significant insight into naming habits in this part of inland Asia Minor at the time of the Roman empire, not least in the use of Greek and Roman conventions including double-names and short names; among the inscriptions are several names otherwise not firmly attested in otherwise-published inscriptions (Amate, Anophthenes, Atios, Mazoubine, Taurophilos). A plague or illness is attested in one inscription. The funerary formulae of these inscriptions offer insight into the use of traditional Greek acclamations and also the translation into Greek of the Latin habit of dedicating funerary monuments to the Household Gods. The physical aspects of the stelai, featuring pedimental decorations, acroteria and inscribed texts, and sometimes objets de toilette, echo Greek traditions in commemoration but also constitute a recognisably local style. Aspects of the human bust portraits on a number of the monuments resemble those known elsewhere in inland Asia Minor. The metrical aspect of two of the inscriptions demonstrates a further level of artistry and engagement with a long Greek epitaphic tradition and indicates an aspirational literary ostentation. Overall, they illustrate the mingling of Greek, Roman and other cultures in a region influenced by the presence of the 12th Roman Legion; in particular they enunciate the significance of funerary display across the cultural spectrum and demonstrate the power of private funerary monuments to express family ties in Cappadocia at a time of Roman power.
KEYWORDS: Cappadocia, Comana, eastern Turkey, Roma period, second-third centuries AD, funerary stelae, Anatolian archaeology, Greek epigraphy, Roman archaeology, classical archaeology.
This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2026, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2026: [email protected]
This article offers an edition of the 18 Greek inscriptions from Cappadocia, among them 13 previously-unpublished texts including two new metrical inscriptions. With the exception of the one in the Appendix, these texts are funerary, should be dated to the period c. 130-250 AD, and take the form of family members dedicating funerary monuments in commemoration of deceased relatives. They offer significant insight into naming habits in this part of inland Asia Minor at the time of the Roman empire, not least in the use of Greek and Roman conventions including double-names and short names; among the inscriptions are several names otherwise not firmly attested in otherwise-published inscriptions (Amate, Anophthenes, Atios, Mazoubine, Taurophilos). A plague or illness is attested in one inscription. The funerary formulae of these inscriptions offer insight into the use of traditional Greek acclamations and also the translation into Greek of the Latin habit of dedicating funerary monuments to the Household Gods. The physical aspects of the stelai, featuring pedimental decorations, acroteria and inscribed texts, and sometimes objets de toilette, echo Greek traditions in commemoration but also constitute a recognisably local style. Aspects of the human bust portraits on a number of the monuments resemble those known elsewhere in inland Asia Minor. The metrical aspect of two of the inscriptions demonstrates a further level of artistry and engagement with a long Greek epitaphic tradition and indicates an aspirational literary ostentation. Overall, they illustrate the mingling of Greek, Roman and other cultures in a region influenced by the presence of the 12th Roman Legion; in particular they enunciate the significance of funerary display across the cultural spectrum and demonstrate the power of private funerary monuments to express family ties in Cappadocia at a time of Roman power.
KEYWORDS: Cappadocia, Comana, eastern Turkey, Roma period, second-third centuries AD, funerary stelae, Anatolian archaeology, Greek epigraphy, Roman archaeology, classical archaeology.
Research Interests: Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Cappadocians, and 15 moreLatin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Near East, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Greek Epigram, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, Roman Sculpture, Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
Bu makalede konu edilen dokuz adet eserin incelenmesi ve yayınlanması, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 20 Eylül 2018 tarih ve 77400317- 155.03-762463 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This article will be... more
Bu makalede konu edilen dokuz adet eserin incelenmesi ve yayınlanması, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 20 Eylül 2018 tarih ve 77400317-
155.03-762463 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In this article, nine formerly unpublished Greek inscriptions from southern Turkey are presented in detail. Except one example, these finds are currently being displayed in an open-air museum in a castle which was built in the XIVth century by the Karamanid Turks and today serves as an offshot section of a museum. The first text is an honorific dedication to Teukris, daughter of Caper, and the eight other texts are carved on the sarcophagi of Marcus Aurelius Diogenes, Stephanos, Marcus Aurelius Neon, Aurelia Antonia, Aurelius Valentinianus, Sempronia Cyrilla, Gaius Iulius Capito and Flavius Diophantos. These nine texts can be dated between the end of the second century and the fourth century A.D.
On the epigraphic and historical point of view, onomastics is the main interest of this paper, thanks to several new or rare names (Luwian-Anatolian and rare ancient Greek personal names). They are also evidence of social and civic life, especially by funerary pratices.
KEYWORDS: Eastern Roman colonies, funerary texts, onomastics.
155.03-762463 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2026, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2026: [email protected]
In this article, nine formerly unpublished Greek inscriptions from southern Turkey are presented in detail. Except one example, these finds are currently being displayed in an open-air museum in a castle which was built in the XIVth century by the Karamanid Turks and today serves as an offshot section of a museum. The first text is an honorific dedication to Teukris, daughter of Caper, and the eight other texts are carved on the sarcophagi of Marcus Aurelius Diogenes, Stephanos, Marcus Aurelius Neon, Aurelia Antonia, Aurelius Valentinianus, Sempronia Cyrilla, Gaius Iulius Capito and Flavius Diophantos. These nine texts can be dated between the end of the second century and the fourth century A.D.
On the epigraphic and historical point of view, onomastics is the main interest of this paper, thanks to several new or rare names (Luwian-Anatolian and rare ancient Greek personal names). They are also evidence of social and civic life, especially by funerary pratices.
KEYWORDS: Eastern Roman colonies, funerary texts, onomastics.
Research Interests: Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, and 15 moreGreek and Latin Epigram, Cilicia, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Greek Epigram, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, Epigraphy, Roman Sarcophagi, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Rough Cilicia, and Roman Archaeology
Bu makalede konu edilen eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 11 Ocak, 18 Ocak ve 23 Şubat 2010 tarih ve B.16.4.KTM.0.35.14.00-155.99/150, 233 ve 604 sayı ile verilen üç adet yazılı izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This... more
Bu makalede konu edilen eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 11 Ocak, 18 Ocak ve 23 Şubat 2010 tarih ve B.16.4.KTM.0.35.14.00-155.99/150, 233 ve 604 sayı ile verilen üç adet yazılı izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In this paper a marble ambo slab from western Turkey will be presented which was originally published by Anastasios K. Orlandos in 1937 and its inscription was re-considered by Georg Petzl in 1990. Its epigraphy mentions a formerly unknown episcopos, Euethios, who was probably bishop of Smyrna during the Early Byzantine period.
On this occasion, a brief review of the depiction of peacocks or two antithetic peacocks flanking a vase in the marble architectural sculpture of Byzantine Asia Minor is presented, in order to to assign a more concise date for the ambo slab from Izmir. An accompanying catalogue with several examples of peacock depictions from Asia Minor was made and a marble plate with a peacock depiction is also included from Skopje, Macedonia.
In this article Ergün Laflı gave a detailed description of this inscribed ambo plate which is a valuable historical document, while Maurizio Buora analysed its inscription and made its epigraphic assessment as well as a systematic examination of the iconography of peacocks in the marble architectural sculpture of Byzantine Asia Minor through over thirty examples in museums.
Keywords: marble ambo slab, bishop, peacocks, peacocks flaking a vase, western Asia Minor, Turkey, Early Byzantine period, Byzantine architectural sculpture, Byzantine epigraphy.
To quote this article: E. Laflı/M. Buora, A slab with two peacocks. Depictions of peacocks in Byzantine architectural sculpture of Asia Minor. Вестник ВолГУ. Серия 4, История. Регионоведение. Международные отношения / Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta, Seriya 4, Istoriya, Regionovedenie, Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya / Science Journal of Volgograd State University, 4th Series, History, Area Studies, International Relations 27/6, 2022 (“Byzantine society: history, law, and culture”), 171-210. <https://hfrir.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/archive-en/965-science-journal-of-volsu-history-area-studies-international-relations-2022-vol-27-no-6/periphery-of-the-byzantine-world/2721-lafli-e-buora-m-a-slab-from-izmir-with-two-peacocks-depictions-of-peacocks-in-byzantine-architectural-sculpture-of-asia-minor>.
This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1 2025, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this article before 2025: [email protected]
In this paper a marble ambo slab from western Turkey will be presented which was originally published by Anastasios K. Orlandos in 1937 and its inscription was re-considered by Georg Petzl in 1990. Its epigraphy mentions a formerly unknown episcopos, Euethios, who was probably bishop of Smyrna during the Early Byzantine period.
On this occasion, a brief review of the depiction of peacocks or two antithetic peacocks flanking a vase in the marble architectural sculpture of Byzantine Asia Minor is presented, in order to to assign a more concise date for the ambo slab from Izmir. An accompanying catalogue with several examples of peacock depictions from Asia Minor was made and a marble plate with a peacock depiction is also included from Skopje, Macedonia.
In this article Ergün Laflı gave a detailed description of this inscribed ambo plate which is a valuable historical document, while Maurizio Buora analysed its inscription and made its epigraphic assessment as well as a systematic examination of the iconography of peacocks in the marble architectural sculpture of Byzantine Asia Minor through over thirty examples in museums.
Keywords: marble ambo slab, bishop, peacocks, peacocks flaking a vase, western Asia Minor, Turkey, Early Byzantine period, Byzantine architectural sculpture, Byzantine epigraphy.
To quote this article: E. Laflı/M. Buora, A slab with two peacocks. Depictions of peacocks in Byzantine architectural sculpture of Asia Minor. Вестник ВолГУ. Серия 4, История. Регионоведение. Международные отношения / Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta, Seriya 4, Istoriya, Regionovedenie, Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya / Science Journal of Volgograd State University, 4th Series, History, Area Studies, International Relations 27/6, 2022 (“Byzantine society: history, law, and culture”), 171-210. <https://hfrir.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/archive-en/965-science-journal-of-volsu-history-area-studies-international-relations-2022-vol-27-no-6/periphery-of-the-byzantine-world/2721-lafli-e-buora-m-a-slab-from-izmir-with-two-peacocks-depictions-of-peacocks-in-byzantine-architectural-sculpture-of-asia-minor>.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 13 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine History, Byzantine Liturgy, Byzantine Iconography, Byzantine Archaeology, Byzantine Architectural Sculpture, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Byzantine art, İzmir, Early Byzantine Archaeology, History of İzmir, and Byzantine history and archaeology
İlgili eserlerin yayınlanması için T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Anıtlar ve Müzeler Müdürlüğü tarafından 27 Nisan 2006 tarihinde B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/H).65683 izin numarası ile bir çalışma izni verilmiştir.... more
İlgili eserlerin yayınlanması için T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Anıtlar ve Müzeler Müdürlüğü tarafından 27 Nisan 2006 tarihinde B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/H).65683 izin numarası ile bir çalışma izni verilmiştir.
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This paper presents the results of the analysis of 30 clay coffins of the Roman period, most of which originate from central and eastern Cilicia on the southeastern coast of Turkey. Four local museums in Cilicia, from west to east, Anamur, Mersin, Tarsus, Adana, have enabled us to consider the rich assemblages of terracotta sarcophagi and to approach their study with more confidence.
The paper is divided into several parts: after a short review of the use of terracotta sarcophagi in various parts of the ancient Near East (from Egypt to Anatolia) and the history of research about them, a survey of terracotta sarcophagi in Turkey is provided, followed by a typology of clay coffins in central and eastern Cilicia, their chronology and an accompanying catalogue in which each coffin is presented individually. It also offers a list of all the formerly published Roman terracotta sarcophagi from Anatolia as well as lists of some pieces in Turkish museums.
The sarcophagi offer new evidence in different forms: generally it seems that burials in clay coffins were popular in central and eastern Cilicia especially in the second and third centuries AD. Their main findspot was the area stretching from Elaiussa Sebaste in the west to the Plain of Adana in the east, with a clear concentration in Tarsus, i.e. the Roman metropolis of the Province of Cilicia. At least some of these finds must have been produced in Cilicia locally.
At the end of the paper a wooden coffin of the Roman period is presented in an appendix.
This paper is not only focused on the Roman sarcophagi from Cilicia, but also draws out its implications for others working elsewhere in the eastern Mediterranean. Unfortunately, despite the extensive research and the large sample identified, the chronological data are not exhaustive and little can be said about the production and marketing of these objects.
Keywords: Terracotta sarcophagus, coffins, Roman period, Tarsus, Mersin, Adana, Cilicia, southern Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, eastern Mediterranean, wooden sarcophagus, Anamur.
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This paper presents the results of the analysis of 30 clay coffins of the Roman period, most of which originate from central and eastern Cilicia on the southeastern coast of Turkey. Four local museums in Cilicia, from west to east, Anamur, Mersin, Tarsus, Adana, have enabled us to consider the rich assemblages of terracotta sarcophagi and to approach their study with more confidence.
The paper is divided into several parts: after a short review of the use of terracotta sarcophagi in various parts of the ancient Near East (from Egypt to Anatolia) and the history of research about them, a survey of terracotta sarcophagi in Turkey is provided, followed by a typology of clay coffins in central and eastern Cilicia, their chronology and an accompanying catalogue in which each coffin is presented individually. It also offers a list of all the formerly published Roman terracotta sarcophagi from Anatolia as well as lists of some pieces in Turkish museums.
The sarcophagi offer new evidence in different forms: generally it seems that burials in clay coffins were popular in central and eastern Cilicia especially in the second and third centuries AD. Their main findspot was the area stretching from Elaiussa Sebaste in the west to the Plain of Adana in the east, with a clear concentration in Tarsus, i.e. the Roman metropolis of the Province of Cilicia. At least some of these finds must have been produced in Cilicia locally.
At the end of the paper a wooden coffin of the Roman period is presented in an appendix.
This paper is not only focused on the Roman sarcophagi from Cilicia, but also draws out its implications for others working elsewhere in the eastern Mediterranean. Unfortunately, despite the extensive research and the large sample identified, the chronological data are not exhaustive and little can be said about the production and marketing of these objects.
Keywords: Terracotta sarcophagus, coffins, Roman period, Tarsus, Mersin, Adana, Cilicia, southern Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, eastern Mediterranean, wooden sarcophagus, Anamur.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Near East, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Roman Sarcophagi, Pottery studies, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Funerary Art, Ceramica Romana, Roman Archaeology, and Egyptian Coffins
This short essay presents four 11th century A.D. Byzantine lead seals, all of which are stored in an local museum, in ancient Cappadocia, which is located today in southeastern part of central Turkey. A local museum owns a minor... more
This short essay presents four 11th century A.D. Byzantine lead seals, all of which are stored in an local museum, in ancient Cappadocia, which is located today in southeastern part of central Turkey. A local museum owns a minor collection of at least 13 Byzantine lead seals and a selection of four unpublished seals is being presented, which were sold to the museum by local antique dealers. All of the seals are dated to the late 10th and early or mid-11th centuries A.D. No. 1 is an overstruck seal with a parallel piece which is a very unique specimen and raises some sigillographic and prosopographic questions. The three other seals are discussed with a focus to Byzantine dignitaries and their offices during the 11th century A.D. The descriptive discussion at the beginning briefly touches upon a some geographical and historical issues related to Cappadocia. This small collection of seals provides important evidence regarding the seal owners and the administration of the themes of Cappadocia and Charsanion on the eastern border of the Byzantine Empire. The paper offers a substantive analysis of the material, with a discussion and resolution of the sigillographic inscriptions and imagery.
Keywords: Lead seals | Cappadocia | Charsanion | Asia Minor | central Turkey | Byzantine sigillography | overstruck seals | 11th century A.D. | Middle Byzantine period | Late Byzantine period.
Keywords: Lead seals | Cappadocia | Charsanion | Asia Minor | central Turkey | Byzantine sigillography | overstruck seals | 11th century A.D. | Middle Byzantine period | Late Byzantine period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Medieval History, Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine Studies, Cappadocians, Sigillography, Byzantine History, Byzantine Iconography, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Byzantine history, Byzantine Paleography and codicology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Sigillography, Ancient Seals and Sealings, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Seals, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Byzantine Diplomatics (Imperial and Patriarchal Chancellery)
Söz konusu eserler, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün Doğukan Çağlayan'a 27/06/2019 tarihinde verdiği 75845132-154.01-E.529808 sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır. This article will never be displayed in Academia. Please consult with the following... more
Söz konusu eserler, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün Doğukan Çağlayan'a 27/06/2019 tarihinde verdiği 75845132-154.01-E.529808 sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.
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This article presents 19 lead seals from the Museum of Bergama (ancient Pergamon), dating from the early eighth to the early twelfth century. We offer a descriptive catalogue of these Middle and Late Byzantine seals preserved in a western Turkish museum. The owners of these seals were primarily ecclesiastical, legal or military dignitaries who were probably active in Pergamon, in southwestern Mysia, Aeolis or
Lydia. The catalogue is followed by an appendix on a Byzantine magical amulet.
Keywords: lead seals; magical amulet; Museum of Bergama; Pergamon; western Asia Minor; sigillography.
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This article presents 19 lead seals from the Museum of Bergama (ancient Pergamon), dating from the early eighth to the early twelfth century. We offer a descriptive catalogue of these Middle and Late Byzantine seals preserved in a western Turkish museum. The owners of these seals were primarily ecclesiastical, legal or military dignitaries who were probably active in Pergamon, in southwestern Mysia, Aeolis or
Lydia. The catalogue is followed by an appendix on a Byzantine magical amulet.
Keywords: lead seals; magical amulet; Museum of Bergama; Pergamon; western Asia Minor; sigillography.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Medieval History, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreSigillography, Byzantine History, Byzantine Iconography, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Byzantine history, Byzantine Paleography and codicology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Sigillography, Ancient Seals and Sealings, Pergamon, Byzantine Army, Byzantine art, Seals, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Byzantine Diplomatics (Imperial and Patriarchal Chancellery)
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The full form of this article will never be displayed in Academia, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than five years after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for more information: [email protected]
Few attestations from historical and archaeological sources
document the contacts between Roman Bithynia, in particular
Nicomedia, and northern Adriatic, especially through Aquileia.
When Bithynia entered the sphere of Roman influence, a great
number of people from northern Italy settled in Bithynia, for
example the two Calii brothers, commemorated in an (Aquileian?) inscription of the late republican age. The knowledge
of the relations between the northern Adriatic coast and the
city of Nicomedia is obviously connected to the randomness of
the epigraphic, numismatic, historical, prosopographic and archaeological evidence.
Few attestations from historical and archaeological sources
document the contacts between Roman Bithynia, in particular
Nicomedia, and northern Adriatic, especially through Aquileia.
When Bithynia entered the sphere of Roman influence, a great
number of people from northern Italy settled in Bithynia, for
example the two Calii brothers, commemorated in an (Aquileian?) inscription of the late republican age. The knowledge
of the relations between the northern Adriatic coast and the
city of Nicomedia is obviously connected to the randomness of
the epigraphic, numismatic, historical, prosopographic and archaeological evidence.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Maritime Archaeology, Classics, and 15 moreRoman History, Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Cultural Historical Geography, Roman Empire, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman imperial history, Bithynia, Aquileia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, History of the Adriatic, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
Söz konusu eserler, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 22 Eylül 2011 tarih ve B16.0.KVM.4.35.74.00-155.01/555 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it... more
Söz konusu eserler, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 22 Eylül 2011 tarih ve B16.0.KVM.4.35.74.00-155.01/555 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
This short essay presents seven Byzantine lead seals, all of which originate from the local museum in Ödemiş in the province of Izmir in western Turkey. Almost all of them came as acquisition to Ödemiş by local antique dealers. All the pieces have been treated and interpreted here sigillographically for the first time. This small collection of seals is important regarding the administration of the theme of Thrakesion, especially about the offices of the seal owners, and the society of Cayster valley during the Byzantine period. At the end of the article two casting mould plates for a magical amulet and some further sigillographical material are presented preliminarily.
Keywords: Lead seals; steatite casting mould plates; magical amulet; the museum of Ödemiş; Cayster valley; Izmir; western Asia Minor; Thrakesion; sigillography; Early Byzantine period; Middle Byzantine period; Late Byzantine period.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
This short essay presents seven Byzantine lead seals, all of which originate from the local museum in Ödemiş in the province of Izmir in western Turkey. Almost all of them came as acquisition to Ödemiş by local antique dealers. All the pieces have been treated and interpreted here sigillographically for the first time. This small collection of seals is important regarding the administration of the theme of Thrakesion, especially about the offices of the seal owners, and the society of Cayster valley during the Byzantine period. At the end of the article two casting mould plates for a magical amulet and some further sigillographical material are presented preliminarily.
Keywords: Lead seals; steatite casting mould plates; magical amulet; the museum of Ödemiş; Cayster valley; Izmir; western Asia Minor; Thrakesion; sigillography; Early Byzantine period; Middle Byzantine period; Late Byzantine period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine Studies, Byzantine History, Byzantine Iconography, Byzantine Archaeology, Byzantine Paleography and codicology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Sigillography, Ancient Seals and Sealings, Byzantine art, İzmir, Seals, Early Byzantine Archaeology, History of İzmir, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Byzantine Diplomatics (Imperial and Patriarchal Chancellery)
Bu makalede konu edilen eser ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün Dr. Gülseren Kan Şahin'e 4 Haziran 2018 tarih ve 34068228-155.01[155.01]-E.481968 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. The full form of this brief article will be displayed in... more
Bu makalede konu edilen eser ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün Dr. Gülseren Kan Şahin'e 4 Haziran 2018 tarih ve 34068228-155.01[155.01]-E.481968 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır.
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This paper discusses a recently discovered funerary monument with a Latin inscription from Iconium in central Turkey. The text refers to the members of a local family that probably received Roman citizenship under Hadrian. On this inscription the first dedicant of the monument, Aelius Athenio, refers to his task as that of a procurator vicesimae libertatis, thus proving that he was probably a member of the equestrian class, and that Iconium may have been the seat of a provincial local o√ce for the collection of the tax.
Keywords · Second century A.D., Roman period, Latin epigraphy, vicesima libertatis, Iconium, Lycaonia, Asia Minor, Turkey.
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This paper discusses a recently discovered funerary monument with a Latin inscription from Iconium in central Turkey. The text refers to the members of a local family that probably received Roman citizenship under Hadrian. On this inscription the first dedicant of the monument, Aelius Athenio, refers to his task as that of a procurator vicesimae libertatis, thus proving that he was probably a member of the equestrian class, and that Iconium may have been the seat of a provincial local o√ce for the collection of the tax.
Keywords · Second century A.D., Roman period, Latin epigraphy, vicesima libertatis, Iconium, Lycaonia, Asia Minor, Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Roman History, Epigraphy (Archaeology), and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Roman social history, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Konya, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Epigrafia, Konya Tarihi, and Classics and Ancient History
Bu makalede konu edilen dört adet eser ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 27 Haziran 2019 tarih ve 75845132-154.01-E.529808 sayılı yazılı izinleri ile çalışılmıştır. The full form of this brief article will be displayed in Academia beginning from... more
Bu makalede konu edilen dört adet eser ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 27 Haziran 2019 tarih ve 75845132-154.01-E.529808 sayılı yazılı izinleri ile çalışılmıştır.
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This paper presents four formerly unpublished Greek inscriptions from western Turkey. These new texts consist of two Hellenistic funerary steles, an altar dedicated to divus Augustus and to the goddess Livia Hera (including a new priest of Caesar and a new priestess), then also a new list of boukoloi (cowherds) of Dionysos Kathegemon dated from the beginning of the second century A.D.
Keywords: funerary steles, boukoloi, thea Livia Hera, priest of Caesar
The full form of this brief article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
This paper presents four formerly unpublished Greek inscriptions from western Turkey. These new texts consist of two Hellenistic funerary steles, an altar dedicated to divus Augustus and to the goddess Livia Hera (including a new priest of Caesar and a new priestess), then also a new list of boukoloi (cowherds) of Dionysos Kathegemon dated from the beginning of the second century A.D.
Keywords: funerary steles, boukoloi, thea Livia Hera, priest of Caesar
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Hellenistic History, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Pergamon, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
The full form of this article both in English and Portuguese languages will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2024, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its... more
The full form of this article both in English and Portuguese languages will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2024, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2024: [email protected]
In this paper we discuss archaeological authenticity, advanced both from scholarly as well as popular scientific point of views. In the last five years, the inconspicous debate on "archaeological authenticity" has become public. The problem was previously known, but not very common in scientific research. The expected number of forgeries is very high in local museums exhibits, including lamps, coins, metal objects (especially silver) and gems. In international markets, we know several classes. It is particularly difficult to distinguish authentic coins or modern fakes. This paper presents a sampling catalogue for the reanalysis of the artifacts using multiple criteria to determine their non-authenticy.
Keywords: Archaeological fakes; replicas; imitations; authentic; museums.
In this paper we discuss archaeological authenticity, advanced both from scholarly as well as popular scientific point of views. In the last five years, the inconspicous debate on "archaeological authenticity" has become public. The problem was previously known, but not very common in scientific research. The expected number of forgeries is very high in local museums exhibits, including lamps, coins, metal objects (especially silver) and gems. In international markets, we know several classes. It is particularly difficult to distinguish authentic coins or modern fakes. This paper presents a sampling catalogue for the reanalysis of the artifacts using multiple criteria to determine their non-authenticy.
Keywords: Archaeological fakes; replicas; imitations; authentic; museums.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreHistory of Archaeological Praxis, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Archaeological Ethics, Illicit Antiquities Trade, Archaeological Methodology, Archaeological Heritage Management, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Archaeological Sciences, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Antiquities Looting, and Roman Archaeology
The full form of this brief article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2024, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for... more
The full form of this brief article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2024, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2024: [email protected]
Bu makalede konu edilen objeler ilgili müzenin Doğukan Çağlayan'a verdiği 27 Haziran 2019 tarih ve 75845132-154.01-E.529808 numaralı yazılı izin ile çalışılmıştır.
This article presents twelve lead seals from western Turkey, dating from the late sixth to the early eighth century. We offer a descriptive catalogue of these early Byzantine seals preserved in a western Turkish museum. The owners of the twelve seals in the museum were primarily ecclesiastical or legal dignitaries who were probably active in southwestern Mysia, in Aeolis or in Lydia.
Keywords: lead seals; western Asia Minor; sigillography.
Bu makalede konu edilen objeler ilgili müzenin Doğukan Çağlayan'a verdiği 27 Haziran 2019 tarih ve 75845132-154.01-E.529808 numaralı yazılı izin ile çalışılmıştır.
This article presents twelve lead seals from western Turkey, dating from the late sixth to the early eighth century. We offer a descriptive catalogue of these early Byzantine seals preserved in a western Turkish museum. The owners of the twelve seals in the museum were primarily ecclesiastical or legal dignitaries who were probably active in southwestern Mysia, in Aeolis or in Lydia.
Keywords: lead seals; western Asia Minor; sigillography.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreEarly Medieval History, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Sigillography, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Byzantine Paleography and codicology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Numismatics, Byzantine Sigillography, Ancient Seals and Sealings, Seals, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Byzantine Diplomatics (Imperial and Patriarchal Chancellery)
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This brief article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2024, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than three years after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2024: [email protected]
Makalede konu edilen iki eser, ilgili Müze'nin 15 Şubat 2017 tarih ve 84400790-155.02/158 sayılı yazılı izinleri ile çalışılmıştır (Kerim Özgür Özgen).
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This paper presents and discusses four Latin tombstones relating to Italian residents of medieval Ephesus that have been recovered from properties on the terrace of Ayasuluk (Selçuk), near the Byzantine church of St John the Evangelist. Two of them, dating from the late fourteenth century, were originally published in 1937, while the other two, from the mid fifteenth century, came to light more recently in January 2017.
Makalede konu edilen iki eser, ilgili Müze'nin 15 Şubat 2017 tarih ve 84400790-155.02/158 sayılı yazılı izinleri ile çalışılmıştır (Kerim Özgür Özgen).
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This paper presents and discusses four Latin tombstones relating to Italian residents of medieval Ephesus that have been recovered from properties on the terrace of Ayasuluk (Selçuk), near the Byzantine church of St John the Evangelist. Two of them, dating from the late fourteenth century, were originally published in 1937, while the other two, from the mid fifteenth century, came to light more recently in January 2017.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Ottoman History, High Middle Ages, Late Middle Ages, Anatolian Studies, and 15 moreMedieval Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, Ottoman Empire, Venetian History, Medieval Europe, Ottoman-Venetian relations, Medieval Italy, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Medieval Epigraphy, Venetian possessions in the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle Ages, and Ottoman Anatolia (1200-1500) Comparative empire
The as yet unpublished kouros in Mersin is the easternmost marble kouros in the Mediterranean; he extends the previously known area of distribution of Archaic Greek sculpture far eastwards and widens the range of variation by the unusual... more
The as yet unpublished kouros in Mersin is the easternmost marble kouros in the Mediterranean; he extends the previously known area of distribution of Archaic Greek sculpture far eastwards and widens the range of variation by the unusual position of his arms.
In the light of this important new find we consider the development of Cilicia in the Iron
Age: Hellenisation begins there in the mid 7th century BC according to the testimony of
the ceramics, and this tallies with the historical records of Greek colonial settlements. To
answer the question of the ethnicity of the Cilician towns, it is necessary to refer to ceramic
finds and to such other evidence as allows one to make inferences about customs. In this
respect, the dedication of a kouros plays an important role since, except for this case, the
custom of dedicating statues cannot proven in Cilicia at this time. Features like male nudity
and the complex character of kouros dedication as established by H. Kyrieleis suggest that he
may be considered an indication of the permanent presence of Greeks or of an indigenous
population that was distinctly Greek-influenced.
In the light of this important new find we consider the development of Cilicia in the Iron
Age: Hellenisation begins there in the mid 7th century BC according to the testimony of
the ceramics, and this tallies with the historical records of Greek colonial settlements. To
answer the question of the ethnicity of the Cilician towns, it is necessary to refer to ceramic
finds and to such other evidence as allows one to make inferences about customs. In this
respect, the dedication of a kouros plays an important role since, except for this case, the
custom of dedicating statues cannot proven in Cilicia at this time. Features like male nudity
and the complex character of kouros dedication as established by H. Kyrieleis suggest that he
may be considered an indication of the permanent presence of Greeks or of an indigenous
population that was distinctly Greek-influenced.
Research Interests:
Churches built in Ottoman times are so far omitted in monographs on the general architectural history of the Ottoman Empire, which remains a strange case. The metropolitan city of Izmir, ancient Smyrna from the 17th / 18th centuries and... more
Churches built in Ottoman times are so far omitted in monographs on the general
architectural history of the Ottoman Empire, which remains a strange case. The metropolitan
city of Izmir, ancient Smyrna from the 17th / 18th centuries and especially from the 19th century
onwards until 1922 was an important flourishing urban center of Christian minorities such
as the Greek Orthodox, Armenian communities and also the European colonies, who subsequently
in the city and the surrounding province built many churches. After the Turkish
conquest in September 1922 many important monuments have been
destroyed, such as the large Orthodox metropolitan basilica church of “Hagia Photini”, with
its impressive campanile (which once served as a landmark of the Izmir skyline), whereas
others in huge numbers survived and subsequently mostly where transferred into mosques.
In one case the Greek-Armenian church of “Hagios Voukolos” was transferred into the new
Archaeological Museum of the city (in use until the end of the 1980s). Many of the other
monuments fell into ruins up through the years and if not destroyed and vanished today,
the remainders mostly served as storage rooms, sometimes cinemas or even fitness studios.
Seldom the Christian communities of the city quarters were allowed to keep their property,
such as the large catholic Franciscan church of “Santo Nome di Maria” (built in 1831) at Izmir – Bornova,
which continuously stayed in Christian use until today. It is estimated that roundabout 300
churches, from the large city quarter and provincial city church, down to smaller rural chapels
have survived in the larger area of Izmir and in its provincial environments as such. As
a matter of fact those edifices stay largely undocumented and unrecognized. Their further
tracing and documentation remains a large interesting art-historical task for the future. The
paper picks up this desideratum and the results of the first typological overview of the area
given already in the PhD. thesis of Dr Alexander Zäh (Frankfurt am Main) in 2003 and brings
in additional valuable discoveries of so far unknown buildings and new observations on the
already known ones, now also made by Professor Ergün Laflı (Izmir) up until the present (2014).
Some of those observations were made possible due to recent and highly welcome Turkish
restorations carried out on some of the buildings. Other church examples of the area unfortunately
stay in a very critical state of preservation and are endangered of total loss (like the
large church of „Profitis Ilias“ in the military area of Izmir). This paper points to all of those
aspects, especially that new buildings inscriptions came to light, in addition art historically
complete unknown edifices are featured and assembled in this paper in a short catalog. This article will first be put in Academia in 2018.
architectural history of the Ottoman Empire, which remains a strange case. The metropolitan
city of Izmir, ancient Smyrna from the 17th / 18th centuries and especially from the 19th century
onwards until 1922 was an important flourishing urban center of Christian minorities such
as the Greek Orthodox, Armenian communities and also the European colonies, who subsequently
in the city and the surrounding province built many churches. After the Turkish
conquest in September 1922 many important monuments have been
destroyed, such as the large Orthodox metropolitan basilica church of “Hagia Photini”, with
its impressive campanile (which once served as a landmark of the Izmir skyline), whereas
others in huge numbers survived and subsequently mostly where transferred into mosques.
In one case the Greek-Armenian church of “Hagios Voukolos” was transferred into the new
Archaeological Museum of the city (in use until the end of the 1980s). Many of the other
monuments fell into ruins up through the years and if not destroyed and vanished today,
the remainders mostly served as storage rooms, sometimes cinemas or even fitness studios.
Seldom the Christian communities of the city quarters were allowed to keep their property,
such as the large catholic Franciscan church of “Santo Nome di Maria” (built in 1831) at Izmir – Bornova,
which continuously stayed in Christian use until today. It is estimated that roundabout 300
churches, from the large city quarter and provincial city church, down to smaller rural chapels
have survived in the larger area of Izmir and in its provincial environments as such. As
a matter of fact those edifices stay largely undocumented and unrecognized. Their further
tracing and documentation remains a large interesting art-historical task for the future. The
paper picks up this desideratum and the results of the first typological overview of the area
given already in the PhD. thesis of Dr Alexander Zäh (Frankfurt am Main) in 2003 and brings
in additional valuable discoveries of so far unknown buildings and new observations on the
already known ones, now also made by Professor Ergün Laflı (Izmir) up until the present (2014).
Some of those observations were made possible due to recent and highly welcome Turkish
restorations carried out on some of the buildings. Other church examples of the area unfortunately
stay in a very critical state of preservation and are endangered of total loss (like the
large church of „Profitis Ilias“ in the military area of Izmir). This paper points to all of those
aspects, especially that new buildings inscriptions came to light, in addition art historically
complete unknown edifices are featured and assembled in this paper in a short catalog. This article will first be put in Academia in 2018.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Art History, Armenian Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 28 moreOttoman Archaeology, Anatolian History, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Franciscan Studies, Turkey, Byzantine History, History of Art, Armenian History, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Church History, Aegean Archaeology, Church Archaeology, Post-byzantine history, Church architecture, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Ottoman Armenians, Byzantine art, İzmir, Levantines, Post-byzantine art history, Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art, Armenian architecture, Greeks in Asia Minor, Ottoman Anatolia (1200-1500) Comparative empire, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Ottoman Levantines
Bu eserler Ödemiş Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 06/01/2012 tarih ve B.16.0.K.V.M.4.35.74.00-155.01/21 sayılı ile 06/04/2018 tarih ve 25920734-155.01-E.302122 sayılı ve İzmir Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 11/01/2012 tarih ve B.16.4.KTM.0.35.14.00-155.99/150... more
Bu eserler Ödemiş Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 06/01/2012 tarih ve B.16.0.K.V.M.4.35.74.00-155.01/21 sayılı ile 06/04/2018 tarih ve 25920734-155.01-E.302122 sayılı ve İzmir Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 11/01/2012 tarih ve B.16.4.KTM.0.35.14.00-155.99/150 sayılı izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır.
The focus of this article is on the post-medieval archaeological heritage of Izmir in western Anatolia, especially during the 19th century. The material selected consists of Armenian inscriptions from Izmir and its close environs, since there is a paucity of archaeological scholarship for the Armenian community of the Ottoman Empire. The paper is based on the survey of sixteen Armenian inscriptions across nine locations in and around Izmir, with discussion of the Armenian material culture of the Late Ottoman Period, as well as transcription and translation of these inscriptions, although a history of Armenia in general is outside the scope of the article. As Armenian grave markers can be taken as active interventions in social relations, this paper offers a potential for reconstructing the social complexities of late Ottoman Izmir.
The focus of this article is on the post-medieval archaeological heritage of Izmir in western Anatolia, especially during the 19th century. The material selected consists of Armenian inscriptions from Izmir and its close environs, since there is a paucity of archaeological scholarship for the Armenian community of the Ottoman Empire. The paper is based on the survey of sixteen Armenian inscriptions across nine locations in and around Izmir, with discussion of the Armenian material culture of the Late Ottoman Period, as well as transcription and translation of these inscriptions, although a history of Armenia in general is outside the scope of the article. As Armenian grave markers can be taken as active interventions in social relations, this paper offers a potential for reconstructing the social complexities of late Ottoman Izmir.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Anatolian Studies, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, Funerary Archaeology, Ottoman Empire, Armenian History, Classical Armenian, Armenian Culture, Late Ottoman Period, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Armenian Language, Late Ottoman History, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Ottoman Armenians
The present paper focuses the Post-Medieval coin collections of the museum in Izmir. In the year AD 1425 Izmir became a part of the Ottoman Empire, and this remained unchanged until 1922. During the Post-Medieval period Izmir reflected... more
The present paper focuses the Post-Medieval coin collections of the museum in Izmir. In the year AD 1425 Izmir
became a part of the Ottoman Empire, and this remained unchanged until 1922. During the Post-Medieval period
Izmir reflected features of an eastern Aegean urban city with an international and busy harbour. These coins are the evidences for the overseas relationships of Izmir with Europe. The time frame between the 14th to 16th cent. was
dominated by Venetian and Genoese traders in Izmir and the eastern Aegean. The late 16th cent. there were new actors
on the stage of Izmir, not from the Mediterranean as Venetians or Genoese, but from the northern Alpine region:
first British traders, and right after them Dutch salesmen. Dutch coins of 17th cent., so-called “leeuwendaalder” have
therefore an important role in Izmir collections. In this article 140 coins will be presented. These coins are from
Holland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Venice, Hungary, Poland, Croatia and Belgium. There are also two Armenian
Medieval coins. This article is one of the few contribution of Post-Medieval numismatic evidences in the Aegean.
became a part of the Ottoman Empire, and this remained unchanged until 1922. During the Post-Medieval period
Izmir reflected features of an eastern Aegean urban city with an international and busy harbour. These coins are the evidences for the overseas relationships of Izmir with Europe. The time frame between the 14th to 16th cent. was
dominated by Venetian and Genoese traders in Izmir and the eastern Aegean. The late 16th cent. there were new actors
on the stage of Izmir, not from the Mediterranean as Venetians or Genoese, but from the northern Alpine region:
first British traders, and right after them Dutch salesmen. Dutch coins of 17th cent., so-called “leeuwendaalder” have
therefore an important role in Izmir collections. In this article 140 coins will be presented. These coins are from
Holland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Venice, Hungary, Poland, Croatia and Belgium. There are also two Armenian
Medieval coins. This article is one of the few contribution of Post-Medieval numismatic evidences in the Aegean.
Research Interests: European History, European Studies, Ottoman History, Medieval History, Anatolian Studies, and 27 moreMedieval Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Archaeology, Numismatics, Medieval Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, Ottoman Empire, Venetian History, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Late Ottoman Period, Post Medieval Numismatics, Aegean Archaeology, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), European Archaeology, Post-byzantine history, Medieval numismatics, Post Medieval Archaeology, Ancient Numismatics, Ancient Coins, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Dutch archaeology, Dutch colonialism, Armenian numismatics, Coins, Ottoman Numismatics, and Byzantine and Ottoman studies
Bu eserler Ödemiş Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 22/09/2011 tarih ve B16.0.KVM.4.35.74.00-155.01/555. sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır. This brief article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2022, as it can be filed on freely... more
Bu eserler Ödemiş Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 22/09/2011 tarih ve B16.0.KVM.4.35.74.00-155.01/555. sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.
This brief article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2022, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2022: [email protected]
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Abstract: This short essay presents seven Byzantine lead seals, all of which originate from the local museum in Ödemiş in the province of Izmir in western Turkey. Almost all of them came as acquisition to Ödemiş by local antique dealers. All the pieces have been treated and interpreted here sigillographically for the first time. This small collection of seals is important regarding the administration of the theme of Thrakesion, especially about the offices of the seal owners, and the society of Cayster valley during the Byzantine period. At the end of the article two casting mould plates for a magical amulet and some further sigillographical material are presented preliminarily.
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Abstract: This short essay presents seven Byzantine lead seals, all of which originate from the local museum in Ödemiş in the province of Izmir in western Turkey. Almost all of them came as acquisition to Ödemiş by local antique dealers. All the pieces have been treated and interpreted here sigillographically for the first time. This small collection of seals is important regarding the administration of the theme of Thrakesion, especially about the offices of the seal owners, and the society of Cayster valley during the Byzantine period. At the end of the article two casting mould plates for a magical amulet and some further sigillographical material are presented preliminarily.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Sigillography, Late Antiquity, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Numismatics, Byzantine Sigillography, Ancient Seals and Sealings, Asia Minor, İzmir, Seals, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
This paper in Italian language examines the 385 legible coins of a late Roman hoard found in the early 1990s. Very interesting is the fact that monetary flow reaches up to about half of the fifth century, probably the time of the digging.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Numismatics, Late Antiquity, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Late Roman Empire, Late Roman Archaeology, Roman numismatics and archaeology, Ancient Roman Numismatics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Numismatics, Roman coins, Ancient Numismatics, Roman Imperial Coins, Numismatica, and Roman Archaeology
This is a brief paper in French, written jointly by Christian Mühlenbock, Hadrien Bru and myself. The Medelhavsmuseet of Stockholm owns several artefacts dedicated to Zeus Alsenos, a very popular Phrygian divinity during the 2nd and 3rd... more
This is a brief paper in French, written jointly by Christian Mühlenbock, Hadrien Bru and myself. The Medelhavsmuseet of Stockholm owns several artefacts dedicated to Zeus Alsenos, a very popular Phrygian divinity during the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D., especially in the neighbouring marble quarries in Docimium in Phrygia. In this article main focus is the Roman votive steles, dedicated to Zeus Alsenos. Among these objects presented in the article a unique marble votive object inscribed in Greek to this local divinity seems to represent a pick used by the quarrymen. This article consists of both epigraphic, iconographic and historical topographic aspects.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Iconography, Art History, and 27 moreAnatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman Religion, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, History of Art, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, Greek religion (Classics), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Phrygian, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Phrygia, Roman Sculpture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Anatolian-Greek-Roman Mythology, Asia Minor, Classical Antiquity, Zeus, GRAECO-ROMAN RELIGIONS AND CULTS, Phrygian Archaeology, Greek and Latin Epigraphy of Asia Minor, Roman Archaeology, Graeco-Roman Religion, and Phrygian Art
In this brief article five stone objects with short Old Syriac texts from the Museum of Şanlıurfa (ancient Edessa) in southeastern Turkey are presented. Most of the Old Syriac inscriptions from Edessa were known since the publication of... more
In this brief article five stone objects with short Old Syriac texts from the Museum of Şanlıurfa (ancient Edessa) in southeastern Turkey are presented. Most of the Old Syriac inscriptions from Edessa were known since the publication of J. B. Segal in 1970; here three of them will be re-treated both epigraphically and iconographically. Only two objects (nos. 4-5) are unpublished or less known. No. 4 is a marble thymiaterion with a three-lined Old Syriac inscription.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Near Eastern Studies, Semitic languages, and 15 moreAnatolian Studies, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Aramaic, Syrian Studies, Anatolian Languages, Syriac Studies, Ancient Near Eastern Languages, Syriac (Languages And Linguistics), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Syriac Christianity, Syriac literature, Ancient Near Eastern History, Epigraphy, and Ancient Near Eastern Religions
This text in Academia is an abridged version and its full version will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2020, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than two years after the release of its... more
This text in Academia is an abridged version and its full version will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2020, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than two years after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining the complete version of this article: [email protected]
In this article 22 stone objects from southeastern Turkey are presented. There are three groups of objects: a dedication, funerary steles and Byzantine inscriptions. The stele was known in previous publications; in this article a new epigraphic commentary on its inscription is offered (no. 1). Most of the funerary steles from southeastern Turkey have been known since the publication of J. Wagner in 1976; here they will be re-treated both epigraphically and iconographically. Three steles were not published yet (nos. 7, 9 and 10). The last four objects are from southeastern Turkey and they belong to the Byzantine period, the epigraphy of which is not known in detail for this region.
In this article 22 stone objects from southeastern Turkey are presented. There are three groups of objects: a dedication, funerary steles and Byzantine inscriptions. The stele was known in previous publications; in this article a new epigraphic commentary on its inscription is offered (no. 1). Most of the funerary steles from southeastern Turkey have been known since the publication of J. Wagner in 1976; here they will be re-treated both epigraphically and iconographically. Three steles were not published yet (nos. 7, 9 and 10). The last four objects are from southeastern Turkey and they belong to the Byzantine period, the epigraphy of which is not known in detail for this region.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, and 15 moreEpigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Funerary Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Syria (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Epigrafia, Early Medieval Achaeology, and Roman Archaeology
This article in German language focuses on five Late Antique statues from Palestine and Cilicia, three of which are kept in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem, one in Adana and one in Silifke, both in Cilicia, southern Turkey. None of... more
This article in German language focuses on five Late Antique statues from Palestine and Cilicia, three of which are kept in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem, one in Adana and one in Silifke, both in Cilicia, southern Turkey. None of the five statues is a routine work of average quality. In this paper the concentration is especially given to the dating of these statues.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreCilicia, Roman Palestine (Archaeology), Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Near East, Greek Sculpture, Roman Sculpture, Near and Middle East Archaeology (Hellenistic, Roman and Byzatine times), Roman statues, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Roman Archaeology, and Ancient Greek Sculpture
Bu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 27/04/2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G).65675 sayılı ve 29/05/2007 tarih ve... more
Bu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 27/04/2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G).65675 sayılı ve 29/05/2007 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA07.40/B).93797 sayılı izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır.
Please note that Anatolian Studies is retrievable in Jstor: https://www.jstor.org/journal/anatolianstudies
In this brief contribution 15 previously unpublished grave and votive monuments are analysed. These monuments in southern Asia Minor, are on the one hand visual and on the other hand, epigraphic documents. Most of them were made in this region, but three were imported from the island of Delos, Antioch-on-the-Orontes and Pisidia, respectively, as can be deduced from their iconography. Through these new examples from southern Asia Minor we gain insight into different concepts of “μνῆμα” or “μνημεῖον” (memorial), popular in Hellenistic and Roman times throughout Asia Minor.
Please note that Anatolian Studies is retrievable in Jstor: https://www.jstor.org/journal/anatolianstudies
In this brief contribution 15 previously unpublished grave and votive monuments are analysed. These monuments in southern Asia Minor, are on the one hand visual and on the other hand, epigraphic documents. Most of them were made in this region, but three were imported from the island of Delos, Antioch-on-the-Orontes and Pisidia, respectively, as can be deduced from their iconography. Through these new examples from southern Asia Minor we gain insight into different concepts of “μνῆμα” or “μνημεῖον” (memorial), popular in Hellenistic and Roman times throughout Asia Minor.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Cilicia, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, Greek religion (Classics), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Sculpture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
This is an article in Italian language that concentrates on some Roman sarcophagi from the Archaeological Museum of Hatay in Antioch (southeastern Turkey). Forty years after the publication of Nikolaus Himmelmann (1970) twelve of the... more
This is an article in Italian language that concentrates on some Roman sarcophagi from the Archaeological Museum of Hatay in Antioch (southeastern Turkey). Forty years after the publication of Nikolaus Himmelmann (1970) twelve of the thirty sarcophagi of the Archaeological Museum in Antakya are reviewed here. We offer brief descriptive records of the sarcophagi and a photographic documentation in many cases original. The typological and stylistic variety demonstrates the wide range of origins of these monuments: their high quality emphasizes the high economic standards of Antioch in Roman imperial times.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, and 13 moreFunerary Archaeology, Roman Iconography, Roman Near East, Roman Sculpture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Roman Sarcophagi, Roman Art, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Funerary Art, North Syrian archaeology, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Iconografia Romanica, and Roman Archaeology
In this article ten stone objects were presented that were documented in 2013 in the Museum of Tarsus. Five of them bear a Greek inscription. This study concerns both the iconography and the epigraphy of these steles. The intention is to... more
In this article ten stone objects were presented that were documented in 2013 in the Museum of Tarsus. Five of them bear a Greek inscription. This study concerns both the iconography and the epigraphy of these steles. The intention is to create a corpus of the steles in Cilician museums. Provenance of the objects is mostly unknown, with the exceptions of three steles from Antioch-on-the-Orontes and Seleucia Pieria in Hatay which have been either donated to the Museum of Tarsus or brought by local sellers from the area of Hatay. No stele is known from any excavations in or around Tarsus; all the finds in the museum come from non-archaeological contexts: they were brought to the museum and purchased from local salesmen. Also the excavations in other parts of Cilicia do not provide any help about the use of steles in Greek and Roman Cilicia. In this article the steles of Tarsian origin stored elsewhere (for instance at the collections of the Archaeological Museums of Istanbul) are excluded. Most of the steles are marble with the exception of no. 1 that is of limestone. Only four of them belong to the Hellenistic period (nos. 1-4); the rest date from the 2nd and 3rd cent. A.D. Only two of them are votive steles (nos. 1 and 9) and an ossuary fragment (no. 10); the rest are grave steles. So far only no. 3 is known in epigraphic publications; the rest is unpublished.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Greek History, Anatolian Studies, and 27 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Roman Religion, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Greek Religion, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Roman Epigraphy, Archaic Greek history, Cilicia, Ancient Greek History, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Archaeology of Roman Religion, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Greek Sculpture, Roman Sculpture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Archaeology, Classical archaeology, Greek and Roman history, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Material Culture Studies, Funerary Archaeology, Greek Funerary Sculpture, Votive offerings, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Rough Cilicia, Roman Archaeology, and Graeco-Roman Religion
This paper presents some thirty unpublished bronze lamps that are housed in local museums of Cilicia, Hatay and Mardin in southern Turkey. The chosen methodology of this paper is to compare these lamps typologically, dating them by... more
This paper presents some thirty unpublished bronze lamps that are housed in local museums
of Cilicia, Hatay and Mardin in southern Turkey. The chosen methodology of this paper is
to compare these lamps typologically, dating them by reference to the extensively published
examples by Maria Xanthopoulou, 2010. The dating of our lamps does not generally extend
beyond the Early Byzantine period, although some isolated samples could be later. In
addition, they belong to a very homogenous group because of their restricted area of origin.
Thus, our awareness of the objects enriches the general overview already offered by the
latest European and Mediterranean studies on this topic. The Southern Anatolian workshops
initially based their work on Italic patterns, were later influenced by the Byzantine art of
Constantinople, and, after the Muslim conquest, by Islamic models.
of Cilicia, Hatay and Mardin in southern Turkey. The chosen methodology of this paper is
to compare these lamps typologically, dating them by reference to the extensively published
examples by Maria Xanthopoulou, 2010. The dating of our lamps does not generally extend
beyond the Early Byzantine period, although some isolated samples could be later. In
addition, they belong to a very homogenous group because of their restricted area of origin.
Thus, our awareness of the objects enriches the general overview already offered by the
latest European and Mediterranean studies on this topic. The Southern Anatolian workshops
initially based their work on Italic patterns, were later influenced by the Byzantine art of
Constantinople, and, after the Muslim conquest, by Islamic models.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Near Eastern Studies, and 35 moreIslamic Archaeology, Museum Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Anatolian History, Early Medieval Archaeology, Early Medieval History, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Byzantine Studies, Classical Art, Middle Eastern Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Roman Empire, Cilicia, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Museums, Roman Lamps, Instrumentum domesticum, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Roman Art, Archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean, Antiocheia, Ancient Antioch, Late Antique and Byzantine Lamps, Lychnology, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Early Byzantine material culture, Antiochene Christianity, Mardin, Roman Archaeology, Gallo-roman instrumentum, Lampes Miniatures En Bronze, and History of Turkish Museology
Bu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 02/02/2005 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1 / 9-11321 (Mersin) sayılı izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır. This paper presents 19 pre-Roman and nine... more
Bu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 02/02/2005 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1 / 9-11321 (Mersin) sayılı izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır.
This paper presents 19 pre-Roman and nine Roman fibulae from Cilicia, currently in the collections of the museums of Mersin, Silifke, Alanya and Tarsus. Half of these fibulae dates to the Iron Age, ranging from the middle/end of the eighth century to the middle/end of the seventh century B.C. They are the evidence for links between Cilicia and its hinterland (Gordium in particular), and also with Cyprus.
For the Roman period, the situation already apparent at Gaziantep is confirmed. The earliest Roman fibulae are of the Alesia and Aucissa types and the latest (five examples) originate from a period running from the Tetrarchy to the early fifth century A.D. It is possible that their presence reflects the movements of the Roman Army. A brooch of Keller Type 6 seems to be a parallel for a gold fibula kept in Split Museum, in Croatia.
This paper presents 19 pre-Roman and nine Roman fibulae from Cilicia, currently in the collections of the museums of Mersin, Silifke, Alanya and Tarsus. Half of these fibulae dates to the Iron Age, ranging from the middle/end of the eighth century to the middle/end of the seventh century B.C. They are the evidence for links between Cilicia and its hinterland (Gordium in particular), and also with Cyprus.
For the Roman period, the situation already apparent at Gaziantep is confirmed. The earliest Roman fibulae are of the Alesia and Aucissa types and the latest (five examples) originate from a period running from the Tetrarchy to the early fifth century A.D. It is possible that their presence reflects the movements of the Roman Army. A brooch of Keller Type 6 seems to be a parallel for a gold fibula kept in Split Museum, in Croatia.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Cypriot Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Roman military archaeology, Roman Army, Late Roman Empire, Cilicia, Late Roman Archaeology, Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Roman military equipment, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Ancient Bronzes, Phrygian Archaeology, Fibulae, and Roman Archaeology
The Museum of Hatay (Antioch on the Orontes, today Antakya, southeastern Turkey) preserves a mummiform bronze lamp of great interest, so far unpublished (accession no. 7587). The lamp, in the shape of a mummified Osiris, has only a few... more
The Museum of Hatay (Antioch on the Orontes, today Antakya, southeastern Turkey) preserves a mummiform bronze lamp of great interest, so far unpublished (accession no. 7587). The lamp, in the shape of a mummified Osiris, has only a few parallels; it contains inscriptions with magical formulas that can be paralleled in other magical texts. Our specimen belongs to a very small group of so-called mummy lamps on which recently Jean-Louis Podvin has focused in his study. We may add another item from Alexandria. This lamp has been on display for many years in the museum of Hatay, Antakya, but its inscriptions had so far remained unnoticed. They bring us back to the world of magic: the lamp is in a good state of preservation and is of a large size. Because of its inscriptions, the lamp could belong to the equipment of a place of worship. It might be supposed to have been carefully hidden during the persecution against magic and magical practices in Antioch, especially in the 4th cent. A.D. Perhaps a similar fate could have preserved the lamp from Canosa, discovered in a partition wall. This bronze find enriches the small group of osiriform lamps known until now. It allows us to know further evidence of Osiris worship in ancient Syria. The inscriptions present us with an hitherto unattested epithet next to well-known formulas.
Research Interests: Ancient Egyptian Religion, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Near Eastern Studies, and 46 moreEgyptian Art and Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology, Magic, Syrian Studies, Syria, Ancient Near East, Cults for Egyptian gods in the Aegean and Italy, Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Near East (Archaeology), Ancient Near Eastern Art, Ancient Egyptian Magic, Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts, Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, Greek and Roman magic, Ancient magic, Roman Lamps, Ancient Near Eastern Religions, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Mummification, Roman Bronzes, Bronze Objects, Ancient Lamps, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Lamps, Osiris, Antiocheia, Antioch of Syria, Ancient Antioch, Late Antique and Byzantine Lamps, North Syrian archaeology, Lychnology, Hatay, Hellenistic lamps, Late Roman Lamps, Osiris cult, The lamp, in the shape of a mummified Osiris, has only a few parallels; it contains inscriptions with magical formulas that can be paralleled in other magical texts., Graeco-Roman Magic, Northern Syrian Archaeology, Antakya, Small Bronze Lamps, Syrian Art and Archaeology, Magical Gems, Anatolian and the Near Eastern Archaeology, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris Figures, and Religious and Magical Practices
In this article in German language ceramic vessels in Cilicia in southern Turkey during the Iron Age, i.e. the period between 12th and sixth centuries B.C. were presented. These vessels are both from the excavated sites and collections of... more
In this article in German language ceramic vessels in Cilicia in southern Turkey during the Iron Age, i.e. the period between 12th and sixth centuries B.C. were presented. These vessels are both from the excavated sites and collections of the local museums.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Cypriot Archaeology, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Cilicia, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Bronze And Iron Age In Mediterrarranean (Archaeology), Bronze and Iron Ages in Eastern Mediterranean (Archaeology), Iron Age, Early Iron Age, Iron Age archaeology, Early Iron Age Greece and Greek communities overseas, and Pottery studies
In Antiquity Cilicia was the southeastern coastal region of Anatolia. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the and Byzantine Empire. It corresponds to the modern region of Çukurova in Turkey. Cilicia extended along the... more
In Antiquity Cilicia was the southeastern coastal region of Anatolia. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the and Byzantine Empire. It corresponds to the modern region of Çukurova in Turkey. Cilicia extended along the Mediterranean coast east from Pamphylia, to the Nur Mountains, which separated it from Syria. It consists of two main parts: Cilicia Trachea and Cilicia Pedias. The area had been known as Kizzuwatna in the earlier Hittite era (2nd millennium B.C.). During the Iron Age the region was divided into two parts, Uru Adaniya (flat Cilicia), a well-watered plain, and "rough" Cilicia (Tarza), in the mountainous west. The Cilicians appear as Hilikku in Assyrian inscriptions, and in the early part of the first millennium B.C. were one of the four chief powers of Western Asia. Homer mentions the plain as the "Aleian plain" in which Bellerophon wandered, but he transferred the Cilicians far to the west and north and made them allies of Troy. The Cilician cities unknown to Homer already bore their pre-Greek names: Tarzu (Tarsus), Ingira (Anchiale), Danuna-Adana, which retains its ancient name, Pahri (perhaps Mopsuestia), Kundu (Kyinda, then Anazarbus) and Karatepe.
In the 13th century B.C. a major population shift occurred as the Sea Peoples overran Cilicia. The Hurrians that resided there deserted the area and moved northeast towards the Taurus Mountains, where they settled in the area of Cappadocia. In the 8th century B.C., the region was unified under the rule of the dynasty of Mukšuš, whom the Greeks rendered Mopsos and credited as the founder of Mopsuestia, though the capital was Adana. Mopsuestia's multicultural character is reflected in the bilingual inscriptions of the ninth and eighth centuries, written both in Indo-European hieroglyphic Luwian and West Semitic Phoenician. In the ninth century B.C. it became part of Assyria and remained so until the late seventh century B.C.
In this paper in Italian language all the researches concerning the Iron Age ceramic finds from Cilicia were collected and re-interpreted.
In the 13th century B.C. a major population shift occurred as the Sea Peoples overran Cilicia. The Hurrians that resided there deserted the area and moved northeast towards the Taurus Mountains, where they settled in the area of Cappadocia. In the 8th century B.C., the region was unified under the rule of the dynasty of Mukšuš, whom the Greeks rendered Mopsos and credited as the founder of Mopsuestia, though the capital was Adana. Mopsuestia's multicultural character is reflected in the bilingual inscriptions of the ninth and eighth centuries, written both in Indo-European hieroglyphic Luwian and West Semitic Phoenician. In the ninth century B.C. it became part of Assyria and remained so until the late seventh century B.C.
In this paper in Italian language all the researches concerning the Iron Age ceramic finds from Cilicia were collected and re-interpreted.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, and 54 moreNear Eastern Studies, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Landscape Archaeology, Mediterranean prehistory, Cypriot Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Mesopotamian Archaeology, Cyprus Studies, Ceramics (Ceramics), Archaeological Method & Theory, Anatolian History, Syrian Studies, Mediterranean Studies, Middle Eastern History, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Mediterranean, Turkey, Middle Eastern Studies, Syria, History of the Mediterranean, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Cyprus, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Near East, Cilicia, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Near East (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Middle Eastern Archaeology, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Bronze And Iron Age In Mediterrarranean (Archaeology), Bronze and Iron Ages in Eastern Mediterranean (Archaeology), Anatolian Prehistory, Protohistory, Iron Age, Ancient Near Eastern History, Pottery, History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Early Iron Age, Ceramics, Late Bronze Age, Early Iron Age, Mesopotamia, Early Iron Age Greece and Greek communities overseas, Iron Age pottery, Pottery studies, Anatolian Iron Age Archaeology, Early Iron Age Pottery, North Syrian archaeology, and Rough Cilicia
Terracotta unguentaria are found in relatively large quantities in Pisidia in southern Turkey, where they were produced from the Hellenistic to the early Byzantine periods. This paper, based primarily upon unpublished material from museum... more
Terracotta unguentaria are found in relatively large quantities in Pisidia in southern Turkey, where they were produced from the Hellenistic to the early Byzantine periods. This paper, based primarily upon unpublished material from museum research in Isparta, Burdur and Yalvaç as well as excavations in Seleucia Sidera in 1993, sets out a comprehensive model for the study of Roman unguentaria in Pisidia, including their typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics, and distribution patterns. This research model illustrates how previous assumptions about the vessel’s typology must be re-evaluated. The article is in Italian language.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Roman Religion, Funerary Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Pottery, Funerary Practices, Roman ceramics, Pottery studies, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
Seleuceia Sidera, currently at the site of Selef, was founded by Seleucus I Nicator or Antiochus I Soter to protect the military road across northern Pisidia (southwestern Turkey). The city's surname “Sidera” is probably derives from... more
Seleuceia Sidera, currently at the site of Selef, was founded by Seleucus I Nicator or Antiochus I Soter to protect the military road across northern Pisidia (southwestern Turkey). The city's surname “Sidera” is probably derives from iron-works in its vicinity. The city was restored by the Roman emperor Claudius, and the name was changed to Claudioseleucia. During the excavations in 1993 at Seleuceia Sidera some evidence concerning the Hellenistic period of this landscape was collected which is being presented in this article.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Landscape Archaeology, and 34 moreHellenistic History, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Mediterranean Studies, Greek Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Fortifications, History of the Mediterranean, Greek Archaeology, Cultural Historical Geography, Roman Epigraphy, Ancient Greek History, Hellenism, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Seleucid Empire, Fortified Settlements (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Settlement archaeology, Pisidia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Hellenistic Pottery, Ancient Lycia, Pamphylia, History of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire), Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Phrygia, Epigraphy, Asia Minor, Isparta, Sagalassos, Lycia-Pamphylia, Epigraphy, Historical Geopgraphy, and Roman Archaeology
This paper gives a brief report on the 21 Byzantine coins recovered during archaeological fieldwork in southwestern Paphlagonia (north-central Turkey) between 2005 and 2008. One coin is silver and the rest are all bronze or copper alloy.... more
This paper gives a brief report on the 21 Byzantine coins recovered during archaeological fieldwork in southwestern Paphlagonia (north-central Turkey) between 2005 and 2008. One coin is silver and the rest are all bronze or copper alloy. Chronologically, the latter are divided between the Early and the Middle Byzantine periods. Although the assemblage is small, it provides useful information about the distribution of Byzantine coins from one of the more remote rural areas of north -central Asia Minor. All the coins are stored today in the museum of Amasra.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreNumismatics, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Early medieval numismatics, Byzantine Numismatics, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Medieval numismatics, Coins finds as archaeological artefacts, Ancient Numismatics, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
Hadrianoupolis is on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian Plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea. This site is located 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük, in Roman southwestern... more
Hadrianoupolis is on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian Plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea. This site is located 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük, in Roman southwestern Paphlagonia. It was a small but important site, controlling this major route and dominating a rich agricultural, especially vinicultural, enclave.
In 2003 the local Archaeological Museum of Ereğli began a small-scale salvage excavation of the newly discovered main church of Hadrianoupolis, known as "Early Byzantine Church B", situated in the centre of the ancient city. Only the floor and foundation levels are preserved. The church was erected probably around the early 6th century A.D. and may have still been in use as late as the 7th century. The most important discoveries at Church B were undoubtedly the floor mosaics, which show personifications of four Biblical rivers: Euphrates, Tigris, Phison and Geon.
In 2006 archaeological excavations were begun in Hadrianoupolis in southwestern Paphlagonia by a team from the Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, under the direction of Dr Ergün LAFLI. As a result of our 2005 surveys of the area, it has been confirmed that Hadrianoupolis was indeed coincident with modern Eskipazar, with finds dating from the 1st century B.C. to the 8th century A.D. It also was determined that the core of the ancient city extended as far as the modern village of Budaklar and its surrounding districts of Hacı Ahmetler, Çaylı and Eleler, along the Eskipazar-Mengen highway for 8 km east-west and 3 km north-south. The chora of Hadrianoupolis is much more extensive in size.
The field surveys in 2005 identified the remains of at least twentyfour buildings at the site. Among them are two bath buildings of the Late Roman period, two Early Byzantine churches, a fortified structure of the Byzantine period, a possible theatre, a vaulted building, a domed building and some domestic buildings with mosaic floors. In 2006 trenches were opened to investigate two of the best preserved of these buildings: Bath Building A and Early Byzantine Church A. In 2007 “Bath A”, “Bath B”, an Early Byzantine villa, an absidial Early Byzantine building, as well as two Roman monumental rock-cut graves, were excavated.
In general, the 2006-2008 excavation campaigns have established that Hadrianoupolis was a fortified regional centre during the Late Roman and Early Byzantine period (5th-7th centuries), when it can easily be defined as a “polis” with civic buildings and a fairly large urban population, as well as an extensive agrarian rural population. Most of the visible surface remains belong to this period. In this paper concentration will be given to the situation of Hadrianoupolis after 8th cent. A.D., i.e. after the abondance of the site and therefore ceramic finds from the late 9th to late 11th/early 12th cent. A.D. will be presented in detail.
In 2003 the local Archaeological Museum of Ereğli began a small-scale salvage excavation of the newly discovered main church of Hadrianoupolis, known as "Early Byzantine Church B", situated in the centre of the ancient city. Only the floor and foundation levels are preserved. The church was erected probably around the early 6th century A.D. and may have still been in use as late as the 7th century. The most important discoveries at Church B were undoubtedly the floor mosaics, which show personifications of four Biblical rivers: Euphrates, Tigris, Phison and Geon.
In 2006 archaeological excavations were begun in Hadrianoupolis in southwestern Paphlagonia by a team from the Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, under the direction of Dr Ergün LAFLI. As a result of our 2005 surveys of the area, it has been confirmed that Hadrianoupolis was indeed coincident with modern Eskipazar, with finds dating from the 1st century B.C. to the 8th century A.D. It also was determined that the core of the ancient city extended as far as the modern village of Budaklar and its surrounding districts of Hacı Ahmetler, Çaylı and Eleler, along the Eskipazar-Mengen highway for 8 km east-west and 3 km north-south. The chora of Hadrianoupolis is much more extensive in size.
The field surveys in 2005 identified the remains of at least twentyfour buildings at the site. Among them are two bath buildings of the Late Roman period, two Early Byzantine churches, a fortified structure of the Byzantine period, a possible theatre, a vaulted building, a domed building and some domestic buildings with mosaic floors. In 2006 trenches were opened to investigate two of the best preserved of these buildings: Bath Building A and Early Byzantine Church A. In 2007 “Bath A”, “Bath B”, an Early Byzantine villa, an absidial Early Byzantine building, as well as two Roman monumental rock-cut graves, were excavated.
In general, the 2006-2008 excavation campaigns have established that Hadrianoupolis was a fortified regional centre during the Late Roman and Early Byzantine period (5th-7th centuries), when it can easily be defined as a “polis” with civic buildings and a fairly large urban population, as well as an extensive agrarian rural population. Most of the visible surface remains belong to this period. In this paper concentration will be given to the situation of Hadrianoupolis after 8th cent. A.D., i.e. after the abondance of the site and therefore ceramic finds from the late 9th to late 11th/early 12th cent. A.D. will be presented in detail.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 29 moreEarly Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Medieval Pottery, Roman Pottery, Late Roman Pottery, Black Sea region, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Black Sea Studies, Byzantine Pottery, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Anatolia, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Archeologia medievale, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Black Sea, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Byzantine ceramics, Byzantine art, Paphlagonia, Roman and Byzantine Asia Minor, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Byzantine glazed pottery, Early Byzantine Pottery production, Globular Amphorae, Trade and Exchange during 7th and 8th c. A.D., Roman coarse ware, Byzantine Glazed Wares, and Byzantine history and archaeology
Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül... more
Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir carried out archaeological field surveys and excavations in the southwestern part of Paphlagonia. In this extensive report coarse ware of the Roman and Late Roman-Early Byzantine periods discovered during these fieldworks will be presented in detail. In its first part this paper a short description of the deposits, typologies of each groups and their fabric will be given. A comprehensive catalogue with each examples follows. This study is the first extensive Roman and Late Roman-Early Byzantine coarse ware report of Turkish Black Sea area.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Art History, and 27 moreAnatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, History of Art, Byzantine Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval Pottery, Medieval ceramics (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Medieval Art History, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Pottery technology and function, Byzantine ceramics, Roman ceramic building material, Paphlagonia, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Early Byzantine material culture, Roman coarse ware, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
This paper aims to give an overview of the 273 fragments of Roman fineware recovered during archaeological fieldwork at Paphlagonian Hadrianopolis between 2005 and 2008. So far the study of Hellenistic-Roman ceramics at Hadrianopolis... more
This paper aims to give an overview of the 273 fragments of Roman fineware recovered during archaeological fieldwork at Paphlagonian Hadrianopolis between 2005 and 2008. So far the study of Hellenistic-Roman ceramics at Hadrianopolis seems to indicate the existence of a local industry that produced fineware between the first century B.C. and the seventh century A.D., imitating well-known types produced at other manufacturing centres in Asia Minor and the Black Sea region. The finds examined in this article are from more than ten different areas at Hadrianopolis, excavated in 2006-2008. First the typology, fabrics, and chronology of identified wares are discussed. Two major find groups are terra sigillata and red-slip wares, almost all of which are of local origin. Our most important contribution to the archaeology of Paphlagonia will be the clarification of the Early Roman ceramic traditions in southwestern Paphlagonia, since our knowledge on Roman Paphlagonia is very limited and terra sigillata from Hadrianopolis seems to be the only material that will lead to comprehension of the role of the region in the Roman period. Although the study of the ceramics has far-reaching implications in socio-economic and cultural terms, this paper will focus only on the ceramics as main data and will exclude historic sources on Roman Paphlagonia.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Terra Sigillata, Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Pottery studies, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman pottery, and Roman Archaeology
This paper presents about twenty-four fibulae (18 from Ödemiş, 3 from Mardin and 3 from Pamukkale/Phrygian Hierapolis). The majority of them date to the Iron Age, but 4 are Roman. The museum of Ödemiş preserves brooches coming from... more
This paper presents about twenty-four fibulae (18 from Ödemiş, 3 from Mardin and 3 from Pamukkale/Phrygian Hierapolis). The majority of them date to the Iron Age, but 4 are Roman. The museum of Ödemiş preserves brooches coming from various parts of modern Turkey, while the few fibulae of Mardin seem to be of local origin. Generally the fibulae belong to well known and widely distributed types: it is noteworthy that in the region of Mardin fibulae appear that are close to those of Urartian manufacture.
The Roman brooches are dated to the Early, Middle and Late Empire. Comparable evidence suggests that most, if not all, depend on the movement and stationing of troops. Given the scarcity of updated work on the spread of Roman brooches in Turkey, this small contribution may offer some guidance.
The Roman brooches are dated to the Early, Middle and Late Empire. Comparable evidence suggests that most, if not all, depend on the movement and stationing of troops. Given the scarcity of updated work on the spread of Roman brooches in Turkey, this small contribution may offer some guidance.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Roman military archaeology, Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Urartian Archaeology, Ancient Anatolia, Iron Age, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Phrygian Archaeology, Fibulae, and Roman Archaeology
Paphlagonia was an ancient area on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül University... more
Paphlagonia was an ancient area on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir carried out archaeological field surveys and excavations in the southwestern part of Paphlagonia. In this extensive report pottery finds from the Hellenistic period discovered during these field activities will be presented in a detailed manner. Therefore a list of some typologies by sparse and diverse pottery sherds will be offered that were collected mostly from the surface. We have clearly more information from Kimistene, a hilltop site in our research area in southwestern Paphlagonia, than other sites for the period concerned.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Art History, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Ceramic Technology, and 25 moreHellenistic History, Anatolian Archaeology, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Hellenistic and Roman Fortifications, Turkey, Ceramics (Art History), Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Ceramics (Archaeology), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Black Sea region, Anatolia, Greek Pottery, Black Sea Studies, Hellenistic Pottery, History of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire), Black Sea Region Archaeology, Hellenistic Greece, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Pottery technology and function, Ancient Pottery Analysis, Bithynia(Mariandiny section) and Paphlagonia/ Between Heraclea Pontica and Amastris, Ceramic, Paphlagonia, and Paphlagonia Antik Kentleri
Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül... more
Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir carried out archaeological field surveys and excavations in the southwestern part of Paphlagonia. In this extensive report pottery finds from the Iron Age discovered during the fieldwork were presented in detail. It includes a typological list of pottery sherds that were collected mostly from the surface. For the period concerned there is more information from Kimistene, a hilltop site in southwestern Paphlagonia, than from other sites.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), and 15 moreCeramics (Archaeology), Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Iron Age, Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, Early Iron Age, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Pottery technology and function, Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeleogy, Pottery studies, Phrygian Archaeology, and Anatolian and the Near Eastern Archaeology
Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül... more
Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir carried out archaeological field surveys and excavations in the southwestern part of Paphlagonia. In this extensive report pottery finds from the Iron Age and Hellenistic period discovered during the fieldwork will be presented in detail. It includes a typological list of pottery sherds that were collected mostly from the surface. For the periods concerned there is more information from Kimistene, a hilltop site in southwestern Paphlagonia, than from other sites. This study is the first detailed Hellenistic pottery report of Turkish Black Sea area.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), and 15 moreCeramics (Archaeology), Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Ancient Anatolia, Iron Age, Hellenistic Pottery, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Pottery technology and function, Hellenistic and Roman Ceramics, Phrygian Archaeology, and Hellenistic and Roman pottery
Results of the 2007 excavation season at Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia (northwestern central Turkey) - Early Byzantine architecture and its blooming period in the age of the Emperor Justinian I / Beiträge zur frühbyzantinischen Profanarchitektur aus Hadrianupolis – Blütezeit unter Kaiser Iustinian Imore
In this article in German language results of the excavation season in 2007 at Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia (northwestern central Turkey) are presented. The focus of the paper is the Early Byzantine secular architecture and its blooming... more
In this article in German language results of the excavation season in 2007 at Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia (northwestern central Turkey) are presented. The focus of the paper is the Early Byzantine secular architecture and its blooming period in the age of the Emperor Justinian I in the mid-sixth century A.D.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Byzantine Archaeology, Medieval Art, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Church architecture, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Asia Minor, Byzantine art, Early Byzantium, and Byzantine history and archaeology
In this article in German language results of the field survey season in 2005 and excavation season in 2006 at Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia (northwestern central Turkey) are presented. The focus of the paper is the results related to the... more
In this article in German language results of the field survey season in 2005 and excavation season in 2006 at Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia (northwestern central Turkey) are presented. The focus of the paper is the results related to the Early Byzantine archaeology.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Ancient Mosaics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Architectural Sculpture, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Byzantine Mosaics, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
Results of the 2005 field surveys at Roman temple of Asartepe / Kimistene in the chora of Hadrianopolis in southwestern Paphlagonia (northwestern central Turkey) / Der kaiserzeitliche Tempel von Asartepe/Kimistene in der Chora des paphlagonischen Hadrianopolis – Ergebnisse der Prospektion von 2005more
In the west of Eskipazar district in the province of Karabük (northwestern central Turkey), near the villages Deresemail and Değirmenbaşı, there is a ridge called Asartepe with four hill tops, the ancient site of Kimistene. On the... more
In the west of Eskipazar district in the province of Karabük (northwestern central Turkey), near the villages Deresemail and Değirmenbaşı, there is a ridge called Asartepe with four hill tops, the ancient site of Kimistene. On the northern slope of its acropolis, on an artificial terrace, lie the remains of a rural sanctuary from Roman times. The sanctuary was first documented archaeologically in a survey in 2005. All surface remains, the retaining walls of the temple terrace, the rectangular foundations of the temple and its cella and the monumental access staircase leading to the terrace were documented. It was also the first time that the architectural blocks of local limestone at the site were documented. Their stylistic classification reveals at least two phases for the construction of the temple, one in the late second/early third century A.D. and a second, perhaps only a repair phase, during the third century A.D. The temple was most probably dedicated to Zeus Kimistenos, to whom there is a reference on a rock inscription. The archaeological investigation of the Zeus Kimistenos temple of Kimistene documented not only one of the few Roman temples in Paphlagonia but also important evidence regarding a religious phenomenon in Asia Minor, namely the rural cult of a local Zeus.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Funerary Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Epigrafía romana, and Roman Archaeology
This is a progressing chapter of a forthcoming book on female saints that is not published yet, and the author is open for any suggestions, revisions and corrections by e-mail at [email protected] The main goal of our paper is to present... more
This is a progressing chapter of a forthcoming book on female saints that is not published yet, and the author is open for any suggestions, revisions and corrections by e-mail at [email protected]
The main goal of our paper is to present female saints from Asia Minor and generally from the modern territorial areas of Turkey, including Antioch-on-the-Orontes (mod. Antakya-Hatay) and south-eastern Turkey, from a period between the late third and early sixth centuries AD. Our aim is to identify common features in the representations of the sacred women in first-hand written sources, especially in epigraphic attestations, even though their epigraphic appearance in Byzantine Asia Minor is only limited. Our main material will be published volumes of Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien (IK) as well as recent excavation and survey reports which are not covered in IK volumes yet. The difficulty in Late Antique epigraphy is determine the appearance of spiritual personalities in funerary monuments and distinguish them from other individuals.
We will also attempt to include their iconographic evidence, if available, also in later Byzantine centuries.
Here is a preliminary list of female saints in Byzantine Asia Minor (in alphabetical order) whose epigraphic attestations will extensively be collected in this paper:
1- Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia,
2- Charitina of Amisus (Αγία Χαριτίνη),
3- Flavia Valeria Constantina whose full name is attested in an inscription (Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Touraine 4, 1855, p. 19).
4- Cyprian and Justina,
5- Cyricus and Julitta,
6- Domnina of Syria,
7- Dorothea of Caesarea,
8- Emmelia (Ἐμμέλεια) of Caesarea as well as her mother-in-law, Macrina the Elder, as well as her daughters, Macrina the Younger and Theosebia who are recognized as saints in the Catholic Church (except for Theosebia) and Eastern Orthodox Church,
9- Euphemia (Εὐφημία; “well-spoken [of]”),
10- Saint Gorgonia (Αγία Γοργονία; died on AD 23 February 375),
11- Helena, mother of Constantine I,
12- Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora (died c. AD 305–311), sisters from Bithynia,
13- Saint Nonna (Νόννα) of Nazianzus from Cappadocia, the wife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder,
14- Olympias the Deaconess,
15- Pelagia of Tarsus,
16- Pulcheria,
17- Sarah (died c. 303), a fourth-century martyr from Antioch-on-the-Orontes,
18- Zoe of Attaleia (died AD 127 or 137 in Attaleia in Pamphylia) who suffered martyrdom together with her husband Hesperus and her sons Cyriacus and Theodoulos.
Among these female saints, whose number is rich, there are of course several subgroups; for example, together with the three holy helpers Margaret of Antioch, Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara of Nicomedia, St. Dorothea belongs to a group of the so-called Virgines Capitales, the great holy virgins. Few of female martyrs are known by their husbands or male accompanyings, as in the case of Zoe of Attaleia as early as the beginning of the second century AD.
It is interesting to note that in Asia Minor most of the female saints of the Late Antiquity, i.e. late third and early fifth century AD, seem to originate from Bithynia and the area of south-eastern part of the Marmara Sea (Propontis) between Nicomedia and Nicaea. Also noteworthy that most of the epigraphic attestations on these female saints are posthumous, i.e. they were carved centuries later after the passing away of these holy spirituals, and only few of them were written during their lifetime. So far, in entire Turkey very few of female saints were determined with their burials.
Keywords: female saints, female hieromartyrs, Bithynia, Constantinople, Asia Minor, Anatolia, Turkey, Christian persecutions in Late Antiquity, Late Antique Christianity, Late Roman martyrology, Early Christian hagiography, patristics, Late Antiquity, Early Byzantine period.
The main goal of our paper is to present female saints from Asia Minor and generally from the modern territorial areas of Turkey, including Antioch-on-the-Orontes (mod. Antakya-Hatay) and south-eastern Turkey, from a period between the late third and early sixth centuries AD. Our aim is to identify common features in the representations of the sacred women in first-hand written sources, especially in epigraphic attestations, even though their epigraphic appearance in Byzantine Asia Minor is only limited. Our main material will be published volumes of Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien (IK) as well as recent excavation and survey reports which are not covered in IK volumes yet. The difficulty in Late Antique epigraphy is determine the appearance of spiritual personalities in funerary monuments and distinguish them from other individuals.
We will also attempt to include their iconographic evidence, if available, also in later Byzantine centuries.
Here is a preliminary list of female saints in Byzantine Asia Minor (in alphabetical order) whose epigraphic attestations will extensively be collected in this paper:
1- Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia,
2- Charitina of Amisus (Αγία Χαριτίνη),
3- Flavia Valeria Constantina whose full name is attested in an inscription (Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Touraine 4, 1855, p. 19).
4- Cyprian and Justina,
5- Cyricus and Julitta,
6- Domnina of Syria,
7- Dorothea of Caesarea,
8- Emmelia (Ἐμμέλεια) of Caesarea as well as her mother-in-law, Macrina the Elder, as well as her daughters, Macrina the Younger and Theosebia who are recognized as saints in the Catholic Church (except for Theosebia) and Eastern Orthodox Church,
9- Euphemia (Εὐφημία; “well-spoken [of]”),
10- Saint Gorgonia (Αγία Γοργονία; died on AD 23 February 375),
11- Helena, mother of Constantine I,
12- Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora (died c. AD 305–311), sisters from Bithynia,
13- Saint Nonna (Νόννα) of Nazianzus from Cappadocia, the wife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder,
14- Olympias the Deaconess,
15- Pelagia of Tarsus,
16- Pulcheria,
17- Sarah (died c. 303), a fourth-century martyr from Antioch-on-the-Orontes,
18- Zoe of Attaleia (died AD 127 or 137 in Attaleia in Pamphylia) who suffered martyrdom together with her husband Hesperus and her sons Cyriacus and Theodoulos.
Among these female saints, whose number is rich, there are of course several subgroups; for example, together with the three holy helpers Margaret of Antioch, Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara of Nicomedia, St. Dorothea belongs to a group of the so-called Virgines Capitales, the great holy virgins. Few of female martyrs are known by their husbands or male accompanyings, as in the case of Zoe of Attaleia as early as the beginning of the second century AD.
It is interesting to note that in Asia Minor most of the female saints of the Late Antiquity, i.e. late third and early fifth century AD, seem to originate from Bithynia and the area of south-eastern part of the Marmara Sea (Propontis) between Nicomedia and Nicaea. Also noteworthy that most of the epigraphic attestations on these female saints are posthumous, i.e. they were carved centuries later after the passing away of these holy spirituals, and only few of them were written during their lifetime. So far, in entire Turkey very few of female saints were determined with their burials.
Keywords: female saints, female hieromartyrs, Bithynia, Constantinople, Asia Minor, Anatolia, Turkey, Christian persecutions in Late Antiquity, Late Antique Christianity, Late Roman martyrology, Early Christian hagiography, patristics, Late Antiquity, Early Byzantine period.
Research Interests: Hagiography, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Cult of Saints, Saints' Cults, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Martyrdom, Late Antique Hagiography, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Medieval Epigraphy, Byzantine Hagiography, Women saints, Bithynia, Christian Epigraphy, Epigraphy, Asia Minor, Early Christian Martyrs, Saints, and Mediaeval Cult of Relics and Saints
In this paper a group of formerly unknown or less-known terracotta unguentaria and amphora stoppers from a museum in West Europe were presented which are, among other locations, from Italy, Turkey and Cypus. As amphora stoppers show... more
In this paper a group of formerly unknown or less-known terracotta unguentaria and amphora stoppers from a museum in West Europe were presented which are, among other locations, from Italy, Turkey and Cypus. As amphora stoppers show typological and fabric similarities to unguentaria, we included them in this article. In the appendix a terracotta money box was presented which is less known in archaeological literature.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman burial practices, Archaeology of Roman Religion, Ancient Anatolia, Hellenistic Pottery, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Pottery studies, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
In this paper several formerly unknown Late Roman unguentarium stamps were presented; all these stamps are from Turkey. Keywords: Late Roman unguentaria, Early Christian ampullae, stamps, monograms, Early Byzantine period,... more
In this paper several formerly unknown Late Roman unguentarium stamps were presented; all these stamps are from Turkey.
Keywords: Late Roman unguentaria, Early Christian ampullae, stamps, monograms, Early Byzantine period, sigillography, archaeometry, western Asia Minor, Turkey.
Keywords: Late Roman unguentaria, Early Christian ampullae, stamps, monograms, Early Byzantine period, sigillography, archaeometry, western Asia Minor, Turkey.
Research Interests: Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Sigillography, Byzantine Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), and 15 moreMedieval Pottery, Medieval ceramics (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Byzantine Sigillography, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Ceramica Medievale, Pottery studies, Ceramica Romana, and Medieval Sigillography
Since the work of S. Metaxas, it has been certain that the so-called Late Roman unguentaria can be assigned to two types of vessels: firstly, Late Roman amphoriskoi, which were first attributed by J. W. Hayes, and secondly, ampoullai.... more
Since the work of S. Metaxas, it has been certain that the so-called Late Roman unguentaria can be assigned to two types of vessels: firstly, Late Roman amphoriskoi, which were first attributed by J. W. Hayes, and secondly, ampoullai. Metaxas was able to show that among the Late Roman ampoullai, examples of which regularly appear in Asia Minor with stamps, there is a main group whose place of manufacture could not yet be named. A number of archaeologists suggested Asia Minor as the place of manufacture. In this article, using examples of Late Roman unguentaria from Cilicia and Pisidia, an attempt will be made to clarify whether they were produced here. Based on fabric colours and firing characteristics, these objects hardly occur in the region of western Cilicia, where several cities have already been suggested as production sites, but they appear more frequently in central Cilicia, e.g. in Mersin and Tarsus. The specimens found show that, in addition to the main group, there are also several local made unguentaria.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Late Antiquity, and 15 moreByzantine Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval Pottery, Medieval ceramics (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Pottery, Ancient Anatolia, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, and Early Byzantine Archaeology
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlükleri tarafından muhtelif tarih ve sayılarla verilen yazılı izinler sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This article in Brazilian Portuguese language will be displayed in... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlükleri tarafından muhtelif tarih ve sayılarla verilen yazılı izinler sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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This paper presents the results of the analysis of ceramic traditions in Cilicia (southern Turkey) from the Geometric to the Byzantine periods, i.e. a long time span stretching from the eighth century B.C. to the tenth–11th century A.D. Some museums have enabled us to consider the rich assemblages of pottery and to approach their study with more confidence. Therefore the present paper is divided into several chronological and typological groups of ceramics from Cilicia, such as pottery traditions from the Geometric to the Orientalizing period, Eastern Greek pottery, Red-figure pottery, Black gloss pottery, Late Classical pottery in Cilicia, Hellenistic pottery in Cilicia: the Hadra vases, rhyta, askoi, gutti, other forms of the Hellenistic period in Cilicia, lagynoi, jugs with single handle, an Hellenistic brazier, Megarian bowls, ceramics of the Roman period in Cilicia, the glazed pottery from Tarsus, Eastern sigillata, the locally produced and imported fineware in the Early and Middle Roman periods, Byzantine containers from burials: pitchers, Type I, Type II, Type III, other types, the decoration, the Arab conquest, pottery from the eighth–tenth century A.D., Buff ware, Brittle ware and pottery from the age of the Crusades.
This article in Brazilian Portuguese language will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2026, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2026: [email protected]
This paper presents the results of the analysis of ceramic traditions in Cilicia (southern Turkey) from the Geometric to the Byzantine periods, i.e. a long time span stretching from the eighth century B.C. to the tenth–11th century A.D. Some museums have enabled us to consider the rich assemblages of pottery and to approach their study with more confidence. Therefore the present paper is divided into several chronological and typological groups of ceramics from Cilicia, such as pottery traditions from the Geometric to the Orientalizing period, Eastern Greek pottery, Red-figure pottery, Black gloss pottery, Late Classical pottery in Cilicia, Hellenistic pottery in Cilicia: the Hadra vases, rhyta, askoi, gutti, other forms of the Hellenistic period in Cilicia, lagynoi, jugs with single handle, an Hellenistic brazier, Megarian bowls, ceramics of the Roman period in Cilicia, the glazed pottery from Tarsus, Eastern sigillata, the locally produced and imported fineware in the Early and Middle Roman periods, Byzantine containers from burials: pitchers, Type I, Type II, Type III, other types, the decoration, the Arab conquest, pottery from the eighth–tenth century A.D., Buff ware, Brittle ware and pottery from the age of the Crusades.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramics (Art History), Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval Pottery, Medieval ceramics (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Cilicia, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Pottery, Roman ceramics, Ceramica Romana, Roman Archaeology, and Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
In this paper that is progressing at the moment recent archaeological discoveries in Lydia and in the Upper Cayster Valley will be presented. The catalogue is the result of the authors’ work as juridical expert in the territories of the... more
In this paper that is progressing at the moment recent archaeological discoveries in Lydia and in the Upper Cayster Valley will be presented. The catalogue is the result of the authors’ work as juridical expert in the territories of the ancient region of Lydia as well as in Tire, Ödemiş, Kiraz and Bayındır between 2003 and 2022. The chronological range of the discoveries varies between the Lydian period, i.e. the seventh-sixth centuries B.C., and the Late Byzantine period, i.e. the twelth century A.D.
The article consists of 14 sections with miscellaneous discoveries: 1. New finds on the tumuli in western Lydia and the Upper Cayster Valley; 2. Other tumuli in the Upper Cayster Valley and their reuse during the Roman period; 3. Lydian painted ware and lydia in the local museums; 4. A Roman aqueduct or dam construction; 5. A Roman marble monument with Centaurs in central Lydia; 6. Recent archaeological discoveries in Hermokapeleia in northwestern Lydia; 7. Höyük sites, rural settlements and their necropoleis in Roman Lydia; 8. Hellenistic and Roman small finds from the necropoleis of the Upper Cayster Valley and Lydia; 9. Roman and Early Byzantine stone quarries in the Upper Cayster Valley; 10. Late antique and Early Byzantine farming homesteads in Lydia; 11. Recent archaeological discoveries in the eastern Upper Cayster Valley during the Late Antique and Byzantine periods; 12. Excavations of an Early Byzantine basilica; 13. Elements of architectural decoration and their spolia in Byzantine, Late Medieval and Ottoman Lydia; and 14. Catalogue of the reused stone elements at a türbe.
Keywords: Archaeological finds, Lydia, Manisa, Upper Cayster Valley, Lydian period, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Byzantine period.
The article consists of 14 sections with miscellaneous discoveries: 1. New finds on the tumuli in western Lydia and the Upper Cayster Valley; 2. Other tumuli in the Upper Cayster Valley and their reuse during the Roman period; 3. Lydian painted ware and lydia in the local museums; 4. A Roman aqueduct or dam construction; 5. A Roman marble monument with Centaurs in central Lydia; 6. Recent archaeological discoveries in Hermokapeleia in northwestern Lydia; 7. Höyük sites, rural settlements and their necropoleis in Roman Lydia; 8. Hellenistic and Roman small finds from the necropoleis of the Upper Cayster Valley and Lydia; 9. Roman and Early Byzantine stone quarries in the Upper Cayster Valley; 10. Late antique and Early Byzantine farming homesteads in Lydia; 11. Recent archaeological discoveries in the eastern Upper Cayster Valley during the Late Antique and Byzantine periods; 12. Excavations of an Early Byzantine basilica; 13. Elements of architectural decoration and their spolia in Byzantine, Late Medieval and Ottoman Lydia; and 14. Catalogue of the reused stone elements at a türbe.
Keywords: Archaeological finds, Lydia, Manisa, Upper Cayster Valley, Lydian period, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Byzantine period.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Lydian, and 15 moreByzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ancient Anatolia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
Bu makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlükleri tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı izinler sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This article will be displayed in Academia... more
Bu makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlükleri tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı izinler sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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This straightforward catalogue presents 110 metal objects of the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Medieval periods which are curated in the local museums of southern Turkey. The main groups of metal objects are weapons, vessels, bread stamps, hooks, fibulae, steelyard weights, strigiles, mirrors, simpula, figurines, and other implements. Most of these finds are collected by purchase, but as they are well illustrated, they are useful for typology and function.
Riassunto – La lavorazione dei metalli dell’antichità e del medioevo nei musei Turchia meridionale:
Questo catalogo diretto presenta 110 oggetti in metallo del periodo arcaico, classico, ellenistico, romano e bizantino che sono ospitati nei musei locali. I principali gruppi di oggetti metallici sono armi, vasi, francobolli, ganci, fibule, pesi da stadera, strigili, specchi, simpule, figurine e altri strumenti. La maggior parte di questi reperti sono stati acquistati, ma sono utili per tipologia e funzione.
Özet – Güney Anadolu Yerel Müzelerinde Antik Çağ ve Ortaçağ’a Ait Metal Eserler :
Bu basit katalog, Güney Anadolu yerel müzelerinde muhafaza edilen Arkaik, Klasik, Hellenistik, Roma ve Bizans Dönemleri’ne ve Ortaçağ’a ait 110 adet metal objeyi derlemektedir. Söz konusu eserlerin ait oldukları ana gruplar silahlar, kap-kacaklar, mühürler, oltalar, fibulalar, kantar ağırlıkları, strigiller, aynalar, simpulalar, figürinler ve diğer aletlerdir. Bu buluntuların çoğu satın alma yoluyla toplanmıştır, ancak bir arada derlendikleri için tipoloji ve işlev açısından önem arz etmektedirler.
Keywords: Metalwork, instrumenta, local museums, southern Turkey, Asia Minor, Archaic period, Classical period, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Byzantine period, Medieval period.
Parole chiave: Carpenteria metallica, instrumentum domesticum, musei locali, Turchia meridionale, Asia Minore, periodo arcaico, periodo classico, periodo ellenistico, periodo romano, periodo bizantino, medioevo.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Metal eserler, Antik Dönem araç-gereçleri, yerel müzeler, Antik Güney Anadolu, Türkiye, Arkaik Dönem, Klasik Dönem, Hellenistik Dönem, Roma Dönemi, Bizans Dönemi, Ortaçağ.
Addenta: The bronze in the Louvre mentioned in this article is perhaps not a Gorgo, but a "Nike", especially because of her face.
A similar Early Byzantine balance with an emperor’s head exists in the private museum of the Izmir Trade Chamber.
To quote this article: E. Laflı/G. Kan Şahin/A. Çetingöz, Metalwork of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages in southern Turkey, in: Massimo Lavarone, Stefano Magnani and Fabio Prenc (eds.), Omaggio a Maurizio Buora. MB. Maurizio Buora. La sua storia. Il suo Friuli, Archeologia di frontiera 12 (Trieste: Societa Friulana di Archeologia – odv; Editreg di Fabio Prenc, 2022), pp. 183-253. ISBN 978-88-3349-045-8.
This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2025, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its book. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2025: [email protected]
This straightforward catalogue presents 110 metal objects of the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Medieval periods which are curated in the local museums of southern Turkey. The main groups of metal objects are weapons, vessels, bread stamps, hooks, fibulae, steelyard weights, strigiles, mirrors, simpula, figurines, and other implements. Most of these finds are collected by purchase, but as they are well illustrated, they are useful for typology and function.
Riassunto – La lavorazione dei metalli dell’antichità e del medioevo nei musei Turchia meridionale:
Questo catalogo diretto presenta 110 oggetti in metallo del periodo arcaico, classico, ellenistico, romano e bizantino che sono ospitati nei musei locali. I principali gruppi di oggetti metallici sono armi, vasi, francobolli, ganci, fibule, pesi da stadera, strigili, specchi, simpule, figurine e altri strumenti. La maggior parte di questi reperti sono stati acquistati, ma sono utili per tipologia e funzione.
Özet – Güney Anadolu Yerel Müzelerinde Antik Çağ ve Ortaçağ’a Ait Metal Eserler :
Bu basit katalog, Güney Anadolu yerel müzelerinde muhafaza edilen Arkaik, Klasik, Hellenistik, Roma ve Bizans Dönemleri’ne ve Ortaçağ’a ait 110 adet metal objeyi derlemektedir. Söz konusu eserlerin ait oldukları ana gruplar silahlar, kap-kacaklar, mühürler, oltalar, fibulalar, kantar ağırlıkları, strigiller, aynalar, simpulalar, figürinler ve diğer aletlerdir. Bu buluntuların çoğu satın alma yoluyla toplanmıştır, ancak bir arada derlendikleri için tipoloji ve işlev açısından önem arz etmektedirler.
Keywords: Metalwork, instrumenta, local museums, southern Turkey, Asia Minor, Archaic period, Classical period, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Byzantine period, Medieval period.
Parole chiave: Carpenteria metallica, instrumentum domesticum, musei locali, Turchia meridionale, Asia Minore, periodo arcaico, periodo classico, periodo ellenistico, periodo romano, periodo bizantino, medioevo.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Metal eserler, Antik Dönem araç-gereçleri, yerel müzeler, Antik Güney Anadolu, Türkiye, Arkaik Dönem, Klasik Dönem, Hellenistik Dönem, Roma Dönemi, Bizans Dönemi, Ortaçağ.
Addenta: The bronze in the Louvre mentioned in this article is perhaps not a Gorgo, but a "Nike", especially because of her face.
A similar Early Byzantine balance with an emperor’s head exists in the private museum of the Izmir Trade Chamber.
To quote this article: E. Laflı/G. Kan Şahin/A. Çetingöz, Metalwork of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages in southern Turkey, in: Massimo Lavarone, Stefano Magnani and Fabio Prenc (eds.), Omaggio a Maurizio Buora. MB. Maurizio Buora. La sua storia. Il suo Friuli, Archeologia di frontiera 12 (Trieste: Societa Friulana di Archeologia – odv; Editreg di Fabio Prenc, 2022), pp. 183-253. ISBN 978-88-3349-045-8.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Cypriot Archaeology, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Metalwork (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Cilicia, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Roman Bronze Vessels, Roman Art, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Bronzes, Ancient Bronzes, Roman Archaeology, and Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Bu makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 2022 yılında Rojin Demir'e verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2024, as... more
Bu makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 2022 yılında Rojin Demir'e verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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Byzantine currency consisted of mainly two types of coins: the gold solidus and a variety of clearly valued bronze coins. By the end of the empire the currency was issued only in silver stavrata and minor copper coins with no gold issue. The empire established and operated several mints throughout its history. Aside from the main metropolitan mint in Constantinople a varying number of provincial mints were also established in other urban centres, such as Cyzicus and Nicomedea, especially during the sixth century AD. Most provincial mints except for Syracuse were closed or lost to invasions by the mid-seventh century.
The collection of over 100 Byzantine coins at a local museum in Turkey is one of the most comprehensive among the published catalogues of Byzantine coins in Turkish museums. The majority of these specimens were catalogued in this extensive article. Almost all of the objects are by acquisitions and many of the coins that exist in this collection have still remained unpublished. Some of the coins are rare whereas most of the coins are known through other numismatic catalogues.
Each catalogue entry includes authority, date, mint, metal, and denomination. In addition to high-resolution images and object metadata, each record includes a commentary and short-form bibliography (author, title, and page and/or catalogue number). We also provide a list of dealers and donours of each coins.
This catalogue is significant, as it provides some evidence for the history of the Byzantine monetary system in Anatolia in general, its denominations and imperial as well as religious representations.
This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2024, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its book. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2024: [email protected]
Byzantine currency consisted of mainly two types of coins: the gold solidus and a variety of clearly valued bronze coins. By the end of the empire the currency was issued only in silver stavrata and minor copper coins with no gold issue. The empire established and operated several mints throughout its history. Aside from the main metropolitan mint in Constantinople a varying number of provincial mints were also established in other urban centres, such as Cyzicus and Nicomedea, especially during the sixth century AD. Most provincial mints except for Syracuse were closed or lost to invasions by the mid-seventh century.
The collection of over 100 Byzantine coins at a local museum in Turkey is one of the most comprehensive among the published catalogues of Byzantine coins in Turkish museums. The majority of these specimens were catalogued in this extensive article. Almost all of the objects are by acquisitions and many of the coins that exist in this collection have still remained unpublished. Some of the coins are rare whereas most of the coins are known through other numismatic catalogues.
Each catalogue entry includes authority, date, mint, metal, and denomination. In addition to high-resolution images and object metadata, each record includes a commentary and short-form bibliography (author, title, and page and/or catalogue number). We also provide a list of dealers and donours of each coins.
This catalogue is significant, as it provides some evidence for the history of the Byzantine monetary system in Anatolia in general, its denominations and imperial as well as religious representations.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Numismatics, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Ancient Roman Numismatics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Near East (Archaeology), Byzantine Numismatics, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Byzantine and Medieval Numismatics, Archeologia medievale, Byzantine coins, Numismatica, Medieval and Modern Numismatics, and Early Byzantine Archaeology
Söz konusu eser, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü’nün verdiği 6 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 37468434-155.03-E.1011559 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2024 at the same time with... more
Söz konusu eser, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü’nün verdiği 6 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 37468434-155.03-E.1011559 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır.
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A previously unpublished milestone was stored in the area of ancient Caria in 2019. This milestone, made from a reused column drum of local marble on which nine different texts of various periods – both in Greek and Latin – are carved, is especially interesting as it potentially contributes new historical and topographical evidence for Roman presence in Caria. So far very few milestones have been discovered in Caria in situ, and there is a small number in the five local museums of the Turkish province of Muğla. Between the mid- or late-fourth century BC and the fourth century AD or later, this drum had at least nine phases of use as a column-shaped votive monument, a border stone and a milestone.
Keywords: milestone, votive inscription, Caria, Asia Minor, Turkey, Late Classical period, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Late Roman period, Greek epigraphy, Latin epigraphy, Roman archaeology.
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A previously unpublished milestone was stored in the area of ancient Caria in 2019. This milestone, made from a reused column drum of local marble on which nine different texts of various periods – both in Greek and Latin – are carved, is especially interesting as it potentially contributes new historical and topographical evidence for Roman presence in Caria. So far very few milestones have been discovered in Caria in situ, and there is a small number in the five local museums of the Turkish province of Muğla. Between the mid- or late-fourth century BC and the fourth century AD or later, this drum had at least nine phases of use as a column-shaped votive monument, a border stone and a milestone.
Keywords: milestone, votive inscription, Caria, Asia Minor, Turkey, Late Classical period, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Late Roman period, Greek epigraphy, Latin epigraphy, Roman archaeology.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Greek Epigraphy, and 11 moreCarian, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Ancient Caria, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Asia Minor, and Epigrafia
Bu makalede konu edilen eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 2 Şubat 2005 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1. / 9-11321 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. The full form of this article... more
Bu makalede konu edilen eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 2 Şubat 2005 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1. / 9-11321 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır.
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This brief paper examines alabaster containers of the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods which were found in Cilicia and elsewhere in Asia Minor. In western Cilicia, i.e. Cilicia Trachea, they were encovered in Late Classical and Hellenistic necropoleis. The principal shapes of these alabaster containers were alabastra, amphorae, craters and pyxides. The aim of the paper is to compare alabaster containers found in Cilicia Trachea and Cyprus in respect to their shapes, chronology, find contexts and associated assemblages during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. At the end of the paper an appendix includes alabaster containers found in the Heraeum and the Pythagoreion on Samos in Greece.
Key words: Late Classical period, Hellenistic period, alabaster, containers, Rough Cilicia, Cyprus, southern Turkey, Asia Minor, Samos, Greece.
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This brief paper examines alabaster containers of the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods which were found in Cilicia and elsewhere in Asia Minor. In western Cilicia, i.e. Cilicia Trachea, they were encovered in Late Classical and Hellenistic necropoleis. The principal shapes of these alabaster containers were alabastra, amphorae, craters and pyxides. The aim of the paper is to compare alabaster containers found in Cilicia Trachea and Cyprus in respect to their shapes, chronology, find contexts and associated assemblages during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. At the end of the paper an appendix includes alabaster containers found in the Heraeum and the Pythagoreion on Samos in Greece.
Key words: Late Classical period, Hellenistic period, alabaster, containers, Rough Cilicia, Cyprus, southern Turkey, Asia Minor, Samos, Greece.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Near Eastern Studies, Levantine Archaeology, and 15 moreCypriot Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Cilicia, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Near Eastern Art, History of the Eastern Mediterranean, Greek Vases, Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, Funerary Practices, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Greek and Roman Archaeology, and Archaeology of Cyprus
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Bu makalede konu edilen objeler ilgili müzenin 2007 tarih ve 75845132-154.01-E.529808 numaralı yazılı izin ile çalışılmıştır.
In this brief paper an archaeological relation between Asia Minor and Egypt is reported which is attested
by some oil lamps from the second to the first century BC. The focus is a bronze lamp in
southeastern Turkey which orginates probably from Alexandria. Also some Egyptian-type clay lamps will be presented
in this paper which had a very wide diffusion in the Near East and in the area around the eastern Mediterranean and were
imitated in southeastern Anatolia.
Keywords: Egyptian bronze lamps, Egyptian-type clay lamps, Late Hellenistic period, southeastern Turkey.
Bu makalede konu edilen objeler ilgili müzenin 2007 tarih ve 75845132-154.01-E.529808 numaralı yazılı izin ile çalışılmıştır.
In this brief paper an archaeological relation between Asia Minor and Egypt is reported which is attested
by some oil lamps from the second to the first century BC. The focus is a bronze lamp in
southeastern Turkey which orginates probably from Alexandria. Also some Egyptian-type clay lamps will be presented
in this paper which had a very wide diffusion in the Near East and in the area around the eastern Mediterranean and were
imitated in southeastern Anatolia.
Keywords: Egyptian bronze lamps, Egyptian-type clay lamps, Late Hellenistic period, southeastern Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, Ancient Near East, Roman Pottery, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Egyptian ceramics, Ancient Near East (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Hellenistic Pottery, History of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire), Roman Lamps, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Pottery studies, Roman Bronzes, and Ancient Bronzes
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Bu makalede konu edilen objeler ilgili müzenin 2007 tarih ve 75845132-154.01-E.529808 numaralı yazılı izin ile çalışılmıştır.
This brief paper deals with five bronze oil lamps with crescent moon-shaped handle from Anatolia. Two from the Archaeological Museums of Istanbul are published by Atasoy and a further one, now in Malibu, was studied by Bussière and Lindros Wohl, while two others are unpublished. Compared to other regions of the Roman Empire, the number of this type of bronze lamps in Anatolia is not small as around 150 examples are so far known.
Keywords: Roman bronze lamps, crescent moon-shaped handle, Early Roman period, Anatolia.
Bu makalede konu edilen objeler ilgili müzenin 2007 tarih ve 75845132-154.01-E.529808 numaralı yazılı izin ile çalışılmıştır.
This brief paper deals with five bronze oil lamps with crescent moon-shaped handle from Anatolia. Two from the Archaeological Museums of Istanbul are published by Atasoy and a further one, now in Malibu, was studied by Bussière and Lindros Wohl, while two others are unpublished. Compared to other regions of the Roman Empire, the number of this type of bronze lamps in Anatolia is not small as around 150 examples are so far known.
Keywords: Roman bronze lamps, crescent moon-shaped handle, Early Roman period, Anatolia.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, Roman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Ancient Metal Technology, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Roman Lamps, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Roman Art, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Bronzes, Ancient Bronzes, and Roman Archaeology
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Bu makalede konu edilen objeler ilgili müzenin 2007 tarih ve 75845132-154.01-E.529808 numaralı yazılı izin ile çalışılmıştır.
In this paper 42 bronze and other finds of the Roman and Byzantine periods are presented that are being stored in a museum in northwestern Turkey. Chronologically the metal finds in this study consist of five major groups: Roman material, ‘The Gökbel Treasure’ – an Early Byzantine group of liturgical finds, rest of the Early Byzantine material, Middle Byzantine material and Late Byzantine-medieval material. Especially the Gökbel Treasure from the sixth/eighth century AD is important, as it is a unique group of liturgical metal works brought from a certain location in Paphlagonia. At the end of the article a Byzantine lead seal of the 10th/11th century AD is presented in an appendix.
Keywords: Vessels, implements, figurines, liturgical objects, lead seals, Roman period, Early Byzantine period, Middle Byzantine period, Late Byzantine period, medieval times, Paphlagonia, northwestern Anatolia, Turkey.
Bu makalede konu edilen objeler ilgili müzenin 2007 tarih ve 75845132-154.01-E.529808 numaralı yazılı izin ile çalışılmıştır.
In this paper 42 bronze and other finds of the Roman and Byzantine periods are presented that are being stored in a museum in northwestern Turkey. Chronologically the metal finds in this study consist of five major groups: Roman material, ‘The Gökbel Treasure’ – an Early Byzantine group of liturgical finds, rest of the Early Byzantine material, Middle Byzantine material and Late Byzantine-medieval material. Especially the Gökbel Treasure from the sixth/eighth century AD is important, as it is a unique group of liturgical metal works brought from a certain location in Paphlagonia. At the end of the article a Byzantine lead seal of the 10th/11th century AD is presented in an appendix.
Keywords: Vessels, implements, figurines, liturgical objects, lead seals, Roman period, Early Byzantine period, Middle Byzantine period, Late Byzantine period, medieval times, Paphlagonia, northwestern Anatolia, Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Metal Technology, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Roman Bronzes, Ancient Bronzes, Black Sea archaeology, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology, Architecture and History of Art, and Byzantine history and archaeology
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Bu makalede konu edilen objeler ilgili Genel Müdürlük'ün verdiği çeşitli yazılı izinler ile çalışılmıştır.
In this paper metal finds from Paphlagonia (northwestern central Turkey) will be presented. Most of the 345 metal finds are bronze and from the Early Byzantine period (sixth/seventh century AD). Two Roman bronze figurines were also discovered. The two main groups of metal finds are Early Byzantine metal implements and iron nails. It has not been possible to fully determine the function and date of ca. 50 objects from the Early Byzantine period. A total of 268 iron nails with four main shapes and various sizes have been documented.
In the appendix two lead seals will be presented in detail.
Keywords: Domestic implements, iron nails, Paphlagonia, northwestern central Turkey, Early Byzantine period, Roman period.
Bu makalede konu edilen objeler ilgili Genel Müdürlük'ün verdiği çeşitli yazılı izinler ile çalışılmıştır.
In this paper metal finds from Paphlagonia (northwestern central Turkey) will be presented. Most of the 345 metal finds are bronze and from the Early Byzantine period (sixth/seventh century AD). Two Roman bronze figurines were also discovered. The two main groups of metal finds are Early Byzantine metal implements and iron nails. It has not been possible to fully determine the function and date of ca. 50 objects from the Early Byzantine period. A total of 268 iron nails with four main shapes and various sizes have been documented.
In the appendix two lead seals will be presented in detail.
Keywords: Domestic implements, iron nails, Paphlagonia, northwestern central Turkey, Early Byzantine period, Roman period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Metal Technology, Ancient Metallurgy, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Ancient Bronzes, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
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Bu makalede konu edilen objeler ilgili müzenin verdiği 13 Nisan 2010 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.0.13.04.00-155.01.(TA10.B81)-77614 numaralı yazılı izin ile çalışılmıştır.
In this paper two Greek inscriptions from southern Aeolis (in Turkey) are presented in detail which belonged to Jewish inhabitants of this region. It is argued that the first inscription recording the purchase of probably a heroon with sarcophagi by a Jewish “citizen of Cyme” (a Kymaios) from another citizen of Cyme, can be effectively used in the discussion on the civic allegiance of Tation, a woman bestowed with honours by a Jewish community for a generous donation (IJO II 36). Based on an imprecise description of the findspot, Tation and the Jews honouring her have been often associated with the city of Phocaea, and their possible links to Cyme, although sometimes mentioned, never received proper attention. A closer examination of the description of the findspot of IJO II 36 and the new evidence for the lively activity of Jews describing themselves as citizens of Cyme, make it, however, much more likely that the beneficiaries of Tation’s donation were the Jews of Cyme, and that she herself resided there.
Furthermore, the actual findspot of this inscription from southern Aeolis is discussed. This, in turn, has implications for the localisation of the site of the chorion of Kallipatrai which is mentioned in the inscription. Also some further remarks on the presumed date of the text are offered.
At the end of the paper some further Jewish and Christian epigraphic and iconographic symbols from western Asia Minor are presented in an appendix.
Key words: Jews, Jewish communities, Jewish diaspora, fourth century A.D., Roman period, Late Roman period, Tation, Kallipatrai, Aeolis, Izmir, Phrygia, Ödemiş, western Anatolia, tombstones, sarcophagus, heroon, myriads of denarii, synagogue, menorah.
Bu makalede konu edilen objeler ilgili müzenin verdiği 13 Nisan 2010 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.0.13.04.00-155.01.(TA10.B81)-77614 numaralı yazılı izin ile çalışılmıştır.
In this paper two Greek inscriptions from southern Aeolis (in Turkey) are presented in detail which belonged to Jewish inhabitants of this region. It is argued that the first inscription recording the purchase of probably a heroon with sarcophagi by a Jewish “citizen of Cyme” (a Kymaios) from another citizen of Cyme, can be effectively used in the discussion on the civic allegiance of Tation, a woman bestowed with honours by a Jewish community for a generous donation (IJO II 36). Based on an imprecise description of the findspot, Tation and the Jews honouring her have been often associated with the city of Phocaea, and their possible links to Cyme, although sometimes mentioned, never received proper attention. A closer examination of the description of the findspot of IJO II 36 and the new evidence for the lively activity of Jews describing themselves as citizens of Cyme, make it, however, much more likely that the beneficiaries of Tation’s donation were the Jews of Cyme, and that she herself resided there.
Furthermore, the actual findspot of this inscription from southern Aeolis is discussed. This, in turn, has implications for the localisation of the site of the chorion of Kallipatrai which is mentioned in the inscription. Also some further remarks on the presumed date of the text are offered.
At the end of the paper some further Jewish and Christian epigraphic and iconographic symbols from western Asia Minor are presented in an appendix.
Key words: Jews, Jewish communities, Jewish diaspora, fourth century A.D., Roman period, Late Roman period, Tation, Kallipatrai, Aeolis, Izmir, Phrygia, Ödemiş, western Anatolia, tombstones, sarcophagus, heroon, myriads of denarii, synagogue, menorah.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Jewish History, Greek Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Late Roman Archaeology, Judaism, Jewish Cultural Studies, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Later Roman Empire, Roman Archaeology, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
Bu eser Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 15/13/2018 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) (55566042–155/149) sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır. This short paper will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2021, as it can be filed on... more
Bu eser Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 15/13/2018 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) (55566042–155/149) sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.
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In this brief note a new milestone from western Turkey is presented that coincides with a period in which the marble quarries in western Asia Minor were used in the imperial buildings in Rome.
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In this brief note a new milestone from western Turkey is presented that coincides with a period in which the marble quarries in western Asia Minor were used in the imperial buildings in Rome.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Roman Marble trade and distribution, Phrygian, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, Epigraphy, Roman Marble Quarries, and Roman Archaeology
Bu yazıt Amasya Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 20/02/2018 tarih ve 5619136-302.08.01-15463 numaralı izni ile yayımlanmıştır. In this brief contribution, an unpublished funerary stela with a Latin inscription from the museum of Amasya in Pontus... more
Bu yazıt Amasya Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 20/02/2018 tarih ve 5619136-302.08.01-15463 numaralı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.
In this brief contribution, an unpublished funerary stela with a Latin inscription from the museum of Amasya in Pontus (north-eastern Turkey) is analyzed. The monument supplements a small group of gravestones documenting the presence of Roman soldiers of the Legio V Macedonica in Amasya in the 2nd century AD.
In this brief contribution, an unpublished funerary stela with a Latin inscription from the museum of Amasya in Pontus (north-eastern Turkey) is analyzed. The monument supplements a small group of gravestones documenting the presence of Roman soldiers of the Legio V Macedonica in Amasya in the 2nd century AD.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Roman History, Anatolian Studies, Epigraphy (Archaeology), and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Latin Epigraphy, Roman military archaeology, Roman Army, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Epigrafia, and Roman Archaeology
Bu iki yazıt Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 15/03/2017 tarih ve 55566042–155/149 numaralı izni ile yayımlanmıştır. The present offprint is an abridged version of our article, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to the... more
Bu iki yazıt Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 15/03/2017 tarih ve 55566042–155/149 numaralı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.
The present offprint is an abridged version of our article, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to the author for its full version: [email protected]
In this brief contribution two previously unpublished grave steles from Pontus are analysed, the first one of which is bilingual, i.e. Latin and Greek, and the other one is in Greek. The first bilingual text is very interesting that the content of each version is culturally quite distinct, surely aimed at the different audiences of the Latin and Greek texts in the bilingual and multicultural environment. Through these two new examples from northeastern Turkey it is possible to gain new insights about the Roman eastern Pontus.
The present offprint is an abridged version of our article, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to the author for its full version: [email protected]
In this brief contribution two previously unpublished grave steles from Pontus are analysed, the first one of which is bilingual, i.e. Latin and Greek, and the other one is in Greek. The first bilingual text is very interesting that the content of each version is culturally quite distinct, surely aimed at the different audiences of the Latin and Greek texts in the bilingual and multicultural environment. Through these two new examples from northeastern Turkey it is possible to gain new insights about the Roman eastern Pontus.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Funerary Archaeology, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Greek and Latin Epigram, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Epigrafia, and Roman Archaeology
The aim of this brief paper in German language is to present the current archaeological knowledge of glass research in Late Roman/Early Byzantine Asia Minor between the fourth and eighth centuries A.D. Numerous glass finds from the recent... more
The aim of this brief paper in German language is to present the current archaeological knowledge of glass research in Late Roman/Early Byzantine Asia Minor between the fourth and eighth centuries A.D. Numerous glass finds from the recent excavations in Asia Minor and their few publications until the year of 2010 offer some possibilities in the regards of their study and comparanda. Also they are important in terms of their placement in ancient glass publications of Western European and North American collections. Formerly no study has been done for the major methodological problems of glass research neither for excavated finds, nor for museum pieces. This article is therefore focused on formerly published finds and collections, and has the intention to discuss four important questions that are associated to each other: Production, trade and distribution, function and chronology of the Early Byzantine glass of Asia Minor. The considered glass groups hereby are as follows: vessels, lamps, slags, glas-tesserae and other sorts (weights, rings, schumucks etc.). There are so far very few Anatolian excavations with Early Byzantine glass finds and other stratified finds (pottery, small finds, coins etc.) that are offering a more precise date to glass research. These are Sardis, Anemurium, Sagalassus, Saraçhane, Amorium, and Elaiussa Sebaste, results of which are discussed here briefly.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreEarly Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Glass (Archaeology), Medieval Art, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Medieval Glasses (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Glass, Roman Glass, Byzantine art, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
In this paper an account was given to the presentation of archaeological data associated with Mithridatic presence in northern Anatolia during the first century B.C. Considered media will be architectural finds, ceramic and sculptural... more
In this paper an account was given to the presentation of archaeological data associated with Mithridatic presence in northern Anatolia during the first century B.C. Considered media will be architectural finds, ceramic and sculptural evidences, numismatic datas and the rest of archaeological finds in Middle and Late Hellenistic northern Asia Minor. Most important find spots will be Pontic and Paphlagonian poleis, such as Amisus, Sinope, Amasea, Amastris, Heraclea Pontica and Trapezus.
This article is also published in this title: S. Patacı and E. Laflı, Archaeology in the southern Black Sea area during the Mithridatic era, in: E. Laflı and S. Patacı (eds.), Recent studies on the archaeology of Anatolia, British Archaeological Reports, International Series 2750 (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2015), 313-325.
This article is also published in this title: S. Patacı and E. Laflı, Archaeology in the southern Black Sea area during the Mithridatic era, in: E. Laflı and S. Patacı (eds.), Recent studies on the archaeology of Anatolia, British Archaeological Reports, International Series 2750 (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2015), 313-325.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreNumismatics, Greek Archaeology, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Ancient Greek History, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Black Sea region, Ancient Greek Numismatics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Black Sea Studies, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, and Classics and Ancient History
This is a report in Turkish language about an archaeological field survey done in Ardahan in northeastern Turkey in 2013 by a team, mainly consisted of academics from the University of Ardahan. The fieldwork campaign of 2015 of this... more
This is a report in Turkish language about an archaeological field survey done in Ardahan in northeastern Turkey in 2013 by a team, mainly consisted of academics from the University of Ardahan. The fieldwork campaign of 2015 of this survey was carried out in the central district of Ardahan and its neighbourhood, as in the preceedings seasons of 2013 and 2014. The fieldwork area included Kartalpınar, Yaylacık, Kocaköy, Alagöz, Çamlıçatak and Ölçek villages and their neighbourhood. Surveyed archaeological sites were high plateu site of Tekdoruk in Kartalpı-nar, höyük site of Kartalpınar, watchtower of Kocaköy and two archaeological sites in Alagöz and Çamlıçatak villages. A second millennium B.C. site and cemetery in Kartalpınar, that were discovered last year, were also examined. The fieldwork in Ardahan offers us indications of seminomadic/no-madic animal hoarders. The number of archaeological sites examined in lower plains is lower than the highland ones. Some common features of these sites can be assessed. They are located in high grounds between the altitudes of 2000-2500 m. and placed on top of hill peaks which are terraced. All of these high plateau sites have boundary walls except the one in Alagöz. Two of these fortified high plateau sites have a large portion of Early Transcaucasian pottery samples, but not enough small finds were found in other sites to date them more precisely.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreCaucasus, Survey (Archaeological Method & Theory), Bronze Age Archaeology, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Archaeology of Caucasus, Bronze Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Bronze And Iron Age In Mediterrarranean (Archaeology), Protohistory, Caucasian Studies, Archaeological survey, Archaeological field survey, Bronze Age, South Caucasus, and Late Bronze Age
Bu makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlükleri tarafından çeşitli tarihlerde ve sayılarda verilen yazılı izinler sayesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January... more
Bu makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlükleri tarafından çeşitli tarihlerde ve sayılarda verilen yazılı izinler sayesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir.
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This paper presents the results of the preliminary analysis of ceramic traditions in Cilicia (southern Turkey) from the Geometric to the Byzantine periods, i.e. a long time span stretching from the eighth century B.C. to the tenth–11th century A.D. The present paper is divided into several chronological and typological groups of ceramics from Cilicia, such as pottery traditions from the Geometric to the Orientalizing period, Eastern Greek pottery, Red-figure pottery, Black gloss pottery, Late Classical pottery in Cilicia, Hellenistic pottery in Cilicia: the Hadra vases, rhyta, askoi, gutti, other forms of the Hellenistic period in Cilicia, lagynoi, jugs with single handle, an Hellenistic brazier in the Archaeological Museum of Hatay, Megarian bowls, ceramics of the Roman period in Cilicia, the glazed pottery from Tarsus, Eastern sigillata, the locally produced and imported fineware in the Early and Middle Roman periods, Byzantine containers from burials: the Eşeköreni group, pitchers, Type I, Type II, Type III, other types of the Eşeköreni group, the decoration, the Arab conquest, pottery from the eighth–tenth century A.D., Buff ware, Brittle ware and pottery from the age of the Crusades.
Keywords: Ceramic, pottery, Geometric period, Archaic period, Classical period, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Late Antique period, Byzantine period, the Age of the Crusades, Cilicia, southern Turkey, eastern Mediterranean.
To quote this article: E. Laflı/M. Buora, A preliminary report on the Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Medieval pottery traditions in Cilicia (southern Turkey), in: E. Kotsou (ed.), Ι΄ Διεθνής Επιστημονική Συνάντηση για την Ελληνιστική Κεραμική, Θεσσαλονίκη , 10-14 Μαρτίου 2020 / 10th international scientific meeting on Hellenistic pottery, Thessaloniki, 10-14 March 2020, Πρακτικά / Proceedings, Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού / Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports; Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Athens: Οργανισμός Διαχείρισης και Ανάπτυξης Πολιτιστικών Πόρων Διεύθυνση Εκδόσεων και Ψηφιακών Εφαρμογών, 2023) 719-760.
ISΒN 978-960-386-571-1.
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This paper presents the results of the preliminary analysis of ceramic traditions in Cilicia (southern Turkey) from the Geometric to the Byzantine periods, i.e. a long time span stretching from the eighth century B.C. to the tenth–11th century A.D. The present paper is divided into several chronological and typological groups of ceramics from Cilicia, such as pottery traditions from the Geometric to the Orientalizing period, Eastern Greek pottery, Red-figure pottery, Black gloss pottery, Late Classical pottery in Cilicia, Hellenistic pottery in Cilicia: the Hadra vases, rhyta, askoi, gutti, other forms of the Hellenistic period in Cilicia, lagynoi, jugs with single handle, an Hellenistic brazier in the Archaeological Museum of Hatay, Megarian bowls, ceramics of the Roman period in Cilicia, the glazed pottery from Tarsus, Eastern sigillata, the locally produced and imported fineware in the Early and Middle Roman periods, Byzantine containers from burials: the Eşeköreni group, pitchers, Type I, Type II, Type III, other types of the Eşeköreni group, the decoration, the Arab conquest, pottery from the eighth–tenth century A.D., Buff ware, Brittle ware and pottery from the age of the Crusades.
Keywords: Ceramic, pottery, Geometric period, Archaic period, Classical period, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Late Antique period, Byzantine period, the Age of the Crusades, Cilicia, southern Turkey, eastern Mediterranean.
To quote this article: E. Laflı/M. Buora, A preliminary report on the Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Medieval pottery traditions in Cilicia (southern Turkey), in: E. Kotsou (ed.), Ι΄ Διεθνής Επιστημονική Συνάντηση για την Ελληνιστική Κεραμική, Θεσσαλονίκη , 10-14 Μαρτίου 2020 / 10th international scientific meeting on Hellenistic pottery, Thessaloniki, 10-14 March 2020, Πρακτικά / Proceedings, Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού / Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports; Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Athens: Οργανισμός Διαχείρισης και Ανάπτυξης Πολιτιστικών Πόρων Διεύθυνση Εκδόσεων και Ψηφιακών Εφαρμογών, 2023) 719-760.
ISΒN 978-960-386-571-1.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Pottery, and 15 moreRoman Pottery, Cilicia, Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Islamic pottery, Post medieval pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Ancient Greek Pottery, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Ancient Pottery Analysis, Pottery studies, archaic Greek Pottery, and Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Söz konusu altı adet eser Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. The full form of this article... more
Söz konusu altı adet eser Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır.
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In this contribution six funerary steles of the Roman period, stored in southern Turkey, will be presented. The steles cat. nos. 1-3c are from Antioch-on-the-Orontes, no. 4 from Zeugma and nos. 5-6 should either be from Lycaonia or from Pisidia. These steles are dated between the first century and the end of the third century A.D. They are treated here for the first time both art historically and epigraphically.
Keywords: Funerary steles, Antioch-on-the-Orontes, Zeugma, Lycaonia, Pisidia, southern Anatolia, Turkey, Roman period, archaeology, epigraphy.
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In this contribution six funerary steles of the Roman period, stored in southern Turkey, will be presented. The steles cat. nos. 1-3c are from Antioch-on-the-Orontes, no. 4 from Zeugma and nos. 5-6 should either be from Lycaonia or from Pisidia. These steles are dated between the first century and the end of the third century A.D. They are treated here for the first time both art historically and epigraphically.
Keywords: Funerary steles, Antioch-on-the-Orontes, Zeugma, Lycaonia, Pisidia, southern Anatolia, Turkey, Roman period, archaeology, epigraphy.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Roman Religion, Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Cilicia, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Roman Sculpture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Funerary Art, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
In this brief article in Turkish language a minor Orthodox church of the 19th century in Alemdağ in Çekmeköy on the Asiatic side of Istanbul was presented. This church was built around A.D. 1835 and converted into a mosque in 1918. It is... more
In this brief article in Turkish language a minor Orthodox church of the 19th century in Alemdağ in Çekmeköy on the Asiatic side of Istanbul was presented. This church was built around A.D. 1835 and converted into a mosque in 1918. It is one of the most significant religious architectural unit of Çekmeköy.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Ottoman History, Architecture, Armenian Studies, Anatolian Studies, and 49 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Architectural History, Medieval Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, Byzantine Studies, Ottoman Empire, Byzantine History, Armenian History, Armenian Culture, Armenian Apostolic Church, Byzantine Archaeology, Church History, Ottoman Balkans, Late Ottoman Period, History of Ottoman Art and Architecture, Religious architecture, 19th Century (History), Religious History, Ottoman art and architecture, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Orthodox Christianity, Church, History of architecture, Religious Studies, Church architecture, Mosque Architecture, History of Istanbul, Armenian Church Architecture, Ottoman-Armenian History and Material Culture, Spolia, Religious art and architecture, Asia Minor, Twentieth Century Art and Architectural history, Medieval Architecture, Churches, Ottoman Armenians, Byzantine art, Istanbul, Mosques, Eastern Orthodoxy, Medieval church architecture, Theology and Religious Studies, Byzantine history and archaeology, Ottoman İstanbul, Urban Studies: Constantinople/Istanbul, Byzantine Church Architecture, Russian Orthodox Church Architecture, and Orthodox Christian Church Architecture
In this brief article decoration of the Aegean ware and fine graffito ware in western Asia Minor was discussed. Most of the examples of these middle Byzantine vessels are kept in the Museums of Izmir and Aydın in western Turkey. Based on... more
In this brief article decoration of the Aegean ware and fine graffito ware in western Asia Minor was discussed. Most of the examples of these middle Byzantine vessels are kept in the Museums of Izmir and Aydın in western Turkey. Based on these examples a date of late 12th to the early decades of the 13th century A.D. has been suggested for these wares. This article was published both in Serbia and Turkey.
Research Interests: Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Medieval Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine Studies, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval Pottery, Medieval ceramics (Archaeology), Ceramics (Archaeology), Aegean Archaeology, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Medieval trade, Byzantine Pottery, Ceramica Medievale, Pottery studies, and Byzantine history and archaeology
This paper, the first group of excavated artefacts published from the Agora of Smyrna, deals with the glass from the excavations of 1997 and 2002-2003. These finds belong to the third to seventh centuries A.D., but mostly from the... more
This paper, the first group of excavated artefacts published from the Agora of Smyrna, deals with the glass from the excavations of 1997 and 2002-2003. These finds belong to the third to seventh centuries A.D., but mostly from the beginning of the fifth to the mid-seventh centuries. They were dated through stratigraphic and numismatic evidence. In this paper a typology of nineteen glass forms is presented; 112 specimens are illustrated and described. After the publication of the Late Roman/Early Byzantine glass vessels from Sardis, Saraçhane, Sagalassus, Elaiussa-Sebaste and Ephesus in Asia Minor, the Agora of Smyrna seems to be a key site in terms of both vessel typology and new dating.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Byzantine Archaeology, Glass (Archaeology), Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Medieval Glasses (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Glass, Roman Glass, Ionia, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
The aim of this brief article is to present a new archaeological find from the year of 2010, a small scaled, unexpectedly unearthed marble relief, showing three nymphs in a niche. The relief was found near a village called Fevziye in... more
The aim of this brief article is to present a new archaeological find from the year of 2010, a small scaled, unexpectedly unearthed marble relief, showing three nymphs in a niche. The relief was found near a village called Fevziye in Kulu, in the district of Konya, in Roman Galatia. From the early 2nd century A.D. reliefs and statues of nymphs, holding a shell-shaped water basin in front of them became popular in Asia Minor as well as elsewhere in the Imperium Romanum. In this paper further examples of nymph reliefs are discussed and a date for the relief niche
from Kulu is suggested.
from Kulu is suggested.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, and 15 moreAncient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Greek Sculpture, Galatians, Roman Sculpture, Asia Minor, Roman Art, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Funerary Art, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
Bu eser Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 15/03/2018 tarih ve 62901608-155.01/E. 228521 numaralı izni ile yayımlanmıştır. In a Turkish museum there is a disk-shaped bronze mirror decorated with a relief scene, whose protagonist is the goddess... more
Bu eser Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 15/03/2018 tarih ve 62901608-155.01/E. 228521 numaralı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.
In a Turkish museum there is a disk-shaped bronze mirror decorated with a relief scene, whose protagonist is the goddess Aphrodite. The scene shows Aphrodite seated left of centre on a rock. She is accompanied by two figures, a female who stands on a pedestal in front of her and her young son, Eros, who is behind her. This formerly unpublished object was found in Bithynia and has been dated to the fourth century B.C. This brief paper gives a detailed presentation of the mirror relief scene, focus on its art historical contextualization and argue a first century B.C. date for this object.
In a Turkish museum there is a disk-shaped bronze mirror decorated with a relief scene, whose protagonist is the goddess Aphrodite. The scene shows Aphrodite seated left of centre on a rock. She is accompanied by two figures, a female who stands on a pedestal in front of her and her young son, Eros, who is behind her. This formerly unpublished object was found in Bithynia and has been dated to the fourth century B.C. This brief paper gives a detailed presentation of the mirror relief scene, focus on its art historical contextualization and argue a first century B.C. date for this object.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Iconography, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Ancient Greek Iconography, Greek religion (Classics), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek mythology, Aphrodite, Bithynia, Ancient Greek Mythology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Roman Bronzes, and Roman Funerary Art
This is a brief article written in German language. The statue of a sitting poet, excavated in 1952 in western Anatolia, was completed with its head first in 2004 which is not known in archaeological literature yet. The sculpture turns... more
This is a brief article written in German language. The statue of a sitting poet, excavated in 1952 in western Anatolia, was completed with its head first in 2004 which is not known in archaeological literature yet. The sculpture turns out, because of its nearly centrifugal composition, to have been created early in the second century B.C. Portraits of similar style and expression exist. Its find context near the temple of Apollo is worth to study, because most of the statues of philosophers and learned men have been found in Roman villas. Parallels to this statue from Turkey are also known from some Greek sanctuaries and in this short paper meaning of finding such statues in sanctuaries is discussed.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Homer, Iconography, Anatolian Studies, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Greek Lyric Poetry, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Greek Myth, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ionia, Greek Sculpture, Ancient Greek Literature, Asia Minor, Classical Greece, Homeric studies, and Greek and Roman Sculpture
This paper aims to give an overview of the 273 fragments of Roman fineware recovered during archaeological fieldwork at Paphlagonian Hadrianopolis in north-central Turkey between 2005 and 2008. So far the study of Hellenistic-Roman... more
This paper aims to give an overview of the 273 fragments of Roman fineware recovered during archaeological fieldwork at Paphlagonian Hadrianopolis in north-central Turkey between 2005 and 2008. So far the study of Hellenistic-Roman ceramics at Hadrianopolis seems to indicate the existence of a local industry that produced fineware between the first cent. B.C. and the seventh cent. A.D., imitating well-known types produced at other manufacturing centres in Asia Minor and the Black Sea region. The finds examined in this article are from more than 10 different areas at Hadrianopolis, excavated in 2006-2008. First the typology, fabrics, and chronology of identified wares are discussed. Two major find groups are terra sigillata and red-slip wares, almost all of which are of local origin. Our most important contribution to the archaeology of Paphlagonia will be the clarification of the Early Roman ceramic traditions in southwestern Paphlagonia, since our knowledge on Roman Paphlagonia is very limited and terra sigillata from Hadrianopolis seems to be the only material that will lead to a comprehension of the role of the region in the Roman period. Although the study of the ceramics has far-reaching implications in socio-economic and cultural terms, this paper will focus only on the ceramics as main data and will exclude historic sources on Roman Paphlagonia.
This paper has almost the same content as the following paper: E. Laflı/G. Kan Şahin, Terra sigillata and red-slipped ware from Hadrianopolis in southwestern Paphlagonia, Anatolica Antiqua 20, 2012, 45-120.
This paper has almost the same content as the following paper: E. Laflı/G. Kan Şahin, Terra sigillata and red-slipped ware from Hadrianopolis in southwestern Paphlagonia, Anatolica Antiqua 20, 2012, 45-120.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval Pottery, Medieval ceramics (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Terra Sigillata, Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
In this preliminary report Iron Age and Hellenistic ceramic finds from north central Turkey are presented in detail, which were collected between the years 2005 and 2008. In this study some main pottery groups were constituted, based on... more
In this preliminary report Iron Age and Hellenistic ceramic finds from north central Turkey are presented in detail, which were collected between the years 2005 and 2008. In this study some main pottery groups were constituted, based on their chronology, function and fabric. The report includes a detailed description of each find deposits, typologies and fabrics of wares and a comprehensive catalogue with drawings as well as photos of some sherds. It is, thus, the first extensive Iron Age and Hellenistic pottery report of the Turkish Black Sea area, offering a continual picture of all the wares and chronologies available.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Hellenistic History, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Iron Age, Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Ceramics, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, and Pottery studies
In this brief paper in German language some Early Byzantine frescoes found in Hadrianoupolis in southwestern Paphlagonia (north central Turkey) were presented. These frescoes are from a domus (villa), dated to the first half of the sixth... more
In this brief paper in German language some Early Byzantine frescoes found in Hadrianoupolis in southwestern Paphlagonia (north central Turkey) were presented. These frescoes are from a domus (villa), dated to the first half of the sixth cent. A.D. Their geometric designs as well as limited repertory of colours reflect a rural character and a local workmanship. Beside these domestic finds plaster from the Baths A in Hadrianoupolis and a late antique frescoe found in 2010 in the Theater of Tieion, a coastal city of Paphlagonia, was also mentioned. A local school of frescoes in late antique-early Byzantine Paphlagonia can be assumed. The evidence of the wall paintings in the early Byzantine domus in Hadrianopolis shows that during the sixth-seventh cent. A.D. frescoes still take an important part in the decoration of rooms as mosaics do.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreEarly Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Black Sea Region Archaeology, Fresco, Byzantine art, Mural painting, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
In this preliminary paper in Turkish metal finds from Hadrianoupolis, a site in southwestern Paphlagonia, modern Eskipazar in the Province Karabük (north-central Turkey) are presented. Most of the materials are bronze and from the Early... more
In this preliminary paper in Turkish metal finds from Hadrianoupolis, a site in southwestern Paphlagonia, modern Eskipazar in the Province Karabük (north-central Turkey) are presented. Most of the materials are bronze and from the Early Byzantine period (6th-7th cent. A.D.). Iron nails with different shapes and sizes have been excavated from Hadrianoupolis in southwestern Paphlagonia located 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük. This study examined the possible microstructural formations of iron based nails produced during Roman Period. Some chemical compositions of eight such nails reflecting different microstructures are measured. It was determined that they were made of low carbon iron generally containing a number of non-metallic inclusions, with hints of surface carburization and widmanstatten structures. These results reveal that the nails are produced by an iron technology based primarily on the bloomery technique completed by smith process based on hammering. Various microstructures are observed according to the production processes of the nail.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Medieval History, Anatolian Archaeology, and 28 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Archaeometry, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Roman Empire, Archaeometallurgy, Late Roman Archaeology, Black Sea region, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Black Sea Studies, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Instrumentum domesticum, Archaeometallurgy, Mineralogy, Archaeometry, Byzantine art, Bithynia(Mariandiny section) and Paphlagonia/ Between Heraclea Pontica and Amastris, Paphlagonia, Epigraphy on Instrumentum Domesticum, Instrumentum Inscriptum, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Early Byzantine material culture, Byzantine history and archaeology, Instrumentum, and Instrumentum Domesticum Inscriptum
A book dedicated to the mostly unpublished epigraphic material documented during the 2005 and 2008 archaeological field surveys and excavations at Hadrianopolis in Eskipazar, in the province of Karabük, in northwestern central Anatolia,... more
A book dedicated to the mostly unpublished epigraphic material documented during the 2005 and 2008 archaeological field surveys and excavations at Hadrianopolis in Eskipazar, in the province of Karabük, in northwestern central Anatolia, undertaken by Ergün Laflı and his team from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir has been published by the present authors in the series of British Archaeological Rerports (no. 2366) in Oxford in 2012. In this paper 43 of these inscriptions from this book are reexamined and new transcriptions as well as translations of them are done. These inscriptions are carved in stone or on small finds, but some are found on mosaic floors. The majority date from the second to the fourth cent. A.D., while some are as late as the first half of the sixth cent. A.D. They are funerary, honorific, or dedicatory inscriptions. Most of the funerary inscriptions were composed as epigrams and usually were carved on funerary columns of light, local limestone, the most popular and frequent grave accessory in Hadrianopolis and its chora. From the onomastic point of view the personal names contained in these inscriptions are rarely local, as Greek and Roman names seem to be more popular. Some mosaic incriptions are useful in the identification of imagery. Since the archaeological material culture differs between the city core of Hadrianopolis and its chora, the inscriptions from these respective areas are examined in a separate manner.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, and Roman Archaeology
Hadrianoupolis is on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian Plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea. This site is located 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük, in Roman southwestern... more
Hadrianoupolis is on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian Plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea. This site is located 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük, in Roman southwestern Paphlagonia. It was a small but important site, controlling this major route and dominating a rich agricultural, especially vinicultural, enclave.
In 2003 the local Archaeological Museum of Ereğli began a small-scale salvage excavation of the newly discovered main church of Hadrianoupolis, known as "Early Byzantine Church B", situated in the centre of the ancient city. Only the floor and foundation levels are preserved. The church was erected probably around the early 6th century A.D. and may have still been in use as late as the 7th century. The most important discoveries at Church B were undoubtedly the floor mosaics, which show personifications of four Biblical rivers: Euphrates, Tigris, Phison and Geon.
In 2006 archaeological excavations were begun in Hadrianoupolis in southwestern Paphlagonia by a team from the Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir. As a result of our 2005 surveys of the area, it has been confirmed that Hadrianoupolis was indeed coincident with modern Eskipazar, with finds dating from the 1st century B.C. to the 8th century A.D. It also was determined that the core of the ancient city extended as far as the modern village of Budaklar and its surrounding districts of Hacı Ahmetler, Çaylı and Eleler, along the Eskipazar-Mengen highway for 8 km east-west and 3 km north-south. The chora of Hadrianoupolis is much more extensive in size.
The field surveys in 2005 identified the remains of at least twentyfour buildings at the site. Among them are two bath buildings of the Late Roman period, two Early Byzantine churches, a fortified structure of the Byzantine period, a possible theatre, a vaulted building, a domed building and some domestic buildings with mosaic floors. In 2006 trenches were opened to investigate two of the best preserved of these buildings: Bath Building A and Early Byzantine Church A. In 2007 “Bath A”, “Bath B”, an Early Byzantine villa, an absidial Early Byzantine building, as well as two Roman monumental rock-cut graves, were excavated. 2008 was a restoration and conservation season.
In general, the 2003-2008 field campaigns have established that Hadrianoupolis was a fortified regional centre during the Late Roman and Early Byzantine periods (5th-7th centuries), when it can easily be defined as a “polis” with civic buildings and a fairly large urban population, as well as an extensive agrarian rural population.
In 2003 the local Archaeological Museum of Ereğli began a small-scale salvage excavation of the newly discovered main church of Hadrianoupolis, known as "Early Byzantine Church B", situated in the centre of the ancient city. Only the floor and foundation levels are preserved. The church was erected probably around the early 6th century A.D. and may have still been in use as late as the 7th century. The most important discoveries at Church B were undoubtedly the floor mosaics, which show personifications of four Biblical rivers: Euphrates, Tigris, Phison and Geon.
In 2006 archaeological excavations were begun in Hadrianoupolis in southwestern Paphlagonia by a team from the Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir. As a result of our 2005 surveys of the area, it has been confirmed that Hadrianoupolis was indeed coincident with modern Eskipazar, with finds dating from the 1st century B.C. to the 8th century A.D. It also was determined that the core of the ancient city extended as far as the modern village of Budaklar and its surrounding districts of Hacı Ahmetler, Çaylı and Eleler, along the Eskipazar-Mengen highway for 8 km east-west and 3 km north-south. The chora of Hadrianoupolis is much more extensive in size.
The field surveys in 2005 identified the remains of at least twentyfour buildings at the site. Among them are two bath buildings of the Late Roman period, two Early Byzantine churches, a fortified structure of the Byzantine period, a possible theatre, a vaulted building, a domed building and some domestic buildings with mosaic floors. In 2006 trenches were opened to investigate two of the best preserved of these buildings: Bath Building A and Early Byzantine Church A. In 2007 “Bath A”, “Bath B”, an Early Byzantine villa, an absidial Early Byzantine building, as well as two Roman monumental rock-cut graves, were excavated. 2008 was a restoration and conservation season.
In general, the 2003-2008 field campaigns have established that Hadrianoupolis was a fortified regional centre during the Late Roman and Early Byzantine periods (5th-7th centuries), when it can easily be defined as a “polis” with civic buildings and a fairly large urban population, as well as an extensive agrarian rural population.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Art History, and 33 moreLate Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Byzantine Studies, Turkey, Byzantine History, History of Art, Byzantine Archaeology, Archaeological Fieldwork, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Black Sea region, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Black Sea Studies, Ancient Anatolia, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Epigraphy, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Byzantine Mosaics, Asia Minor, Byzantine art, Bithynia(Mariandiny section) and Paphlagonia/ Between Heraclea Pontica and Amastris, Paphlagonia, Kingdom of Pontus, Pontus Euxinus, Pontus, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül... more
Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir carried out archaeological field surveys and excavations in the southwestern part of Paphlagonia, especially on the site called "Hadrianoupolis" that situates on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian Plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea. This site is located 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük, in Roman Paphlagonia. Hadrianoupolis and its extensive chora situates between the mountainous areas of the western coastal Black Sea region and fertile Central Anatolian plateau. Numerous Roman and Early Byzantine roads and routes were connected this region with other parts of Asia Minor and Hadrianoupolis was not difficult to be reached. During the Roman and Early Byzantine period the area had an agriculture-based economy and an extensive land use, especially viticulture. Sherds of ribbed storage jars are indeed found at several of the surveyed sites in the region that are clearly connected with the agricultural activities, especially local viticulture . The number of storage vessel finds, especially pithoi, is remarkable at the churches, especially at the Church A; this should be due to the possible viticultural activities in the surroundings of both churches. Perhaps ecclesiastical structures in southwestern Paphlagonia had their own viticultural production during the Early Byzantine period. The hilly areas of Kimistene around the Roman temple should have offered good conditions for viticulture in this landscape. In this paper whole evidences in the relation to ancient viticulture in the area are presented.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Cultural History, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, and 62 moreClassics, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Cultural Historical Geography, Late Roman Empire, Ancient Greek History, Late Roman Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Black Sea region, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Trade, Mediterranean archaeology, Black Sea Studies, Viticulture, Amphorae, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Bithynia, Galatians, Black Sea, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Pontic Kingdom, Mithradates, Ancient Greek Colonies of the Northern Black Sea Shore, Viticulture & Enology, Wine and Olive Oil Production, Wine and Olive Oil Production, Late Roman Amphorae, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Bithynia(Mariandiny section) and Paphlagonia/ Between Heraclea Pontica and Amastris, Paphlagonia, Ancient Asia Minor - Anatolia, Viniculture, Mediterranean and Black Sea Byzantine and Medieval Marine environmental history, Roman and Byzantine Asia Minor, Roman Asia Minor, Black Sea archaeology, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Pontus Euxinus, Karadeniz, Early Byzantine material culture, Ancient Roman Topography, Viticulture, ancient, Wine Production, Pontos, Roman wine production, Pontus, Wine and Olive Oil Production (archaeology), Roman Archaeology, ancient greek colonies of the Western Black sea shore, Byzantine history and archaeology, Geography of Wine and Viticulture, Nördliches Schwarzmeergebiet, Byzantine and Medieval Shipping, Trade and Warfare In the Med. and Black Sea, Paphlagonia Antik Kentleri, and Antic Technology
The major goal of this brief note is to introduce our extensive analysis of the monumental funerary monuments in Paphlagonia in North-central Turkey. For this purpose a rock-cut niche from Hadrianopolis has been choosen. Numerous examples... more
The major goal of this brief note is to introduce our extensive analysis of the monumental funerary monuments in Paphlagonia in North-central Turkey. For this purpose a rock-cut niche from Hadrianopolis has been choosen. Numerous examples of rock-cut niches are known from Paphlagonia, especially Phrygia , Cilicia , Bithynia, Caria, Ionia and elsewhere in Asia Minor as well as the rest of the Near East; but most of them have yet to be examined in detail; therefore, their characteristics, function and chronology remain unexplored. In 2005 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir conducted an archaeological field survey in southern Paphlagonia. In this first field campaign the Archaeological Research Project of Paphlagonia focused on Hadrianopolis, 3 km west of the township Eskipazar. The location of Hadrianopolis on the Paphlagonian-Bithynian (and Galatian) border provides one of the principal routes from the Central Anatolian Plain through the western Black Sea mountain chains through Bartın to the Black Sea, a small but important site controlling this major route and dominating a rich agricultural enclave.
Research Interests: Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, and 38 moreRoman History, Anatolian Studies, History of Religion, Landscape Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman Religion, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Funerary Archaeology, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Turkey, Funeral Practices, Greek Religion, Mysteries (Greek Religion), Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Cultural Historical Geography, Ancient Greek History, Roman Empire, Religious History, Greek religion (Classics), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Black Sea region, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Black Sea Studies, Turkish Studies, Ancient Anatolia, Hadrian, Funerary Practices, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Bithynia, Galatians, Black Sea, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Asia Minor, Paphlagonia, and Roman Archaeology
Early Byzantine ceramic chronology of Cilicia is based on very few archaeological excavations, such as TarsusGözlükule; so far, however, very few stratigraphical material are known. Lamp production and consumption in Cilicia during the... more
Early Byzantine ceramic chronology of Cilicia is based on very few archaeological excavations, such as TarsusGözlükule; so far, however, very few stratigraphical material are known. Lamp production and consumption in Cilicia during the 6th-7th centuries A.D. enlighted through weak evidence from Tarsus-Gözlükule, Antioch-on-theOrontes, Anemurium, and few rescue excavations. So far no burial site of Early Byzantine Cilicia are published; Early Byzantine necropoleis in Cilicia and their burial customs are scarcely known.
J. W. Hayes is the first person who uses the term “Cilician” in definition for the lamps from this region. It is known from the excavation results that great metropoleis
like Antioch and Tarsus were lamp producers during the Early Byzantine period; but details of their production is completely unknown. So far only at Gözlükule a Late
Roman mould has been found. Local archaeological museums in Cilicia, however, contain numerous local and imported specimens from Late Roman and Early Byzantine periods. So far lamp distribution and use are only tested in a limited scale in a single site, in Anemurium. From the excavation results it seems that at least in the 5th-7th centuries Anemurium has been a watershed where Syro-Palestinian lamps stopped and western Anatolian lamp types began with a large quantity of Cypriot lamps.
The main concern of this brief paper is to reconstruct typology, decoration and other characteristics of 20 Early Byzantine lamps found in Alata (or Alata Çamlıg*ı) near Erdemli, a cemetery site in eastern Rough Cilicia. Today these lamps are in the display at the Archaeological Museum of Mersin. These lamps were found in 1987 in a rescue excavation, done by Hamdi Biter, the former director of the local museum at Erdemli.
J. W. Hayes is the first person who uses the term “Cilician” in definition for the lamps from this region. It is known from the excavation results that great metropoleis
like Antioch and Tarsus were lamp producers during the Early Byzantine period; but details of their production is completely unknown. So far only at Gözlükule a Late
Roman mould has been found. Local archaeological museums in Cilicia, however, contain numerous local and imported specimens from Late Roman and Early Byzantine periods. So far lamp distribution and use are only tested in a limited scale in a single site, in Anemurium. From the excavation results it seems that at least in the 5th-7th centuries Anemurium has been a watershed where Syro-Palestinian lamps stopped and western Anatolian lamp types began with a large quantity of Cypriot lamps.
The main concern of this brief paper is to reconstruct typology, decoration and other characteristics of 20 Early Byzantine lamps found in Alata (or Alata Çamlıg*ı) near Erdemli, a cemetery site in eastern Rough Cilicia. Today these lamps are in the display at the Archaeological Museum of Mersin. These lamps were found in 1987 in a rescue excavation, done by Hamdi Biter, the former director of the local museum at Erdemli.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Late Antique Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Cilicia, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Roman Lamps, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Ancient Lamps, Late Antique and Byzantine Lamps, Lychnology, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
In this brief paper preliminary archaeological and topographical notes on Classical and Medieval settlement patterns in the Mersin area of Cilicia (southern Turkey) were presented. Some archaeological observations on the ruins and... more
In this brief paper preliminary archaeological and topographical notes on Classical and Medieval settlement patterns in the Mersin area of Cilicia (southern Turkey) were presented. Some archaeological observations on the ruins and monuments in the central town of the province of Mersin and its peripherial area in its north were reported.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Armenian Studies, Anatolian Studies, and 15 moreLandscape Archaeology, Cypriot Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Medieval Archaeology, Survey (Archaeological Method & Theory), Greek Archaeology, Cilicia, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Asia Minor, North Syrian archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
Bu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Müdürlüğü'nün 04/07/2007 tarih ve B.16.0.K.V.M.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA07.40/E) sayılı izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır. The focus of this paper is five early Imperial... more
Bu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Müdürlüğü'nün 04/07/2007 tarih ve B.16.0.K.V.M.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA07.40/E) sayılı izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır.
The focus of this paper is five early Imperial lamps from the museum of Tarsus in Cilicia (southeastern Turkey). This paper is the same as the following article:
E. Laflı, Five early Imperial lamps from the museum of Tarsus, in: M. Tekocak (ed.), K. Levent Zoroğlu’na Armağan / Studies in Honour of K. Levent Zoroğlu. Suna – İnan Kıraç Akdeniz Medeniyetleri Araştırma Enstitüsü / Suna & İnan Kıraç Research Institute on Mediterranean Civilizations, Armağan Dizisi, 3 / Festschrift Series, 3 (Istanbul 2013) 415-423.
The focus of this paper is five early Imperial lamps from the museum of Tarsus in Cilicia (southeastern Turkey). This paper is the same as the following article:
E. Laflı, Five early Imperial lamps from the museum of Tarsus, in: M. Tekocak (ed.), K. Levent Zoroğlu’na Armağan / Studies in Honour of K. Levent Zoroğlu. Suna – İnan Kıraç Akdeniz Medeniyetleri Araştırma Enstitüsü / Suna & İnan Kıraç Research Institute on Mediterranean Civilizations, Armağan Dizisi, 3 / Festschrift Series, 3 (Istanbul 2013) 415-423.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Cilicia, Ceramics (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Roman Lamps, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Pottery studies, North Syrian archaeology, Roman Archaeology, and Northern Syrian Archaeology
This paper in German language focuses on the museum of Anamur in Cilicia which houses 25 pieces of ancient stone monuments (sculptures, steles, votive altars, sarcophagi and ostothecs) originating mostly from Rough Cilicia and mirroring... more
This paper in German language focuses on the museum of Anamur in Cilicia which houses 25 pieces of ancient stone monuments (sculptures, steles, votive altars, sarcophagi and ostothecs) originating mostly from Rough Cilicia and mirroring the material heritage of Rough Cilicia from the Early Roman Imperial period to the 4th cent. A.D. In order to give an updated insight into the material a detailed catalogue of these objects was presented here. For many reasons the sculptures of this museum are typical for Rough Cilicia. This is also a contribution to the valorisation of museums in southern Turkey and aims to encourage the collection and broadening of knowledge of stone monuments in Asia Minor.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Art History, Anatolian Studies, and 27 moreCypriot Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, History of Art, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Archaic Greek history, Cilicia, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, Greek religion (Classics), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Pamphylia, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Greek Sculpture, Funeral Archaeology, Roman Sculpture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Roman Sarcophagi, Archaeology, Classical archaeology, Greek and Roman history, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Material Culture Studies, Funerary Archaeology, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Rough Cilicia Settlement History and Epigraphy Project, Rough Cilicia, Roman Archaeology, and Anatolian and the Near Eastern Archaeology
In this brief paper Hadra vases from Rough Cilicia (southern Turkey) are presented which were sepulchral containers in Hellenistic Cilicia and are kept in the local museums in southern Turkey. Hadra vases describes a group of Hellenistic... more
In this brief paper Hadra vases from Rough Cilicia (southern Turkey) are presented which were sepulchral containers in Hellenistic Cilicia and are kept in the local museums in southern Turkey. Hadra vases describes a group of Hellenistic painted hydriai which is the only substantial group of figurally or ornamentally painted vases in the Greek world of the third century B.C. Their presence in Cilicia is associated with the Ptolemaic dynasty in early Hellenistic eastern Mediterranean.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Hellenistic History, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Ptolemaic Egyptian History, Cilicia, Ceramics (Archaeology), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, History of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire), and Pottery studies
Bu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 26/01/2001 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1 (9) (000619) sayılı (Mersin ve Silifke), 31/05/2001 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1(9) (005442)... more
Bu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 26/01/2001 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1 (9) (000619) sayılı (Mersin ve Silifke), 31/05/2001 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1(9) (005442) sayılı (Anamur), 09/07/2001 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1( 9) (007500) sayılı (Şanlıurfa), 28/02/2002 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1-2 (002458) (Adana), 11/03/2002 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1-2 (002990) (Mersin ve Silifke) 20/06/2005 tarih ve B.16.0.KVMG.0.10.00.01/707.1.(9)-84858 (Ankara) ile Ödemiş Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 08/10/2019 tarih ve 25920734-152.99-E.828087 sayılı izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır.
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In this paper, containers by alabaster of the late Classical and Hellenistic periods are examined that were found in Asia Minor. Main spots of these finds are the late Classical and Hellenistic necropoleis and main containers by alabaster are alabastra, amphorae, crater and pyxides. The aim of the paper is to evidence of the resemblance of archaeological inventories and objects between Cyprus and Cilicia during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. At the end of the article containers by alabaster found in Heraeum and Pythagoreion on Samos in Greece were presented in an appendix.
This paper will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2021, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2021: [email protected]
In this paper, containers by alabaster of the late Classical and Hellenistic periods are examined that were found in Asia Minor. Main spots of these finds are the late Classical and Hellenistic necropoleis and main containers by alabaster are alabastra, amphorae, crater and pyxides. The aim of the paper is to evidence of the resemblance of archaeological inventories and objects between Cyprus and Cilicia during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. At the end of the article containers by alabaster found in Heraeum and Pythagoreion on Samos in Greece were presented in an appendix.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Egyptian Art and Archaeology, and 15 moreCypriot Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Graeco-Roman Egypt, Ancient Greek Religion, Cilicia, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ptolemaic Period, Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Cyprus and the East Mediterranean, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, and Archaeology of Cyprus
The region of Rough Cilicia (modern area the south-western coastal area of Turkey), known in antiquity as Cilicia Tracheia, constitutes the western part of the larger area of Cilicia. It is characterised by the ruggedness of its territory... more
The region of Rough Cilicia (modern area the south-western coastal area of Turkey), known in antiquity as Cilicia Tracheia, constitutes the western part of the larger area of Cilicia. It is characterised by the ruggedness of its territory and the protection afforded by the high mountains combined with the rugged seacoast fostered the prolific piracy that developed in the late Hellenistic period, bringing much notoriety to the area. It was also known as a source of timber, primarily for shipbuilding.
An US American team is surveying the area since late 1990s, and in the year 2000 a surprizing Iron Age find spot was discovered by this team. This was basically a position with remarkable Iron Age ceramics. This article in German language outlines this find spots and ceramic fragments as well as all the previous knowledge about the Iron Age of Rough Cilicia.
An US American team is surveying the area since late 1990s, and in the year 2000 a surprizing Iron Age find spot was discovered by this team. This was basically a position with remarkable Iron Age ceramics. This article in German language outlines this find spots and ceramic fragments as well as all the previous knowledge about the Iron Age of Rough Cilicia.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, and 27 moreNear Eastern Studies, Anatolian Studies, Landscape Archaeology, Cypriot Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, History of the Mediterranean, Greek Archaeology, Cultural Historical Geography, Cilicia, Ancient Greek History, Cypriot Bronze Age, Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Bronze and Iron Ages in Eastern Mediterranean (Archaeology), Iron Age, Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Early Iron Age Greece and Greek communities overseas, Protogeometric pottery, North Syrian archaeology, Aegean Prehistory. Anatolian Prehistory. Cypriot Prehistory. Archaeology of the Near East. Chalcolithic. Early Bronze Age. Inter- and intra-site organization in Prehistory. Policy, economy and society in Prehistory., and Anatolian and the Near Eastern Archaeology
In Antiquity Cilicia was the southeastern coastal region of Anatolia. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the and Byzantine Empire. It corresponds to the modern region of Çukurova in Turkey. Cilicia extended along the... more
In Antiquity Cilicia was the southeastern coastal region of Anatolia. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the and Byzantine Empire. It corresponds to the modern region of Çukurova in Turkey. Cilicia extended along the Mediterranean coast east from Pamphylia, to the Nur Mountains, which separated it from Syria. It consists of two main parts: Cilicia Trachea and Cilicia Pedias. The area had been known as Kizzuwatna in the earlier Hittite era (2nd millennium B.C.). During the Iron Age the region was divided into two parts, Uru Adaniya (flat Cilicia), a well-watered plain, and "rough" Cilicia (Tarza), in the mountainous west. The Cilicians appear as Hilikku in Assyrian inscriptions, and in the early part of the first millennium B.C. were one of the four chief powers of Western Asia. Homer mentions the plain as the "Aleian plain" in which Bellerophon wandered, but he transferred the Cilicians far to the west and north and made them allies of Troy. The Cilician cities unknown to Homer already bore their pre-Greek names: Tarzu (Tarsus), Ingira (Anchiale), Danuna-Adana, which retains its ancient name, Pahri (perhaps Mopsuestia), Kundu (Kyinda, then Anazarbus) and Karatepe.
In the 13th century B.C. a major population shift occurred as the Sea Peoples overran Cilicia. The Hurrians that resided there deserted the area and moved northeast towards the Taurus Mountains, where they settled in the area of Cappadocia. In the 8th century B.C., the region was unified under the rule of the dynasty of Mukšuš, whom the Greeks rendered Mopsos and credited as the founder of Mopsuestia, though the capital was Adana. Mopsuestia's multicultural character is reflected in the bilingual inscriptions of the ninth and eighth centuries, written both in Indo-European hieroglyphic Luwian and West Semitic Phoenician. In the ninth century B.C. it became part of Assyria and remained so until the late seventh century B.C.
In this paper in German language all the researches concerning the Iron Ages of Cilicia until the year of 2000 were collected.
In the 13th century B.C. a major population shift occurred as the Sea Peoples overran Cilicia. The Hurrians that resided there deserted the area and moved northeast towards the Taurus Mountains, where they settled in the area of Cappadocia. In the 8th century B.C., the region was unified under the rule of the dynasty of Mukšuš, whom the Greeks rendered Mopsos and credited as the founder of Mopsuestia, though the capital was Adana. Mopsuestia's multicultural character is reflected in the bilingual inscriptions of the ninth and eighth centuries, written both in Indo-European hieroglyphic Luwian and West Semitic Phoenician. In the ninth century B.C. it became part of Assyria and remained so until the late seventh century B.C.
In this paper in German language all the researches concerning the Iron Ages of Cilicia until the year of 2000 were collected.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, and 27 moreAnatolian Studies, Hittitology, Cypriot Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Mesopotamian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Anatolian Languages, Hittite, Cilicia, Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Assyrian archaeology, Assyrian Empire, Anatolian Prehistory, Neo-Assyrian studies, Iron Age, Hittite Religion, Early Iron Age, Hittite archaeology, Early Iron Age Greece and Greek communities overseas, Aegean, Cypriot & East Mediterranean Archaeology, Anatolian Iron Age Archaeology, North Syrian archaeology, Aegean Prehistory. Anatolian Prehistory. Cypriot Prehistory. Archaeology of the Near East. Chalcolithic. Early Bronze Age. Inter- and intra-site organization in Prehistory. Policy, economy and society in Prehistory., Iron Age (Archaeology), Hellenistic Pottery, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Protohistoric Anatolia, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Achaemenid archaeology, Archaeology of South Eastern Turkey, and Anatolian and the Near Eastern Archaeology
This contribution is presenting 25 funeral steles and grave slabs from the ancient metropolis of Antioch-on-the-Orontes which are stored today in the Museum of Hatay. The steles and slabs show a rather simple relief decoration and bear... more
This contribution is presenting 25 funeral steles and grave slabs from the ancient metropolis of Antioch-on-the-Orontes which are stored today in the Museum of Hatay. The steles and slabs show a rather simple relief decoration and bear Greek inscriptions. They can be dated from the 2nd cent. B.C. until the 2nd cent. A.D.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Art History, and 27 moreNear Eastern Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Syrian Studies, Greek Epigraphy, History of Art, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Near East, Roman Epigraphy, Roman Syria (Archaeology), Seleucid Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, History of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire), Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Greek Sculpture, Roman Sculpture, Antiocheia, Ancient Antioch, Hellenistic and Roman Syria, North Syrian archaeology, Hatay, Antioch, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Roman Archaeology, and Antakya
Seleuceia Sidera, currently at the site of Selef, was founded by Seleucus I Nicator or Antiochus I Soter to protect the military road across northern Pisidia. The city's surname “Sidera” is probably derives from iron-works in its... more
Seleuceia Sidera, currently at the site of Selef, was founded by Seleucus I Nicator or Antiochus I Soter to protect the military road across northern Pisidia. The city's surname “Sidera” is probably derives from iron-works in its vicinity. The city was restored by the Roman emperor Claudius, and the name was changed to Claudioseleucia. The city was Christianized early; its bishop, Eutychius being present at the Council of Nicaea in AD. 325. In 1993 this site was excavated by the University of Ankara and some inscriptions were found. In this short paper these inscriptions are presented.
Research Interests: Greek History, Roman History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 29 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Byzantine Studies, Turkey, Romans, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Ancient Greek History, Roman Empire, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Seleucid Empire, Pisidia, Ancient Lycia, History of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire), Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Epigraphy, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Roman Limes, Geography of Asia Minor, Isparta, Roman and Byzantine Asia Minor, Roman Asia Minor, Sagalassos, Greek and Latin Epigraphy of Asia Minor, and Roman Archaeology
Antioch in Pisidia (southwestern Turkey) lies approximately 1 km northeast of Yalvaç in the province of Isparta. This brief report in German language is based on Roman and Late Roman-Early Byzantine ceramic finds from the rescue... more
Antioch in Pisidia (southwestern Turkey) lies approximately 1 km northeast of Yalvaç in the province of Isparta. This brief report in German language is based on Roman and Late Roman-Early Byzantine ceramic finds from the rescue excavations by the local museum at the site in end of 1990s and beginning of 2000s. A concentration was given to Late Roman-Early Byzantine unguentaria and their stamps.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, and 43 moreAnatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Ceramics (Ceramics), Late Antique Archaeology, Anatolian History, Early Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Byzantine Studies, Turkey, Late Antiquity, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Roman stamped pottery, Roman Pottery, Late Roman Empire, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Pottery, Ancient Anatolia, Pisidia, Byzantine Hagiography, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Ceramics, Roman ceramics, Stamped Amphora handles, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Later Roman Empire, Late Roman Amphorae, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Byzantine art, Antioch of Pisidia, Early Byzantine Pottery production, Globular Amphorae, Trade and Exchange during 7th and 8th c. A.D., Unguentarium, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
In 1993 a site in central Pisidia, Seleucia Sidera, was excavated where tons of Sagalassos table and common wares were found. This brief paper is a preliminary report about these ceramic finds.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Pottery technology and function, Pottery studies, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
In this brief paper in German language Hellenistic terracotta unguentaria from Pisidia (southwestern Turkey) were presented. Most of these examples are from the local museums in the area, i.e. Isparta, Yalvaç and Burdur.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Hellenistic History, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Ceramics (Ceramics), Funerary Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Ceramics (Archaeology), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Ceramics, Pottery technology and function, and Pottery studies
This is an introductory chapter of a book by Gülseren Kan Şahin on the pottery studies in Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia which is published in Turkish language by the Turkish Historical Society in 2019. In this book pottery finds from... more
This is an introductory chapter of a book by Gülseren Kan Şahin on the pottery studies in Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia which is published in Turkish language by the Turkish Historical Society in 2019. In this book pottery finds from Hadrianopolis and its chora in southwestern Paphlagonia (northwestern central Turkey) are presented in detail, which were collected between the years 2005 and 2008. Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Today, Hadrianopolis and its chora lie in the region around Eskipazar in the Turkish province of Karabük. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir carried out archaeological field surveys, excavations and restorations in Hadrianopolis and its close surroundings. During these four field campaigns, 1550 sherds ranging between the Pre-Iron Age (IInd mill. BC.) and the Middle Byzantine period (late 11th/early 12th cent. AD.) were collected, most of which consisted of Late Roman-Early Byzantine (late 5th-mid 8th cent. AD.) coarse ware. In this study 30 main pottery groups were constituted, based on their chronology, function and fabric. The book contains a detailed description of each find deposit, including the typologies and fabrics of wares and a comprehensive catalogue with drawings, as well as photos, of each sherd. It is, thus, the first extensive pottery report of the Turkish Black Sea area, offering a continual picture of all the wares and chronologies available, including their chronologies. This short chapter summarizes most of the former Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine pottery studies in southern Black Sea area.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval Pottery, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Pottery studies, and Roman Archaeology
This brief paper is a preface of the book of J. Turchetto, entitled "Per Cappodociae partem… iter feci. Graeco-Roman routes between Taurus and Halys" (Agri Centuriati, Supplementa 2; Pisa, Rome 2018). It deals with the ancient itineraries... more
This brief paper is a preface of the book of J. Turchetto, entitled "Per Cappodociae partem… iter feci. Graeco-Roman routes between Taurus and Halys" (Agri Centuriati, Supplementa 2; Pisa, Rome 2018). It deals with the ancient itineraries in a certain part of Cappadocia.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, and 15 moreAnatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Cappadocians, Greek Archaeology, Cultural Historical Geography, Roman roads, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Ancient Roads, Asia Minor, Cultural Routes, Roman Archaeology, and Trade Routes
Panorama de la recherche sur la coroplathie d'Asie Mineure. Le colloque d'Izmir (juin 2007), de la réunion aux actes. Bilan scientifique du colloque: – du mobilier inédit à foison, des contextes connus; – un état des lieux des études... more
Panorama de la recherche sur la coroplathie d'Asie Mineure. Le colloque d'Izmir (juin 2007), de la réunion aux actes. Bilan scientifique du colloque: – du mobilier inédit à foison, des contextes connus; – un état des lieux des études coroplastiques; – suggestions d'orientations et de pistes de recherche; – une impulsion. Carte des sites faisant l'objet d'une présentation dans les volumes 1 et 2.
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Five engraved gems of the Roman period are the focus of this paper. These gems are as follows: 1. a red jasper intaglio, depicting Eros burning the Psyche-butterfly and set in an iron ring; 2. an intaglio of translucent chalcedony (or moulded glass), depicting Nemesis, set in a bronze ring; 3. an octagonal cornelian intaglio inscribed with the name Iesou, set in a silver ring; 4. an intaglio with an elephant head; 5. an intaglio depicting Tyche and Nemesis.
Keywords: engraved gems, finger-rings, octagonal gemstones, late antique Christianity, Asia Minor, Turkey, Roman period, Late Roman period
Five engraved gems of the Roman period are the focus of this paper. These gems are as follows: 1. a red jasper intaglio, depicting Eros burning the Psyche-butterfly and set in an iron ring; 2. an intaglio of translucent chalcedony (or moulded glass), depicting Nemesis, set in a bronze ring; 3. an octagonal cornelian intaglio inscribed with the name Iesou, set in a silver ring; 4. an intaglio with an elephant head; 5. an intaglio depicting Tyche and Nemesis.
Keywords: engraved gems, finger-rings, octagonal gemstones, late antique Christianity, Asia Minor, Turkey, Roman period, Late Roman period
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, and 15 moreHellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Glyptics, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient jewellery, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Engraved gems, Christian Epigraphy, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Gemstone, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Jewellery, Roman Glyptics and Jewelry, Roman Archaeology, and Magical Gems
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen yedi adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen yedi adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In this paper six Roman monuments from Turkey are presented and commented, with attention paid to their style and to their typology. They offer an insight on the social, cultural, economic and artistic background of major Graeco-Roman landscapes of the Near East.
Keywords: epigraphy, archaeology, funerary sculpture, marble, southern Turkey, social and cultural history, Hellenistic period, Roman Imperial period.
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In this paper six Roman monuments from Turkey are presented and commented, with attention paid to their style and to their typology. They offer an insight on the social, cultural, economic and artistic background of major Graeco-Roman landscapes of the Near East.
Keywords: epigraphy, archaeology, funerary sculpture, marble, southern Turkey, social and cultural history, Hellenistic period, Roman Imperial period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Cilicia, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Epigraphy, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Roman Funerary Art, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Roman Archaeology, and Adana
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 16 Nisan 2019 tarih ve 94962213-155.01/327026 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be displayed in... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 16 Nisan 2019 tarih ve 94962213-155.01/327026 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In this brief article a funerary stele is published. Previously unpublished this inscribed monument mentions a city, and is of onomastic interest in the second century A.D.
Keywords: funerary stele, Lucullus, Anatolia, Asia Minor, Roman period, late second century A.D., epigraphy, onomastics.
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In this brief article a funerary stele is published. Previously unpublished this inscribed monument mentions a city, and is of onomastic interest in the second century A.D.
Keywords: funerary stele, Lucullus, Anatolia, Asia Minor, Roman period, late second century A.D., epigraphy, onomastics.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreRoman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Epigram (Classics), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Pontus, and Roman Archaeology
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The journal “Dialogue d’histoire ancienne” (abbreviated as DHA) is a French scholarly journal, focused on histories and dialogues among the classical cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, published biannually by the Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté based in Besançon since 1974. The aim of this journal is to offer diverse methodological approaches, catalogue new research domains, and welcome research from areas still considered as peripheral. In this note dedicated to the 50th anniversary of DHA the goal is to place this journal in its proper scholarly context in the study of Graeco-Roman epigraphy and history of Asia Minor. Especially with our annual publication “Inscriptions gréco-romaines d’Anatolie” with Hadrien Bru in DHA since 2012 we strive to achieve a corpus of unpublished and/or less known inscriptions in ancient Greek from various parts of Anatolia in a preliminary manner.
The journal “Dialogue d’histoire ancienne” (abbreviated as DHA) is a French scholarly journal, focused on histories and dialogues among the classical cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, published biannually by the Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté based in Besançon since 1974. The aim of this journal is to offer diverse methodological approaches, catalogue new research domains, and welcome research from areas still considered as peripheral. In this note dedicated to the 50th anniversary of DHA the goal is to place this journal in its proper scholarly context in the study of Graeco-Roman epigraphy and history of Asia Minor. Especially with our annual publication “Inscriptions gréco-romaines d’Anatolie” with Hadrien Bru in DHA since 2012 we strive to achieve a corpus of unpublished and/or less known inscriptions in ancient Greek from various parts of Anatolia in a preliminary manner.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Ancient Greek History, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Cultural history of the Ancient world, and Roman Archaeology
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen iki adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen iki adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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The authors wish to make it known that they are preparing a corpus relating to the bronze Hermes/Mercury figurines present in Asia Minor. They have currently collected documentation on 35 statuettes, which will soon be the subject of a specific publication.
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The authors wish to make it known that they are preparing a corpus relating to the bronze Hermes/Mercury figurines present in Asia Minor. They have currently collected documentation on 35 statuettes, which will soon be the subject of a specific publication.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, and 15 moreGreco-Roman Mythology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Greek Sculpture, Roman Bronze Vessels, Roman Sculpture, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Hermes, Roman Bronzes, Ancient Bronzes, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen sekiz adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 15 Mart 2018 tarih ve 62901608-155.01/E. 228521 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be displayed... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen sekiz adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 15 Mart 2018 tarih ve 62901608-155.01/E. 228521 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In this brief paper eight Hellenistic and Roman engraved gemstones are presented. They are significant, as very few gemstones are published from the region. At the end of the article six gold rings set with plain gem or glass settings and in one case with the gem missing comprise an appendix.
Keywords: Engraved gems, Hellenistic period, Roman period.
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In this brief paper eight Hellenistic and Roman engraved gemstones are presented. They are significant, as very few gemstones are published from the region. At the end of the article six gold rings set with plain gem or glass settings and in one case with the gem missing comprise an appendix.
Keywords: Engraved gems, Hellenistic period, Roman period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Gemology, Anatolian Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Glyptics, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient jewellery, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Engraved gems, Bithynia, Gemstone, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Ancient Greek Jewellery, Roman Jewellery, Roman Glyptics and Jewelry, Roman Archaeology, and Magical Gems
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen iki adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 20 Haziran 2005 tarih ve B.16.0.KVMG.0.10.00.01/707.1.(9)-84858 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen iki adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 20 Haziran 2005 tarih ve B.16.0.KVMG.0.10.00.01/707.1.(9)-84858 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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Anatolia and northern Syria were rich in local deities as were other parts of the Empire, but a number are depicted on gems including Zeus Dolichenus, Elagabal, and in the case of the two intaglios kept in Turkey and featured here, Mount Argaeus and the great mother goddess, Kybele.
Keywords: Engraved gems, Mount Argaeus, Kybele, local deities, Asia Minor, Turkey, Roman period.
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Anatolia and northern Syria were rich in local deities as were other parts of the Empire, but a number are depicted on gems including Zeus Dolichenus, Elagabal, and in the case of the two intaglios kept in Turkey and featured here, Mount Argaeus and the great mother goddess, Kybele.
Keywords: Engraved gems, Mount Argaeus, Kybele, local deities, Asia Minor, Turkey, Roman period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, and 15 moreHellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Glyptics, Ancient Anatolia, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Engraved gems, Ancient Greek Mythology, Gemstone, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Ancient Near Eastern Glyptic, Roman Glyptics and Jewelry, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Roman Archaeology, and Magical Gems
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen yedi adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen yedi adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In this paper seven monuments from Turkey are presented and commented, with attention paid to their style and to their typology. They offer an insight on the social, cultural, economic and artistic background of a major Graeco-Roman city of the Near East.
Keywords : archaeology, sculpture, marble, Northern Syria, Near East, social and cultural history, Hellenistic period, Roman Imperial period.
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In this paper seven monuments from Turkey are presented and commented, with attention paid to their style and to their typology. They offer an insight on the social, cultural, economic and artistic background of a major Graeco-Roman city of the Near East.
Keywords : archaeology, sculpture, marble, Northern Syria, Near East, social and cultural history, Hellenistic period, Roman Imperial period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, and 15 moreSyrian History, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Syria (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Near East, Greek Epigram, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Epigraphy, Roman Funerary Art, Ancient Antioch, North Syrian archaeology, Archeologia Funeraria, and Archéologie funéraire
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen 24 adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 24 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen 24 adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 24 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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Dedicated to the 82th birthday of Martin Henig
In this brief paper we focus on 24 previously unpublished lead miniature vessels from Turkey. These lead objects date from the Roman or Late Roman-Early Byzantine periods, and typologically most of them are in the form of miniature amphorae. This group of small containers from Turkey are only limitedly known through an article of us which is published in 2022. With these 20 new examples that will be presented here for the first time we extend our corpus with adding four other, earlier bottles as their Iron Age predecessors. In the Roman Near East they are mostly known from Jerusalem and some other sites in Israel. In this paper we will especially deal with the function, typology and distribution of these objects in Asia Minor.
Keywords: lead miniature amphorae, eulogia, small containers, Turkey, Jerusalem, Israel, Late Roman-Early Byzantine period, Roman Near East.
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Dedicated to the 82th birthday of Martin Henig
In this brief paper we focus on 24 previously unpublished lead miniature vessels from Turkey. These lead objects date from the Roman or Late Roman-Early Byzantine periods, and typologically most of them are in the form of miniature amphorae. This group of small containers from Turkey are only limitedly known through an article of us which is published in 2022. With these 20 new examples that will be presented here for the first time we extend our corpus with adding four other, earlier bottles as their Iron Age predecessors. In the Roman Near East they are mostly known from Jerusalem and some other sites in Israel. In this paper we will especially deal with the function, typology and distribution of these objects in Asia Minor.
Keywords: lead miniature amphorae, eulogia, small containers, Turkey, Jerusalem, Israel, Late Roman-Early Byzantine period, Roman Near East.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pilgrimage, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Pilgrimage and Art, Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Amphorae, Roman Amphorae, Late Roman Amphorae, Archaeology of pilgrimage, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be displayed in... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In this brief paper we focus on glyptic depictions of Dionysus and his circle as exemplified by some gem examples from Turkey. The aim is to compile an iconographic repertory of Dionysian gems in the Roman East and in doing so bring to life the cult associated with the most exotic member of the ancient Greek pantheon.
Keywords: Engraved gems, intaglio, cameo, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Graeco-Roman glyptics, Turkey, Anatolian archaeology, museum studies, classical archaeology.
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In this brief paper we focus on glyptic depictions of Dionysus and his circle as exemplified by some gem examples from Turkey. The aim is to compile an iconographic repertory of Dionysian gems in the Roman East and in doing so bring to life the cult associated with the most exotic member of the ancient Greek pantheon.
Keywords: Engraved gems, intaglio, cameo, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Graeco-Roman glyptics, Turkey, Anatolian archaeology, museum studies, classical archaeology.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, and 15 moreHellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Glyptics, Ancient Anatolia, Engraved gems, Greek and Roman Gods & Goddesses, Dionysus, Asia Minor, Gemstone, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Dionysos, Roman Glyptics and Jewelry, Roman Archaeology, and Magical Gems
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen 16 adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 20 Şubat 2018 tarih ve 5619136-302.08.01-15463 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be displayed in... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen 16 adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 20 Şubat 2018 tarih ve 5619136-302.08.01-15463 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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Keywords: Engraved gems, Asia Minor, Turkey, second-third century CE, Roman period.
Abstract: In this short paper a group of gemstones curated in Turkey will be presented most of which belong to second-third century CE.
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Keywords: Engraved gems, Asia Minor, Turkey, second-third century CE, Roman period.
Abstract: In this short paper a group of gemstones curated in Turkey will be presented most of which belong to second-third century CE.
Research Interests: Gemology, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman military archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, and 15 moreHellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Glyptics, Ancient Anatolia, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Engraved gems, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Gemstone, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Glyptics and Jewelry, Roman Archaeology, Magical Gems, and Gemology and Mineralogy
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen 11 adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be displayed... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen 11 adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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Abstract: In this brief paper eleven Roman gemstones will be presented
which are curated in south-eastern Turkey. They are significant, as very few gemstones are known from this region. At the end of the article three earlier finds related to gemstones will be presented in an appendix.
Keywords: engraved gems, south-eastern Turkey, northern Syria, Roman period.
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Abstract: In this brief paper eleven Roman gemstones will be presented
which are curated in south-eastern Turkey. They are significant, as very few gemstones are known from this region. At the end of the article three earlier finds related to gemstones will be presented in an appendix.
Keywords: engraved gems, south-eastern Turkey, northern Syria, Roman period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Mesopotamian Archaeology, and 15 moreHellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Glyptics, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient jewellery, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Engraved gems, Roman Small Finds, Gemstone, Ancient Greek Jewellery, Roman Jewellery, Ancient Near Eastern Glyptic, and Magical Gems
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen üç adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlükleri tarafından 27 Haziran 2019 tarih ve 75845132-154.01-E.529808 sayi , 11 Ocak 2012, 18 Ocak 2012 ve 23 Subat 2012 tarih ve B.16.4.KTM.0.35.14.00-155.99/150,... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen üç adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlükleri tarafından 27 Haziran 2019 tarih ve 75845132-154.01-E.529808 sayi , 11 Ocak 2012, 18 Ocak 2012
ve 23 Subat 2012 tarih ve B.16.4.KTM.0.35.14.00-155.99/150, 233 ve 604 sayili izinleri ile gerceklestirilmistir.
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THE territory of present-day Turkey was in Roman times divided into several Roman provinces, some governed by proconsuls, others by imperial legates, which included within them regions that were already flourishing during the previous Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods. The very large number of inscriptions continued also in Roman times to be in the Greek language and alphabet whereas the number of Latin inscriptions was small but many of them consist of bilingual texts, usually first in Latin and then in Greek. Over 1,300 inscriptions were on the milestones distributed along the road network that connected the main cities to each other. The use of Latin language in Anatolian inscriptions is found to be frequent above all in the epitaphs of Roman soldiers who died during their stay in the eastern provinces.
Starting from the Flavian age, the Anatolian peninsula was divided into many provinces, the borders of which changed over time depending on some historical events: Asia, Pontus et Bithynia, Galatia, Cappadocia, Lycia et Pamphylia and Cilicia.
With this first article we begin with the series of LIFT, “Latin Inscriptions from Turkey” . Our aim is to publish new Latin inscriptions as well as to revise previously published ones. We intend to publish each piece with an extensive catalogue entry as well as detailed photos.
ve 23 Subat 2012 tarih ve B.16.4.KTM.0.35.14.00-155.99/150, 233 ve 604 sayili izinleri ile gerceklestirilmistir.
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THE territory of present-day Turkey was in Roman times divided into several Roman provinces, some governed by proconsuls, others by imperial legates, which included within them regions that were already flourishing during the previous Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods. The very large number of inscriptions continued also in Roman times to be in the Greek language and alphabet whereas the number of Latin inscriptions was small but many of them consist of bilingual texts, usually first in Latin and then in Greek. Over 1,300 inscriptions were on the milestones distributed along the road network that connected the main cities to each other. The use of Latin language in Anatolian inscriptions is found to be frequent above all in the epitaphs of Roman soldiers who died during their stay in the eastern provinces.
Starting from the Flavian age, the Anatolian peninsula was divided into many provinces, the borders of which changed over time depending on some historical events: Asia, Pontus et Bithynia, Galatia, Cappadocia, Lycia et Pamphylia and Cilicia.
With this first article we begin with the series of LIFT, “Latin Inscriptions from Turkey” . Our aim is to publish new Latin inscriptions as well as to revise previously published ones. We intend to publish each piece with an extensive catalogue entry as well as detailed photos.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Latin Epigraphy, and 15 moreRoman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Roman Near East, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, Epigraphy, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum, Roman Archaeology, and Carmina Latina Epigraphica
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün, Gaziantep ve Şanlıurfa Müzeleri'ni de kapsayan 09/12/2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.... more
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün, Gaziantep ve Şanlıurfa Müzeleri'ni de kapsayan 09/12/2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.
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In this brief note in French language 16 formerly unpublished or less known Roman (mostly funerary) inscriptions from various parts of Turkey were presented which are in Greek.
To quote it: H. Bru/E. Laflı, Inscriptions gréco-romaines d’Anatolie XII, in: H. Bru, Chronique d’Orient, Chronique 2023, Dialogues d’histoire ancienne 49/2, 2023, 315–348.
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In this brief note in French language 16 formerly unpublished or less known Roman (mostly funerary) inscriptions from various parts of Turkey were presented which are in Greek.
To quote it: H. Bru/E. Laflı, Inscriptions gréco-romaines d’Anatolie XII, in: H. Bru, Chronique d’Orient, Chronique 2023, Dialogues d’histoire ancienne 49/2, 2023, 315–348.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreCappadocians, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Near East, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Epigraphy, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Funerary Art, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Roman Archaeology, and Anatolian and the Near Eastern Archaeology
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen dokuz adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen dokuz adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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Abstract: Bronze weights bearing the names of divinities are well known in the Greek world. Among the lead weights, some bear the inscription APTE EΦEC or similar. They, known currently in a few specimens, were certainly produced for the commercial needs associated with the area of the famous sanctuary of Artemis of Ephesus. Three have the indication of the civic era, corresponding, if the reading is correct, to the years 122/1, 84/3 and 44/3 BC.
Keywords: Western Asia Minor, lead inscribed weights, instrumenta inscripta, Hellenistic period.
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Abstract: Bronze weights bearing the names of divinities are well known in the Greek world. Among the lead weights, some bear the inscription APTE EΦEC or similar. They, known currently in a few specimens, were certainly produced for the commercial needs associated with the area of the famous sanctuary of Artemis of Ephesus. Three have the indication of the civic era, corresponding, if the reading is correct, to the years 122/1, 84/3 and 44/3 BC.
Keywords: Western Asia Minor, lead inscribed weights, instrumenta inscripta, Hellenistic period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Greek sanctuaries, Hellenistic Greece, Ancient Weights, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Ephesus, Ephesos, Sanctuaries, Sanctuary, Sanctuary/Temple and Cult, and Ancient lead weights
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen bir adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen bir adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In this brief paper a Roman engraved gemstone with the depiction of the youthful Apollo versus Python will be presented, which is exhibited and curated in western Turkey. It is significant, as almost no gemstones of the Roman period are known from this region in north-western Lydia, which had especially a high-technology of jewellery production during the Lydian period.
Keywords: Engraved gem, Lydia, western Turkey, the youthful Apollo versus Python, Roman period.
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In this brief paper a Roman engraved gemstone with the depiction of the youthful Apollo versus Python will be presented, which is exhibited and curated in western Turkey. It is significant, as almost no gemstones of the Roman period are known from this region in north-western Lydia, which had especially a high-technology of jewellery production during the Lydian period.
Keywords: Engraved gem, Lydia, western Turkey, the youthful Apollo versus Python, Roman period.
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Gemology, Anatolian Archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, and 15 moreGreco-Roman Mythology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Glyptics, Ancient Anatolia, Engraved gems, Gemstone, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Funerary Art, Ancient Near Eastern Glyptic, Roman Glyptics and Jewelry, Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology, Roman Archaeology, Magical Gems, and Gemology and Mineralogy
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 21 Şubat 2020 tarih ve 83048237-155.01-E.314786 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be displayed in... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 21 Şubat 2020 tarih ve 83048237-155.01-E.314786 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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Keywords: Turkey, Asia Minor, Late Hellenistic period, Roman period.
Abstract: In this brief contribution, monuments from Turkey are presented. These were studied by a student in the course of his master’s thesis which submitted to Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir in 2019.
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Keywords: Turkey, Asia Minor, Late Hellenistic period, Roman period.
Abstract: In this brief contribution, monuments from Turkey are presented. These were studied by a student in the course of his master’s thesis which submitted to Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir in 2019.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, and 15 moreRoman Iconography, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ancient Anatolia, Greek Sculpture, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Roman Sculpture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Funerary Art, Scultura greca e romana, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Roman Archaeology, and Ancient Greek Sculpture
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In this brief paper that is now in print the so-called Lydian treasure in the Museum of Uşak in western Turkey and its associated history will be presented. The collection is alternatively known as the Karun
Treasure, a name given to a collection of 363 valuable Lydian artefacts dating from the seventh century BC and originating from the province of Uşak in western Turkey. This collection was the subject of a legal battle between Turkey and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art between 1987–1993 and was returned to Turkey in 1993.
On p. 185 footnotes 12 and 15 are lacking for which I would like to apologize!
In this brief paper that is now in print the so-called Lydian treasure in the Museum of Uşak in western Turkey and its associated history will be presented. The collection is alternatively known as the Karun
Treasure, a name given to a collection of 363 valuable Lydian artefacts dating from the seventh century BC and originating from the province of Uşak in western Turkey. This collection was the subject of a legal battle between Turkey and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art between 1987–1993 and was returned to Turkey in 1993.
On p. 185 footnotes 12 and 15 are lacking for which I would like to apologize!
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, Lydian, and 15 moreArchaeometry, Achaemenid Persia, Archaeological Ethics, Archaeometallurgy, Illicit Antiquities Trade, Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient jewellery, Achaemenid archaeology, Achaemenian Empire, Archaeological Forgeries, Achaemenids, Achaemenid Art and Archaeology, and Antiquities Looting
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In this brief paper, we focus on the monument of C. Memmius and its inscription in Ephesus in western Turkey. C. Memmius was the grandson of Sulla and was mentioned in the inscription of this Ephesian monument as the epigraph of the dedicatee. After discussing the monument's function, dating and inscription from different perspectives, in the concluding part, we refer to the positive memory of Sulla in Asia Minor, especially in Ephesus.
A progressed and detailed text will be published in a book dedicated exclusively to Sulla which is edited by Borja Antela and Isaias Arrayas and will appear in 2025.
Keywords: C. Memmius, the monument of C. Memmius, Ephesus, Asia Minor, first century BC, Late Republican period, Roman East, Latin epigraphy, Roman history.
In this brief paper, we focus on the monument of C. Memmius and its inscription in Ephesus in western Turkey. C. Memmius was the grandson of Sulla and was mentioned in the inscription of this Ephesian monument as the epigraph of the dedicatee. After discussing the monument's function, dating and inscription from different perspectives, in the concluding part, we refer to the positive memory of Sulla in Asia Minor, especially in Ephesus.
A progressed and detailed text will be published in a book dedicated exclusively to Sulla which is edited by Borja Antela and Isaias Arrayas and will appear in 2025.
Keywords: C. Memmius, the monument of C. Memmius, Ephesus, Asia Minor, first century BC, Late Republican period, Roman East, Latin epigraphy, Roman history.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Classics, Roman History, Hellenistic History, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreRoman Republic, Civil Wars (Roman Republic), Roman Empire, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman imperial history, Ancient Anatolia, Roman Republican History, Late Roman Republic, Early Roman Empire, History of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire), Greek and Roman History, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Ephesus, and Ephesos
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün ilgili üç müzesinin çeşitli tarihlerdeki 36840858-155.01-E.1062933, E-52654627-155.03-2889360, B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01 / 707.1 / 14 (030317) ve... more
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün ilgili üç müzesinin çeşitli tarihlerdeki 36840858-155.01-E.1062933, E-52654627-155.03-2889360, B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01 / 707.1 / 14 (030317) ve E-44692667-900-1421208 sayılı izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır.
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Abstract: In this brief article we present a collection of 11 bronze bread stamps of the Early Byzantine period.
Keywords: bread stamps, instrumenta inscripta, Early Byzantine period, Byzantine epigraphy.
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Abstract: In this brief article we present a collection of 11 bronze bread stamps of the Early Byzantine period.
Keywords: bread stamps, instrumenta inscripta, Early Byzantine period, Byzantine epigraphy.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Early Christian Art, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Syria (Archaeology), Roman Near East, Early Christian Archaeology, Christian Epigraphy, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
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In this brief article we present a group of 17 lead weights of the Hellenistic period from western Anatolia most of which are known in scholarly publications.
In this brief article we present a group of 17 lead weights of the Hellenistic period from western Anatolia most of which are known in scholarly publications.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Hellenistic History, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Greek Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek sanctuaries, Ancient Weights, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Ephesus, Ephesos, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Ancient lead weights, Greek temples, and Ancient Weights and Measures
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün ilgili üç müzesinin çeşitli tarihlerdeki 36840858-155.01-E.1062933, E-52654627-155.03-2889360, B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01 / 707.1 / 14 (030317) ve... more
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün ilgili üç müzesinin çeşitli tarihlerdeki 36840858-155.01-E.1062933, E-52654627-155.03-2889360, B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01 / 707.1 / 14 (030317) ve E-44692667-900-1421208 sayılı izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır.
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In this brief paper we focus on some lead miniature amphorae from the museums in southern Turkey. These lead objects are from the Roman or Late Roman-Early Byzantine period, and typologically they are in the form of small amphorae. This group of containers are very limitedly known in scholarly literature. In the Roman Near East they are mostly known from Jerusalem and some other sites in Israel. In this paper we will especially deal with the typology and distribution of these objects.
Keywords: lead miniature amphorae, eulogia, small containers, southern Turkey, Jerusalem, Israel, Late Roman-Early Byzantine period, Roman Near East.
To quote this article: E. Laflı/M. Buora, Lead miniature amphorae from southern Türkiye, Memoria Antiquitatis. Acta Musei Petrodavensis 38, 2022, 147-159.
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In this brief paper we focus on some lead miniature amphorae from the museums in southern Turkey. These lead objects are from the Roman or Late Roman-Early Byzantine period, and typologically they are in the form of small amphorae. This group of containers are very limitedly known in scholarly literature. In the Roman Near East they are mostly known from Jerusalem and some other sites in Israel. In this paper we will especially deal with the typology and distribution of these objects.
Keywords: lead miniature amphorae, eulogia, small containers, southern Turkey, Jerusalem, Israel, Late Roman-Early Byzantine period, Roman Near East.
To quote this article: E. Laflı/M. Buora, Lead miniature amphorae from southern Türkiye, Memoria Antiquitatis. Acta Musei Petrodavensis 38, 2022, 147-159.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman Syria (Archaeology), and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Hellenistic Roman and Byzantine Archaeology in the Land of Israel, Amphorae (Archaeology), Syria (Archaeology), Roman Near East, Amphorae, Roman ceramics, Roman Bronze Vessels, Roman Amphorae, Late Roman Amphorae, Greek transport amphorae, Roman Bronzes, Ancient Bronzes, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün, Gaziantep ve Şanlıurfa Müzeleri'ni de kapsayan 09/12/2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.... more
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün, Gaziantep ve Şanlıurfa Müzeleri'ni de kapsayan 09/12/2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.
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In this brief note in French language ten formerly unpublished Roman (mostly funerary) inscriptions from south-eastern Turkey were presented which are in Greek.
To quote it: E. Laflı, H. Bru, Inscriptions gréco-romaines d’Anatolie XI, in: H. Bru (ed.), Chronique d’Orient - Chronique 2022, Dialogues d'histoire ancienne 48/2, 2022/2, 447-468.
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In this brief note in French language ten formerly unpublished Roman (mostly funerary) inscriptions from south-eastern Turkey were presented which are in Greek.
To quote it: E. Laflı, H. Bru, Inscriptions gréco-romaines d’Anatolie XI, in: H. Bru (ed.), Chronique d’Orient - Chronique 2022, Dialogues d'histoire ancienne 48/2, 2022/2, 447-468.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Mesopotamian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Cappadocians, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Syria (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Funerary Art, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In this brief contribution six funerary steles of the Roman period, stored in southern Turkey were be presented. These steles are dated between the first century and the end of the third century A.D. They are treated here for the first time both art historically and epigraphically.
To quote this article: E. Laflı/S. Magnani/M. Buora/A. Çetingöz, Six funerary steles of the Roman period from southern Turkey, in: R. Lafer (ed.), Der Alpen-Adria-Raum und das Imperium Romanum in der hohen Kaiserzeit. Neue wirtschafts- und sozialgeschichtliche Fragestellungen (Rahden, Westphalia: Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH, 2022), pp. 259-286. ISBN: 978-3-86757-085-5.
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In this brief contribution six funerary steles of the Roman period, stored in southern Turkey were be presented. These steles are dated between the first century and the end of the third century A.D. They are treated here for the first time both art historically and epigraphically.
To quote this article: E. Laflı/S. Magnani/M. Buora/A. Çetingöz, Six funerary steles of the Roman period from southern Turkey, in: R. Lafer (ed.), Der Alpen-Adria-Raum und das Imperium Romanum in der hohen Kaiserzeit. Neue wirtschafts- und sozialgeschichtliche Fragestellungen (Rahden, Westphalia: Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH, 2022), pp. 259-286. ISBN: 978-3-86757-085-5.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Cilicia, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Near East, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Roman Sculpture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Funerary Art, and Roman Archaeology
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 15 Mart 2108 tarih ve 55566042–155/149 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be displayed in Academia... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 15 Mart 2108 tarih ve 55566042–155/149 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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On the occasion of the publication of a new milestone with a bilingual (Latin
and Greek) inscription recently discovered in western Turkey in the miscellanea dedicated to Professor Karl Strobel on the occasion of his 65th birthday,
some unfortunate errors have occurred that have been noticed only after of the
volume has been printed. Firstly, the Latin text concerning the naming of the
quarries near Dokimeion was misinterpreted. Secondly, the first line of the Greek
text, containing the indication of the imperial titling of Valerian and Gallienus,
was literally erased. We take the opportunity here to make amends and publish
the revised and corrected version of the milestone’s text, adding only a few brief
remarks.
To quote this article: E. Laflı/S. Magnani/M. Buora/S. Patacı, Additamenta et corrigenda to a recently published milestone from Dokimeion in Phrygia (western Turkey), in: R. Lafer (ed.), Der Alpen-Adria-Raum und das Imperium Romanum in der hohen Kaiserzeit. Neue wirtschafts- und sozialgeschichtliche Fragestellungen (Rahden, Westphalia: Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH, 2022), pp. 287-292. ISBN: 978-3-86757-085-5.
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On the occasion of the publication of a new milestone with a bilingual (Latin
and Greek) inscription recently discovered in western Turkey in the miscellanea dedicated to Professor Karl Strobel on the occasion of his 65th birthday,
some unfortunate errors have occurred that have been noticed only after of the
volume has been printed. Firstly, the Latin text concerning the naming of the
quarries near Dokimeion was misinterpreted. Secondly, the first line of the Greek
text, containing the indication of the imperial titling of Valerian and Gallienus,
was literally erased. We take the opportunity here to make amends and publish
the revised and corrected version of the milestone’s text, adding only a few brief
remarks.
To quote this article: E. Laflı/S. Magnani/M. Buora/S. Patacı, Additamenta et corrigenda to a recently published milestone from Dokimeion in Phrygia (western Turkey), in: R. Lafer (ed.), Der Alpen-Adria-Raum und das Imperium Romanum in der hohen Kaiserzeit. Neue wirtschafts- und sozialgeschichtliche Fragestellungen (Rahden, Westphalia: Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH, 2022), pp. 287-292. ISBN: 978-3-86757-085-5.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Latin Epigraphy, and 15 moreRoman military archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Phrygian, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Archeologia romana ed epigrafia latina, Roman Milestones, Greek and Latin Epigraphy of Asia Minor, Roman Archaeology, and Epigraphie latine
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün, Gaziantep ve Şanlıurfa Müzeleri'ni de kapsayan 09/12/2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.... more
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün, Gaziantep ve Şanlıurfa Müzeleri'ni de kapsayan 09/12/2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.
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This paper presents three unpublished Latin inscriptions that are curated in south-eastern Turkey. They are dated to the third century AD and associated with the presence of ala I Ulpia Contariorum as well as legio III Italica in Roman Commagene. The third funerary inscription, which is inscribed bilingually in Latin and Greek, is dedicated by a man to his wife.
Keywords: funerary inscriptions, Latin epigraphy, Greek epigraphy, ala I Ulpia Contariorum, legio III Italica, Commagene, Asia Minor, Turkey, Roman military in the East.
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This paper presents three unpublished Latin inscriptions that are curated in south-eastern Turkey. They are dated to the third century AD and associated with the presence of ala I Ulpia Contariorum as well as legio III Italica in Roman Commagene. The third funerary inscription, which is inscribed bilingually in Latin and Greek, is dedicated by a man to his wife.
Keywords: funerary inscriptions, Latin epigraphy, Greek epigraphy, ala I Ulpia Contariorum, legio III Italica, Commagene, Asia Minor, Turkey, Roman military in the East.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Latin Epigraphy, and 15 moreRoman military archaeology, Roman military history, Roman Army, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, Epigraphy, Roman Army Studies, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, and Roman Archaeology
İlgili müzelerdeki iki eserin incelenmesi ve yayınlanması, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 24 Haziran 2021 tarih ve E-44692667-900- 1421208 sayı ile verilen bir yazılı izin sayesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. In this brief paper two... more
İlgili müzelerdeki iki eserin incelenmesi ve yayınlanması, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 24 Haziran 2021 tarih ve E-44692667-900- 1421208 sayı ile verilen bir yazılı izin sayesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir.
In this brief paper two Italian-type Roman lamps from southeastern Turkey were presented, which bear iconographic scenes that are rare in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
Keywords: Clay oil lamps, Italian-type Roman lamps, southeastern Turkey, Roman Near East, Roman iconography, Roman lychnology.
In this brief paper two Italian-type Roman lamps from southeastern Turkey were presented, which bear iconographic scenes that are rare in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
Keywords: Clay oil lamps, Italian-type Roman lamps, southeastern Turkey, Roman Near East, Roman iconography, Roman lychnology.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreMesopotamian Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Ancient Near East, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Roman ceramics, Mesopotamia, Roman Lamps, Ancient Pottery Analysis, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
İlgili müzedeki iki eserin incelenmesi ve yayınlanması, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü doktora öğrencisi Alev Çetingöz’e ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 24 Mayıs 2021 tarih ve E.16211175-155.01-1406232 sayı ile ve 22... more
İlgili müzedeki iki eserin incelenmesi ve yayınlanması, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü doktora öğrencisi Alev Çetingöz’e ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 24 Mayıs 2021 tarih ve E.16211175-155.01-1406232 sayı ile ve 22 Aralık 2021 tarih ve E.16211175-155.01-2033462 sayı ile verilen iki yazılı izin sayesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir.
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In this brief paper we present three inscriptions from Upper Mesopotamia, in the territories of south-eastern Turkey.
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In this brief paper we present three inscriptions from Upper Mesopotamia, in the territories of south-eastern Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Mesopotamian Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Mesopotamia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Northern Mesopotamia, and Roman Archaeology
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen bir adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be displayed... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen bir adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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A fine portrait on a convex garnet ringstone in a museum in north-eastern Turkey depicts a satyr in profile with a full elegantly-coiffed head of wavy locks. He has a large articulated eye and a prominant aquiline nose. Satyr portraits were a popular subject on Greek and Roman gems. This formerly less-known piece from a grave excavated in Turkey is one of the most beautifully engraved portraits of the period in entire Black Sea region. We compare our Amasean gem to several Graeco-Roman portraits both on engraved gems and other media.
KEYWORDS: Ringstone, garnet, intaglio, satyr portraits, north-eastern Turkey, early first century AD, Graeco-Roman glyptics.
Hellenistic and Roman engraved gems from Asia Minor
In Turkey most of the known gemological examples are the finds of the earlier Iron Age civilizations such as Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, Phrygian, Lydian or Persian-Achamenid glyptic specimens, and our knowledge on the Hellenistic and Roman examples and their production in Asia Minor is generally poor. So far main publications on the Hellenistic and Roman engraved gems from Turkey are the famous catalogue of the Yücel Erimtan Collection in Ankara, finds from US American excavations in Gordion, finds from the Belgian excavations in Pessinus and the catalogue of the Museum of Izmir in western Turkey.
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A fine portrait on a convex garnet ringstone in a museum in north-eastern Turkey depicts a satyr in profile with a full elegantly-coiffed head of wavy locks. He has a large articulated eye and a prominant aquiline nose. Satyr portraits were a popular subject on Greek and Roman gems. This formerly less-known piece from a grave excavated in Turkey is one of the most beautifully engraved portraits of the period in entire Black Sea region. We compare our Amasean gem to several Graeco-Roman portraits both on engraved gems and other media.
KEYWORDS: Ringstone, garnet, intaglio, satyr portraits, north-eastern Turkey, early first century AD, Graeco-Roman glyptics.
Hellenistic and Roman engraved gems from Asia Minor
In Turkey most of the known gemological examples are the finds of the earlier Iron Age civilizations such as Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, Phrygian, Lydian or Persian-Achamenid glyptic specimens, and our knowledge on the Hellenistic and Roman examples and their production in Asia Minor is generally poor. So far main publications on the Hellenistic and Roman engraved gems from Turkey are the famous catalogue of the Yücel Erimtan Collection in Ankara, finds from US American excavations in Gordion, finds from the Belgian excavations in Pessinus and the catalogue of the Museum of Izmir in western Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Gemology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreRoman military archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Ancient Anatolia, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Engraved gems, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Roman Art, Gemstone, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Roman Archaeology, and Gemology and Mineralogy
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen iki adet adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Şubat 2013 tarih ve B.16.4.KTM.0.35.14.00-155.99/604 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen iki adet adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Şubat 2013 tarih ve B.16.4.KTM.0.35.14.00-155.99/604 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In this brief paper two figural marble plates with shallow reliefs will be presented which are curated in the garten of a museum in western Turkey.
Keywords: Western Anatolia | figural plate | honorary arch | architectural plastic | tetrarchic period | Late Roman art and iconography.
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In this brief paper two figural marble plates with shallow reliefs will be presented which are curated in the garten of a museum in western Turkey.
Keywords: Western Anatolia | figural plate | honorary arch | architectural plastic | tetrarchic period | Late Roman art and iconography.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Roman Empire, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Roman Archaeology, Roman Iconography, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Roman Sculpture, Roman Art, Ephesus, Ephesos, İzmir, Archeologia Romana, Roman Funerary Art, Smyrna, Ephesians, Roman Archaeology, and History of İzmir
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen 11 adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen 11 adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In a local museum in south-western Turkey eleven lead seals from the late sixth until the first half of the eighth century are curated; most of them originate probably from the north-western parts of Pisidia. The earlier ones bear monograms. Some dignities or offices vel command are quoted. Among these seals we find two stratelatai, an imperial asekretis, an imperial spatharios and even a patrikios and strategos. Only one person among these seals is related to the ecclesiastical sector, i.e. a diakonos.
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In a local museum in south-western Turkey eleven lead seals from the late sixth until the first half of the eighth century are curated; most of them originate probably from the north-western parts of Pisidia. The earlier ones bear monograms. Some dignities or offices vel command are quoted. Among these seals we find two stratelatai, an imperial asekretis, an imperial spatharios and even a patrikios and strategos. Only one person among these seals is related to the ecclesiastical sector, i.e. a diakonos.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Sigillography, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Numismatics, Pisidia, Byzantine Sigillography, Ancient Seals and Sealings, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Seals, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen 12 adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen 12 adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In this short paper, 16 formerly unpublished or less-known lead sling bullets from southeastern Turkey are presented. Publications on sling bullets are unique among the archaeological literature on Asia Minor. The article contributes to the corpus of sling bullets as it brings to the scholarship new examples. In this collection there are almost no extant examples of a particular bullet being replicated exactly on a second example. This paper increases thus the number of Hellenistic and Roman sling bullets known to date from southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria.
Keywords: Sling bullets, southeastern Turkey, Asia Minor, northwestern Syria, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Greek epigraphy, instrumenta inscripta.
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In this short paper, 16 formerly unpublished or less-known lead sling bullets from southeastern Turkey are presented. Publications on sling bullets are unique among the archaeological literature on Asia Minor. The article contributes to the corpus of sling bullets as it brings to the scholarship new examples. In this collection there are almost no extant examples of a particular bullet being replicated exactly on a second example. This paper increases thus the number of Hellenistic and Roman sling bullets known to date from southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria.
Keywords: Sling bullets, southeastern Turkey, Asia Minor, northwestern Syria, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Greek epigraphy, instrumenta inscripta.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Roman military archaeology, and 15 moreRoman Syria (Archaeology), Hellenistic Military History, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Roman Near East, History of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire), Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Roman military equipment, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Ancient Weapons and Warfare, Archeologia Romana, Ancient Antioch, and Roman Archaeology
Söz konusu eserler ilgili iki Müze Müdürlüğü'nün yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no... more
Söz konusu eserler ilgili iki Müze Müdürlüğü'nün yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır.
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In this short paper, nine formerly unpublished rayed lamps from south-eastern Turkey are being presented, belonging to a well-known type, starting from the end of the sixth century A.D., which became particularly widespread in the eighth century A.D. The article adds to a group of “rayed’ lamps from the Near East next few examples found in less accessible museums in Turkey and it also includes a useful historical sketch of the region during the Byzantine and Early Islamic period. The publication of these new specimens is valuable as the material from the area of modern Turkey is rarely published. While waiting for research on the many further lamps that are likely to be found in numerous museums to be published, this contribution helps us understand the variety of lamps and their area of diffusion, which stretches from northern Mesopotamia down to Palestine, including south-eastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel.
A former version of the same paper has been published, as: E. Laflı/M. Buora/F. H. Kaya, A preliminary report on Byzantine/Early Islamic rayed lamps from southeastern Turkey, The International Journal of Levant Studies (IJLS) 2, 2020, 83-105.
Key words: Terracotta oil lamps, rayed lamps, south-eastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Byzantine period, Early Islamic period, lychnological studies.
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In this short paper, nine formerly unpublished rayed lamps from south-eastern Turkey are being presented, belonging to a well-known type, starting from the end of the sixth century A.D., which became particularly widespread in the eighth century A.D. The article adds to a group of “rayed’ lamps from the Near East next few examples found in less accessible museums in Turkey and it also includes a useful historical sketch of the region during the Byzantine and Early Islamic period. The publication of these new specimens is valuable as the material from the area of modern Turkey is rarely published. While waiting for research on the many further lamps that are likely to be found in numerous museums to be published, this contribution helps us understand the variety of lamps and their area of diffusion, which stretches from northern Mesopotamia down to Palestine, including south-eastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel.
A former version of the same paper has been published, as: E. Laflı/M. Buora/F. H. Kaya, A preliminary report on Byzantine/Early Islamic rayed lamps from southeastern Turkey, The International Journal of Levant Studies (IJLS) 2, 2020, 83-105.
Key words: Terracotta oil lamps, rayed lamps, south-eastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Byzantine period, Early Islamic period, lychnological studies.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Roman Archaeology, Roman Syria (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Pottery, Ancient Anatolia, Roman Near East, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Roman Lamps, Archeologia Romana, Ceramica Romana, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
Bu makalede tanıtılan ahşap lahit Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü’nün 31 Mayıs 2001 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1.(9) sayılı ile 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve... more
Bu makalede tanıtılan ahşap lahit Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü’nün 31 Mayıs 2001 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/ 707.1.(9) sayılı ile 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G).65675] sayılı izinleri ile çalışılmış ve yayımlanmıştır.
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This brief paper presents a tree trunk coffin from a local museum in southern Turkey. As wooden sarcophagi of the Roman period are rarely known in scholarly literature, this previously unknown example is of importance for the current research.
Keywords: Wooden sarcophagus, tree trunk, coffins, Roman period, Late Roman period, Asia Minor.
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This brief paper presents a tree trunk coffin from a local museum in southern Turkey. As wooden sarcophagi of the Roman period are rarely known in scholarly literature, this previously unknown example is of importance for the current research.
Keywords: Wooden sarcophagus, tree trunk, coffins, Roman period, Late Roman period, Asia Minor.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Cypriot Archaeology, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Cilicia, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Hellenistic Roman and Byzantine Archaeology in the Land of Israel, Ancient Near East (Archaeology), Roman burial practices, Archaeology of Roman Religion, Ancient Anatolia, Roman Near East, Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Roman Sarcophagi, Burial Customs, Archeologia Romana, and Roman Archaeology
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In the fifth floor of the southern tower of the Rumeli Hisarı fortress, on the shore of the Bosphorus, built by Mehmed II in anticipation of the final assault against Constantinople, prisoners were imprisoned who captured during the long thirteen years war (1593-1606) and afterwards. We have some of the names graffitied on the stone boulders of the cells in which they were imprisoned. Reported in a volume of 1918 by Bertrand Bareilles, they have never been published in their entirety. Not all of them can be easily read. Some people appear to have been of high social status (probably an ambassador, a pharmacist, a treasurer). Their provenance is quite varied: from what they write we know that they came from present-day Slovakia, from Swabia, from Italy (Siena).
Their deciphering and publication offers a new document for a better understanding of the complex relations between the Christian and the Islamic worlds during the thirteen years war (1593-1606) and immediately after.
Keywords: Ottoman Empire, Rumeli Hisarı, Istanbul, prisoners of war, graffiti.
In the fifth floor of the southern tower of the Rumeli Hisarı fortress, on the shore of the Bosphorus, built by Mehmed II in anticipation of the final assault against Constantinople, prisoners were imprisoned who captured during the long thirteen years war (1593-1606) and afterwards. We have some of the names graffitied on the stone boulders of the cells in which they were imprisoned. Reported in a volume of 1918 by Bertrand Bareilles, they have never been published in their entirety. Not all of them can be easily read. Some people appear to have been of high social status (probably an ambassador, a pharmacist, a treasurer). Their provenance is quite varied: from what they write we know that they came from present-day Slovakia, from Swabia, from Italy (Siena).
Their deciphering and publication offers a new document for a better understanding of the complex relations between the Christian and the Islamic worlds during the thirteen years war (1593-1606) and immediately after.
Keywords: Ottoman Empire, Rumeli Hisarı, Istanbul, prisoners of war, graffiti.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Ottoman History, Anatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreOttoman Studies, Ottoman Empire, Venetian History, Early modern Ottoman History, Ottoman-Venetian relations, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Medieval Epigraphy, Constantinople, Post Medieval Archaeology, History of Istanbul, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Istanbul, Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology, and Urban Studies: Constantinople/Istanbul
Bu kısa yazıda konu edilen beş adet fibula, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından verilen 22 Mart 2017 tarih ve 43210214-155.03/SLO sayılı izin sayesinde çalışılmış ve yayınlanmıştır. This brief article will be displayed in Academia... more
Bu kısa yazıda konu edilen beş adet fibula, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından verilen 22 Mart 2017 tarih ve 43210214-155.03/SLO sayılı izin sayesinde çalışılmış ve yayınlanmıştır.
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In this brief paper five fibulae are presented which are currently curated in southwestern Turkey. The aim of this article is to refer to the cultural interaction between Lycia and Phrygia during the Iron Age in general, as it was already indicated by some Classical authors.
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In this brief paper five fibulae are presented which are currently curated in southwestern Turkey. The aim of this article is to refer to the cultural interaction between Lycia and Phrygia during the Iron Age in general, as it was already indicated by some Classical authors.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, and 15 moreLycian, Carian, Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Bronze and Iron Ages in Eastern Mediterranean (Archaeology), Phrygian, Iron Age, Ancient Caria, Ancient Lycia, Phrygia, Lycia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Anatolian Iron Age Archaeology, and Fibulae
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Abstract: In this brief paper we will focus on six dams of the Roman period in Asia Minor, respectively Seleucia Pieria and Ancyra, which are presented here in some outlines. The aim of this article is to introduce these ancient engineering monuments all together.
Keywords: Dams, Asia Minor, Turkey, Aqua Sarvenae, Seleucia Pieria, Ancyra, Roman engineering, Roman architecture, Roman archaeology in the East.
Abstract: In this brief paper we will focus on six dams of the Roman period in Asia Minor, respectively Seleucia Pieria and Ancyra, which are presented here in some outlines. The aim of this article is to introduce these ancient engineering monuments all together.
Keywords: Dams, Asia Minor, Turkey, Aqua Sarvenae, Seleucia Pieria, Ancyra, Roman engineering, Roman architecture, Roman archaeology in the East.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Architectural History, Roman engineering, and 15 moreHistory of civil engineering, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of architecture, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Roman provinces, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Greek and Roman Art and Architecture, Roman Architecture and Urbanism, Roman Architecture, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Architettura Romana, and Roman Archaeology
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen yedi adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. The full form of this article... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen yedi adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
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In this brief article we present a collection of four inscribed rings curated in a local museum in southeastern Turkey. These bronze rings belong respectively to an unknown person, to a person called Epiphanius, to a further Epiphanius and to a possible Sergius. The chronology of these unpublished rings is not easily determined; nevertheless, by form and type of inscription etc. they can generally be attributed to the Early Byzantine period, from the sixth century AD onwards. At the end of this paper three further bronze trinkets from the same museum are presented. The first one is an uninscribed finger ring, the second one is a pendant with an inscription and the last one is another ring, with a probable Early Arabic-Islamic inscription.
Keywords: inscribed rings, instrumenta inscripta, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Syria, Early Byzantine period, Byzantine epigraphy.
An addentum: It is quite possible that the inscription on the reverse of no. 6 (fig. 6b) reads Ὁ κατοικῶν, which are the first two words of Psalm 91, a common verse on such amulets. See, for example, no. 136 in this volume: Eunice Dauterman Maguire, Henry Maguire, and Maggie J. Duncan-Flowers, Art and Holy Powers in the Early Christian House (Urbana: Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1989). There is a similar pendant in the study collection at Kenyon College in the US which can be viewed here: https://digital.kenyon.edu/arthistorystudycollection/1159/
Kindly provided by Dr Brad Hostetler (Kenyon College, Gambier, OH; in February 2023).
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2024, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2024: [email protected]
In this brief article we present a collection of four inscribed rings curated in a local museum in southeastern Turkey. These bronze rings belong respectively to an unknown person, to a person called Epiphanius, to a further Epiphanius and to a possible Sergius. The chronology of these unpublished rings is not easily determined; nevertheless, by form and type of inscription etc. they can generally be attributed to the Early Byzantine period, from the sixth century AD onwards. At the end of this paper three further bronze trinkets from the same museum are presented. The first one is an uninscribed finger ring, the second one is a pendant with an inscription and the last one is another ring, with a probable Early Arabic-Islamic inscription.
Keywords: inscribed rings, instrumenta inscripta, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Syria, Early Byzantine period, Byzantine epigraphy.
An addentum: It is quite possible that the inscription on the reverse of no. 6 (fig. 6b) reads Ὁ κατοικῶν, which are the first two words of Psalm 91, a common verse on such amulets. See, for example, no. 136 in this volume: Eunice Dauterman Maguire, Henry Maguire, and Maggie J. Duncan-Flowers, Art and Holy Powers in the Early Christian House (Urbana: Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1989). There is a similar pendant in the study collection at Kenyon College in the US which can be viewed here: https://digital.kenyon.edu/arthistorystudycollection/1159/
Kindly provided by Dr Brad Hostetler (Kenyon College, Gambier, OH; in February 2023).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Byzantine Sigillography, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Epigraphy, Epigrafia, Ancient Antioch, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
Söz konusu eser Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. The full form of this article will... more
Söz konusu eser Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır.
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In this brief contribution an inscribed Palmyrene funerary relief from southern Turkey is presented. The c. 40 cm high figure looks youthful, is male and holds in his hands a bird and a bunch of grapes (damaged). There are many parallels to this in Palmyrene art. This paper provides an epigraphic discussion of the inscription and also an art-historical contextualisation by comparison with similar reliefs from Palmyra and elsewhere in the Roman Near East.
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In this brief contribution an inscribed Palmyrene funerary relief from southern Turkey is presented. The c. 40 cm high figure looks youthful, is male and holds in his hands a bird and a bunch of grapes (damaged). There are many parallels to this in Palmyrene art. This paper provides an epigraphic discussion of the inscription and also an art-historical contextualisation by comparison with similar reliefs from Palmyra and elsewhere in the Roman Near East.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Near Eastern Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Aramaic, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Syriac Studies, Old Aramaic, Ancient Near East, Ancient Near Eastern Languages, Syriac (Languages And Linguistics), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Near East (Archaeology), Roman Near East, Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Syriac, Aramaic/Syriac, and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
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This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than three years after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
In this short paper, five formerly unknown Late Roman unguentarium stamps will be presented. These stamps have been found at some sites in western Asia Minor.
Keywords: Late Roman unguentaria, Early Byzantine ampulla, stamps, monogram, Early Byzantine period, sigillography, western Asia Minor, Turkey.
In this short paper, five formerly unknown Late Roman unguentarium stamps will be presented. These stamps have been found at some sites in western Asia Minor.
Keywords: Late Roman unguentaria, Early Byzantine ampulla, stamps, monogram, Early Byzantine period, sigillography, western Asia Minor, Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Late Antiquity, and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Pottery, Pottery, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Ceramica Medievale, Pottery studies, Ceramica Romana, and Early Byzantine Archaeology
Söz konusu eserler, ilgili iki Müze Müdürlüğü'nün Doğukan Çağlayan'a 09/01/2019 tarihinde verdiği 80728313-155.01-E.24938 sayılı ve 04/02/2019 tarihinde verdiği 81526617.155.99/102920 sayılı izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır. The full form of... more
Söz konusu eserler, ilgili iki Müze Müdürlüğü'nün Doğukan Çağlayan'a 09/01/2019 tarihinde verdiği 80728313-155.01-E.24938 sayılı ve 04/02/2019 tarihinde verdiği 81526617.155.99/102920 sayılı izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır.
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In this paper seven lead seals from northwestern Turkey have been presented which stretch a time period between the late seventh and early 13th centuries A.D. Thus, it offers a descriptive listing of the Byzantine seals contained in northwestern Turkish museums. In the introduction part region and some museums have been presented briefly. Owners of these seven seals were primarily ecclesiastical, juristic or military dignitaries who were probably active in these regions. Their catalogue ends with a substantial contextualisation and discussion. By this way this article does not only give readers an argument of sigilliographic results for northwestern Turkey, but also leads to new conclusions about the less-known Byzantine history and dignitaries of this part of northwestern Asia Minor as well as Byzantine sigillography in general.
Keywords: Lead seals, northwestern Turkey, sigillography, Early Byzantine period, Middle Byzantine period, Late Byzantine period.
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In this paper seven lead seals from northwestern Turkey have been presented which stretch a time period between the late seventh and early 13th centuries A.D. Thus, it offers a descriptive listing of the Byzantine seals contained in northwestern Turkish museums. In the introduction part region and some museums have been presented briefly. Owners of these seven seals were primarily ecclesiastical, juristic or military dignitaries who were probably active in these regions. Their catalogue ends with a substantial contextualisation and discussion. By this way this article does not only give readers an argument of sigilliographic results for northwestern Turkey, but also leads to new conclusions about the less-known Byzantine history and dignitaries of this part of northwestern Asia Minor as well as Byzantine sigillography in general.
Keywords: Lead seals, northwestern Turkey, sigillography, Early Byzantine period, Middle Byzantine period, Late Byzantine period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreByzantine History, Byzantine Iconography, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Byzantine history, Byzantine Paleography and codicology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Numismatics, Byzantine Hagiography, Byzantine Sigillography, Bithynia, Byzantine Army, Byzantine art, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Byzantine Diplomatics (Imperial and Patriarchal Chancellery)
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün, Gaziantep ve Şanlıurfa Müzeleri'ni de kapsayan 09/12/2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.... more
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün, Gaziantep ve Şanlıurfa Müzeleri'ni de kapsayan 09/12/2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.
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In this brief note in French language five formerly unpublished Roman inscriptions from Asia Minor were presented which are in Greek.
A correction:
For the dedication to Tyche (no. 2), the name of the dedicant is apparently the double name of a Roman citizen, e.g. Ἰουνία Ἀρσινόη (rather than Μουνία Ἀ. - although there is a Roman nomen Munius/Munia) - with a Roman nomen and a Greek cognomen; otherwise a sequence of two non-Roman names in the nominative (and one of them unattested) does not make much sense.
In no. 3, Πακυια also seems to be a Roman name, Pacuvia/Pacuia (in Greek usually written with ου, Πακουια).
This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023 at the same time with Persée, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than three years after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
In this brief note in French language five formerly unpublished Roman inscriptions from Asia Minor were presented which are in Greek.
A correction:
For the dedication to Tyche (no. 2), the name of the dedicant is apparently the double name of a Roman citizen, e.g. Ἰουνία Ἀρσινόη (rather than Μουνία Ἀ. - although there is a Roman nomen Munius/Munia) - with a Roman nomen and a Greek cognomen; otherwise a sequence of two non-Roman names in the nominative (and one of them unattested) does not make much sense.
In no. 3, Πακυια also seems to be a Roman name, Pacuvia/Pacuia (in Greek usually written with ου, Πακουια).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Roman Frontiers (Archaeology), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Near East, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Epigrafia, Roman Funerary Art, and Roman Archaeology
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün, Gaziantep ve Şanlıurfa Müzeleri'ni de kapsayan 09/12/2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.... more
Söz konusu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün, Gaziantep ve Şanlıurfa Müzeleri'ni de kapsayan 09/12/2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.
This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2024 at the same time with Persée, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than three years after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
In this brief note in French language five formerly unpublished Roman inscriptions from Asia Minor were presented which are in Greek.
This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2024 at the same time with Persée, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than three years after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
In this brief note in French language five formerly unpublished Roman inscriptions from Asia Minor were presented which are in Greek.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Funerary Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Roman Frontiers (Archaeology), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Near East, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Asia Minor, Epigrafia, Roman Funerary Art, and Roman Archaeology
Söz konusu eserler ilgili iki Müze Müdürlüğü'nün yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no... more
Söz konusu eserler ilgili iki Müze Müdürlüğü'nün yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
In this short paper five formerly unpublished rayed lamps from southeastern Turkey are being presented which belong to a well-known type dated to the end of the sixth century A.D. and widespread especially in the eighth century A.D. While waiting for the many further lamps that are likely to be found in numerous museums to be published, this contribution helps to understand the variety of the several lamps and their area of diffusion, which stretch from northern Mesopotamia down to Palestine, including southeastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel.
Key words: Terracotta oil lamps, rayed lamps, southeastern Turkey, northern Mesopotamia, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Near East, Byzantine period, early Islamic period, lychnological studies, pottery studies.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
In this short paper five formerly unpublished rayed lamps from southeastern Turkey are being presented which belong to a well-known type dated to the end of the sixth century A.D. and widespread especially in the eighth century A.D. While waiting for the many further lamps that are likely to be found in numerous museums to be published, this contribution helps to understand the variety of the several lamps and their area of diffusion, which stretch from northern Mesopotamia down to Palestine, including southeastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel.
Key words: Terracotta oil lamps, rayed lamps, southeastern Turkey, northern Mesopotamia, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Near East, Byzantine period, early Islamic period, lychnological studies, pottery studies.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Ceramics (Art History), Medieval Pottery, Ancient Near East, Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Pottery, Islamic pottery, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Roman Lamps, Ceramica Medievale, Pottery studies, Ceramica Romana, Archaeology of the Levant, and Oil lamps
Söz konusu eserler ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 22 Mart 2017 tarih ve 43210214-155.03 / SLO sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2025 at the same time with Persée, as it... more
Söz konusu eserler ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 22 Mart 2017 tarih ve 43210214-155.03 / SLO sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır.
This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2025 at the same time with Persée, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than three years after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2025: [email protected]
The six very well-preserved funerary inscriptions that we present in this article in French language, deposited at a museum in southwestern Turkey, are from the Hellenistic and Roman period. They are unpublished, except one which had to be revised (n ° 4).
This article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2025 at the same time with Persée, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than three years after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2025: [email protected]
The six very well-preserved funerary inscriptions that we present in this article in French language, deposited at a museum in southwestern Turkey, are from the Hellenistic and Roman period. They are unpublished, except one which had to be revised (n ° 4).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Lycian, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Ancient Lycia, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Lycia, Roman Sculpture, Epigrafia, Roman Funerary Art, Archeologia Funeraria, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
Söz konusu eser ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 11 Ocak 2012 tarih ve B.16.4.KTM.0.35.14.00-155.99/150 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can... more
Söz konusu eser ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 11 Ocak 2012 tarih ve B.16.4.KTM.0.35.14.00-155.99/150 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
In this paper a marble slab fragment from western Turkey is presented. Originally it was published by C. Texier in 1884 and later deemed missing. We believe that it is an imperial sarcophagus and that it may have received the remains of the emperor of Nicaea Theodore II Lascaris.
Keywords. Imperial sarcophagus, Nymphaeum, western Asia Minor, Middle Byzantine period, Late Byzantine period, Byzantine sarcophagi, Byzantine relief sculpture, Byzantine epigraphy, Byzantine history, Theodore II Lascaris, John III Ducas Vatatzes, Nicaean Empire.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
In this paper a marble slab fragment from western Turkey is presented. Originally it was published by C. Texier in 1884 and later deemed missing. We believe that it is an imperial sarcophagus and that it may have received the remains of the emperor of Nicaea Theodore II Lascaris.
Keywords. Imperial sarcophagus, Nymphaeum, western Asia Minor, Middle Byzantine period, Late Byzantine period, Byzantine sarcophagi, Byzantine relief sculpture, Byzantine epigraphy, Byzantine history, Theodore II Lascaris, John III Ducas Vatatzes, Nicaean Empire.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreByzantine History, Byzantine Iconography, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Byzantine history, Byzantine Paleography and codicology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Medieval Epigraphy, Byzantine Sigillography, Epigraphy, Byzantine art, İzmir, History of İzmir, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Byzantine Diplomatics (Imperial and Patriarchal Chancellery)
Söz konusu eser ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 15 Mart 2018 tarih ve 55566042-155/149 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on... more
Söz konusu eser ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 15 Mart 2018 tarih ve 55566042-155/149 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its book. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
On the occasion of the publication of a new milestone with a bilingual (Latin and Greek) inscription recently discovered somewhere in the eastern part of the Roman Empire in the miscellanea dedicated to Professor Karl Strobel on the occasion of his 65th birthday,
some unfortunate errors have occurred that have been noticed only after of the volume has been printed. Firstly, the Latin text concerning the naming of the quarries was misinterpreted. Secondly, the first line of the Greek text, containing the indication of the imperial titling of Valerian and Gallienus, was literally erased. We take the opportunity here to make amends and publish the revised and corrected version of the milestone’s text, adding only a few brief remarks.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its book. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
On the occasion of the publication of a new milestone with a bilingual (Latin and Greek) inscription recently discovered somewhere in the eastern part of the Roman Empire in the miscellanea dedicated to Professor Karl Strobel on the occasion of his 65th birthday,
some unfortunate errors have occurred that have been noticed only after of the volume has been printed. Firstly, the Latin text concerning the naming of the quarries was misinterpreted. Secondly, the first line of the Greek text, containing the indication of the imperial titling of Valerian and Gallienus, was literally erased. We take the opportunity here to make amends and publish the revised and corrected version of the milestone’s text, adding only a few brief remarks.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Latin Epigraphy, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Phrygian, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Phrygia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Epigrafia, and Roman Archaeology
Söz konusu eser ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 9 Aralık 2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. Aynı eser için ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 2 Haziran 2021 tarih ve E-44692667-900-1421208 sayılı... more
Söz konusu eser ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 9 Aralık 2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. Aynı eser için ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 2 Haziran 2021 tarih ve E-44692667-900-1421208 sayılı bir yazılı izni daha bulunmaktadır.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its book. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
In this brief paper two Italian-type Roman lamps from southeastern Turkey will be presented, which bear iconographic scenes that are rare in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
Keywords: Clay oil lamps, Italian-type Roman lamps, southeastern Turkey, Roman Near East, Roman iconography, Roman lychnology.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its book. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
In this brief paper two Italian-type Roman lamps from southeastern Turkey will be presented, which bear iconographic scenes that are rare in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
Keywords: Clay oil lamps, Italian-type Roman lamps, southeastern Turkey, Roman Near East, Roman iconography, Roman lychnology.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramics (Art History), Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Roman Iconography, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Roman ceramics, Pottery technology and function, Roman Lamps, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Pottery studies, Ceramica Romana, and Ancient Greek ceramic workshops and iconography
Söz konusu eser ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 9 Aralık 2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. Aynı eser için ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 2 Haziran 2021 tarih ve E-44692667-900-1421208 sayılı... more
Söz konusu eser ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 9 Aralık 2004 tarih ve B.16.0.AMG.0.10.00.01/707.1/14 (030317) sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. Aynı eser için ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 2 Haziran 2021 tarih ve E-44692667-900-1421208 sayılı bir yazılı izni daha bulunmaktadır.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
We publish here a lead weight from a museum im southeastern Turkey bearing on the upper face the image of Zeus Ouranios, the date of manufacture (according to the Seleucid era and corresponding to the year 114-113 BC) and the name of the agoranomos, Apollodoros. Its weight (62 gr) corresponds to one eighth of the so-called “light” mina of the Levant (about 500 gr). Of considerable interest is the reproduction of the image of Zeus which also appears on Seleucid tetradrachms and, in particular, those minted by Antiochus VIII Grypus, who reigned from 125 to 96 BC.
Keywords: lead weight, agoranomos, Apollodoros, mina, Zeus depiction, Seleucid Kingdom, southeastern Turkey.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2023, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2023: [email protected]
We publish here a lead weight from a museum im southeastern Turkey bearing on the upper face the image of Zeus Ouranios, the date of manufacture (according to the Seleucid era and corresponding to the year 114-113 BC) and the name of the agoranomos, Apollodoros. Its weight (62 gr) corresponds to one eighth of the so-called “light” mina of the Levant (about 500 gr). Of considerable interest is the reproduction of the image of Zeus which also appears on Seleucid tetradrachms and, in particular, those minted by Antiochus VIII Grypus, who reigned from 125 to 96 BC.
Keywords: lead weight, agoranomos, Apollodoros, mina, Zeus depiction, Seleucid Kingdom, southeastern Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Hellenistic History, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Hellenistic Monarchy, Seleucid Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Hellenistic Roman and Byzantine Archaeology in the Land of Israel, History of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire), Hellenistic Babylonia, Ancient Metrology, Seleucid coins, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Ancient Antioch, and Ancient lead weights
Hellenistic, Roman and early Byzantine terracotta unguentaria from Cilicia and Pisidia in southern Turkey / Studien zur hellenistischen, römisch-kaiserzeitlichen und spätantiken Tonunguentarien aus Kilikien und Pisidien (Südtürkei). Der Forschungsstand und eine Auswahl von Fundobjekten aus Museenmore
This is my formerly unpublished doctoral thesis about the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine clay unguentaria from Cilicia and Pisidia in southern Turkey which was submitted in February 2003 to the University of Cologne in Germany.... more
This is my formerly unpublished doctoral thesis about the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine clay unguentaria from Cilicia and Pisidia in southern Turkey which was submitted in February 2003 to the University of Cologne in Germany.
Terracotta unguentaria are found in relatively large quantities in Cilicia, southern Turkey, where they were produced from the Hellenistic to the early Byzantine periods. Their importance for understanding the material culture of Asia Minor has been highlighted by recent excavation publications and studies of local workshops. While it is crucial to understand the role of unguentaria in the context of a specific site or as part of a regional pattern, the study of the vessel form itself has been overlooked.
This Ph.D. thesis is based primarily upon unpublished material from excavations, field surveys, and museum research, sets out a comprehensive model for the study of Hellenistic unguentaria in Cilicia, including their typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics, and distribution patterns. This research model illustrates how previous assumptions about the vessel’s typology must be re-evaluated. The vessel’s form demonstrates a high level of differentiation both between sites and within regions, meaning that a uniform “regional” typology, suggested in some studies (Anderson-Stojanović 1987: 105), cannot be maintained. It is, however, possible to speak of a “major” group which seems local imitations, such as in the “country style” in Cilicia.
In this dissertation that I involved with the Hellenistic, Roman and early Byzantine terracotta unguentaria from Cilicia and Pisidia in a part of which we intend to give a comprehensive and total view of this vessel type during these periods, with all of its principal aspects, such as typology, production, distribution, contextual information, chronology, function, regional characteristics etc. The principals of our research based upon the former knowledge, resulted from past excavations and surveys, as well as my current research in local museums, excavations and surveys in Cilicia.
The text is in German with abstracts in English, French and Turkish.
Terracotta unguentaria are found in relatively large quantities in Cilicia, southern Turkey, where they were produced from the Hellenistic to the early Byzantine periods. Their importance for understanding the material culture of Asia Minor has been highlighted by recent excavation publications and studies of local workshops. While it is crucial to understand the role of unguentaria in the context of a specific site or as part of a regional pattern, the study of the vessel form itself has been overlooked.
This Ph.D. thesis is based primarily upon unpublished material from excavations, field surveys, and museum research, sets out a comprehensive model for the study of Hellenistic unguentaria in Cilicia, including their typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics, and distribution patterns. This research model illustrates how previous assumptions about the vessel’s typology must be re-evaluated. The vessel’s form demonstrates a high level of differentiation both between sites and within regions, meaning that a uniform “regional” typology, suggested in some studies (Anderson-Stojanović 1987: 105), cannot be maintained. It is, however, possible to speak of a “major” group which seems local imitations, such as in the “country style” in Cilicia.
In this dissertation that I involved with the Hellenistic, Roman and early Byzantine terracotta unguentaria from Cilicia and Pisidia in a part of which we intend to give a comprehensive and total view of this vessel type during these periods, with all of its principal aspects, such as typology, production, distribution, contextual information, chronology, function, regional characteristics etc. The principals of our research based upon the former knowledge, resulted from past excavations and surveys, as well as my current research in local museums, excavations and surveys in Cilicia.
The text is in German with abstracts in English, French and Turkish.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Mediterranean archaeology, Roman Provincial Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
This is my master's thesis about the Iron Age of Cilicia in southern Turkey which was submitted in April 1999 to the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in Germany. The time span of the Iron Age in Cilicia is about the 12th to sixth... more
This is my master's thesis about the Iron Age of Cilicia in southern Turkey which was submitted in April 1999 to the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in Germany. The time span of the Iron Age in Cilicia is about the 12th to sixth century B.C. The thesis based on some former researches in the area until the end of 1990s and few archaeological materials from the local museums. The part of the thesis with its plates were unfortunately not included in Academia.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Near Eastern Studies, Anatolian Studies, and 15 moreCypriot Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Luwian, Cilicia, Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Bronze and Iron Ages in Eastern Mediterranean (Archaeology), Protohistory, Iron Age, Ancient Near Eastern History, Early Iron Age, and Early Iron Age Greece and Greek communities overseas
This reviewed monograph is a revision of the author’s doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Oxford in 2009. The bibliography includes work published until 2010; literature after this date could not taken into account. The work is... more
This reviewed monograph is a revision of the author’s doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Oxford in 2009. The bibliography includes work published until 2010; literature after this date could not taken into account. The work is dedicated to the ancient Büyük Men¬deres river valley and the landscapes and cities of this part of the Anatolian penin¬sula and is a systematic historical-geographical analysis of a significant, but formerly neglected, part of western Asia Minor.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, and 15 moreEpigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Byzantine Studies, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Aegean Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ionia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, and Roman Archaeology
At Empire’s Edge represents the initial findings of a multiyear survey project, undertaken in Çankırı province in Turkey, conducted between 1997 and 2001. The study area is located in north-central Turkey and includes a variety of... more
At Empire’s Edge represents the initial findings of a multiyear survey project, undertaken in Çankırı province in Turkey, conducted between 1997 and 2001. The study area is located in north-central Turkey and includes a variety of landforms—fluvial, steppe, and mountainous regions/areas—and is situated at the interface between the drier upland plateau of central Anatolia and the wetter, more mountainous Pontic region along the south coast of the Black Sea. In terms of cultural history, the region was known generally as an area of peripheral importance for most of its history, more often than not serving as a border area between states or other political centers. In this book of survey results several periods, beginning from Neolithic to Byzantine, are presented with various materials, among others sites, ceramics, inscriptions etc. The review is in German language.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Classics, and 15 moreAnatolian Studies, Landscape Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Archaeological GIS, Byzantine Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Anatolian Prehistory, Central Anatolian Neolithic, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Paphlagonia, and Roman Archaeology
In this brief paper A. Heimerl's book, entitled "Die römischen Lampen aus Pergamon. Vom Beginn der Kaiserzeit bis zum Ende des 4. Jhs. n. Chr." (Pergamenische Forschungen 13; Berlin, New York 2001) was reviewed. This is an important book,... more
In this brief paper A. Heimerl's book, entitled "Die römischen Lampen aus Pergamon. Vom Beginn der Kaiserzeit bis zum Ende des 4. Jhs. n. Chr." (Pergamenische Forschungen 13; Berlin, New York 2001) was reviewed. This is an important book, presenting Roman terracotta oil lamps from Pergamum and rest of the western Asia Minor. Thus, our knowledge on the production and use of terracotta lamps has been extended.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Roman ceramics, Pottery technology and function, Roman Lamps, Hellenistic and Roman Ceramics, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
Martin Harrison, a former professor of archaeology at the University of Oxford, traveled widely in Asia Minor from his youth onward, and he was always fascinated by the questions of how and why the great and elegant cities of classical... more
Martin Harrison, a former professor of archaeology at the University of Oxford, traveled widely in Asia Minor from his youth onward, and he was always fascinated by the questions of how and why the great and elegant cities of classical antiquity declined, and what happened to the descendants of the people who lived in them. Over nearly forty years he returned again and again to remote Lycia, where the ruins of monasteries and churches, villages, hamlets, and towns remained largely inaccessible and unexplored. His interest eventually led him to undertake the excavation of the Phrygian city of Amorium, whose importance became greater as the classical cities declined. At its peak it was considered second only to Byzantium, until it fell to the Arab invasions.
The reviewed book is the results of years of excavation and research by Harrison. The manuscript was largely sketched out when he unexpectedly passed away, and the volume has been finished and prepared for press by his long-time assistant Wendy Young, with further guidance from friends and colleagues with whom he had discussed the project. The review is in German language.
The reviewed book is the results of years of excavation and research by Harrison. The manuscript was largely sketched out when he unexpectedly passed away, and the volume has been finished and prepared for press by his long-time assistant Wendy Young, with further guidance from friends and colleagues with whom he had discussed the project. The review is in German language.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreAnatolian Studies, Landscape Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Anatolian History, Byzantine Studies, Lycian, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Lycia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
This is the poster of the online symposium on the archaeology of bone objects in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea area during the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods, which will be held on 14 May 2025 physically in... more
This is the poster of the online symposium on the archaeology of bone objects in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea area during the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods, which will be held on 14 May 2025 physically in Izmir / Turkey or virtually on Zoom.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Late Antiquity, and 15 moreByzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Asia Minor, Bone Tools, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
Dear Colleagues, We are glad to inform you that an international e-symposium on baptism in Early Christianity and baptismal inscriptions in Asia Minor will take place on December 22, 2024 on Zoom.us. Water has been the central element... more
Dear Colleagues,
We are glad to inform you that an international e-symposium on baptism in Early Christianity and baptismal inscriptions in Asia Minor will take place on December 22, 2024 on Zoom.us. Water has been the central element of Christian baptism since the very beginnings of Christianity. Baptism has been part of Christianity from the start, as shown by the many mentions in the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline epistles. Baptism with water, whether by immersion or sprinkling, has always been the primary initiation ritual for Christians. But where did this ritual come from? And what did it mean? Although the term “baptism” is not today used to describe the Jewish rituals (in contrast to New Testament times, when the Greek word βαπτισμός did indicate Jewish ablutions or rites of purification), the purification rites (or מִקְוֶה / מקווה; mikvah—ritual immersion) in Jewish law and tradition are similar to baptism, and the two have been linked.
This e-meeting will focus on the following questions related to baptism in Early Christianity: how did people practice and understand baptism in Early Christian Asia Minor, what kind of connotations did the baptismal use of water evoke in the Asian context, and what significance did baptism gain during the first centuries A.D.? Baptism seems to have been developed in the early years in close contact with the local religious context and the construction of baptisteries in the sixth century A.D. adapted local pagan elements of architecture. The Early Christian baptisteries featured water as the central element of baptism in an architecturally, ritually, and theologically reflected way.
In the study of baptism in Early Christian Asia Minor we will especially focus on epigraphic evidence which has been overlooked whereas there is still a huge amount of material from excavations and museums in Turkey. It is also our aim to analyze the subject with literary sources and archaeological evidence to reconstruct the liturgy and the actions of Early Christians, especially in ancient Anatolia. In this e-meeting, we only focus on baptismal inscriptions in Asia Minor between c. fourth and sixth centuries A.D. and attempt to set out a comprehensive model for the study of Early Christian baptism in Asia Minor. It is also our intention to create a complete bibliography of previous publications on Early Christian baptism and baptismal inscriptions in Asia Minor.
We warmly invite contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines related to this subject. Intended to bring together scholars of Early Christian theology, Roman history and Greek epigraphy to discuss a range of issues concerning this ritual’s characteristics, this video conference should be an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this subject. The following theme groups are the main questions of the symposium which are prescriptive:
- The origins and development of baptism in Asia Minor,
- Relevance and performance of baptism in Early Christian contexts in Asia Minor,
- Early Christian baptismal inscriptions in Asia Minor from archaeological field projects and museums,
- Etymology of Early Christian baptism,
- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on Early Christian baptism in Asia Minor,
- Hellenistic and Roman gravestones and other iconographic media depicting Early Christian baptism and baptismal inscriptions in Asia Minor,
- Miscellanea.
On these themes and questions, all approaches and methods susceptible to bringing some progress to our current knowledge are of course welcome: theology, ancient history, epigraphy, archaeology, history of art, cultural anthropology, etc. The symposium will take place virtually on Zoom. All the readings and discussions in our e-conference will be in English, and recorded for later viewing as a podcast on YouTube. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in 2026. The symposium is free of charge.
We would be delighted, if you could consider contributing to our symposium and contact us with the required information below before September 1, 2024. Our e-mail address is: [email protected] and/or [email protected]
For all your queries concerning the symposium, our phone number is: +90.544.938 54 64. The organizers seek to widen participation at this symposium and would like to encourage colleagues from all parts of the world to attend. We kindly request that you alert any interested researchers, colleagues and students within your research community who would be interested in participating in this e-conference, either by forwarding our first circular and poster through Academia, Researchgate, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or other similar social media, or by printing them and displaying in your institution. Please share them also on your ListServs. We hope that you will be able to join us on Zoom, and look forward to seeing you!
Required information for the participation to the e-conference
Type of your participation (virtual lecturer or virtual observer):
Name:
Academic title:
Institution:
E-mail:
Complete professional address:
Cell phone:
Academia or Researchgate account:
Orcid ID:
Would you agree with the recording of your virtual lecture and to be displayed as a podcast in our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU4How2qUqAuGBEm27pKLZw) later?:
Any special requests:
Title of your lecture:
Your abstract:
NB: One or two illustrations can be included which should be sent by e-mail to [email protected] and/or [email protected]
We are glad to inform you that an international e-symposium on baptism in Early Christianity and baptismal inscriptions in Asia Minor will take place on December 22, 2024 on Zoom.us. Water has been the central element of Christian baptism since the very beginnings of Christianity. Baptism has been part of Christianity from the start, as shown by the many mentions in the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline epistles. Baptism with water, whether by immersion or sprinkling, has always been the primary initiation ritual for Christians. But where did this ritual come from? And what did it mean? Although the term “baptism” is not today used to describe the Jewish rituals (in contrast to New Testament times, when the Greek word βαπτισμός did indicate Jewish ablutions or rites of purification), the purification rites (or מִקְוֶה / מקווה; mikvah—ritual immersion) in Jewish law and tradition are similar to baptism, and the two have been linked.
This e-meeting will focus on the following questions related to baptism in Early Christianity: how did people practice and understand baptism in Early Christian Asia Minor, what kind of connotations did the baptismal use of water evoke in the Asian context, and what significance did baptism gain during the first centuries A.D.? Baptism seems to have been developed in the early years in close contact with the local religious context and the construction of baptisteries in the sixth century A.D. adapted local pagan elements of architecture. The Early Christian baptisteries featured water as the central element of baptism in an architecturally, ritually, and theologically reflected way.
In the study of baptism in Early Christian Asia Minor we will especially focus on epigraphic evidence which has been overlooked whereas there is still a huge amount of material from excavations and museums in Turkey. It is also our aim to analyze the subject with literary sources and archaeological evidence to reconstruct the liturgy and the actions of Early Christians, especially in ancient Anatolia. In this e-meeting, we only focus on baptismal inscriptions in Asia Minor between c. fourth and sixth centuries A.D. and attempt to set out a comprehensive model for the study of Early Christian baptism in Asia Minor. It is also our intention to create a complete bibliography of previous publications on Early Christian baptism and baptismal inscriptions in Asia Minor.
We warmly invite contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines related to this subject. Intended to bring together scholars of Early Christian theology, Roman history and Greek epigraphy to discuss a range of issues concerning this ritual’s characteristics, this video conference should be an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this subject. The following theme groups are the main questions of the symposium which are prescriptive:
- The origins and development of baptism in Asia Minor,
- Relevance and performance of baptism in Early Christian contexts in Asia Minor,
- Early Christian baptismal inscriptions in Asia Minor from archaeological field projects and museums,
- Etymology of Early Christian baptism,
- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on Early Christian baptism in Asia Minor,
- Hellenistic and Roman gravestones and other iconographic media depicting Early Christian baptism and baptismal inscriptions in Asia Minor,
- Miscellanea.
On these themes and questions, all approaches and methods susceptible to bringing some progress to our current knowledge are of course welcome: theology, ancient history, epigraphy, archaeology, history of art, cultural anthropology, etc. The symposium will take place virtually on Zoom. All the readings and discussions in our e-conference will be in English, and recorded for later viewing as a podcast on YouTube. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in 2026. The symposium is free of charge.
We would be delighted, if you could consider contributing to our symposium and contact us with the required information below before September 1, 2024. Our e-mail address is: [email protected] and/or [email protected]
For all your queries concerning the symposium, our phone number is: +90.544.938 54 64. The organizers seek to widen participation at this symposium and would like to encourage colleagues from all parts of the world to attend. We kindly request that you alert any interested researchers, colleagues and students within your research community who would be interested in participating in this e-conference, either by forwarding our first circular and poster through Academia, Researchgate, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or other similar social media, or by printing them and displaying in your institution. Please share them also on your ListServs. We hope that you will be able to join us on Zoom, and look forward to seeing you!
Required information for the participation to the e-conference
Type of your participation (virtual lecturer or virtual observer):
Name:
Academic title:
Institution:
E-mail:
Complete professional address:
Cell phone:
Academia or Researchgate account:
Orcid ID:
Would you agree with the recording of your virtual lecture and to be displayed as a podcast in our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU4How2qUqAuGBEm27pKLZw) later?:
Any special requests:
Title of your lecture:
Your abstract:
NB: One or two illustrations can be included which should be sent by e-mail to [email protected] and/or [email protected]
Research Interests: Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Early Christianity, Baptist Theology, Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreBaptism, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Christian Epigraphy, Early Christian Studies, Epigraphy, Early Christian Liturgy, Epigrafía romana, Inscriptiones Graecae, and Early Christian Papyri and Inscriptions
We organize an e-conference on "Baptism in Early Christianity and baptismal inscriptions in Asia Minor. Historical, theological and epigraphic approaches" on December 22, 2024 on Zoom.
Research Interests: History of Christianity, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Early Christianity, Baptist Theology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Baptism, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of the Christian Orient, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, John the Baptist, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Early Christian Archaeology, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, Christian Archaeology, Epigraphy, History of Baptist and their Identity, Latin and Greek Literature of Early Christianity, and Christian Studies
This is the program of the e-conference on the studies of pithos as a storage and burial vessel in the ancient Classical and Byzantine world, which was held on 8 May 2024, on Zoom. Web link to video recordings to this conference:... more
This is the program of the e-conference on the studies of pithos as a storage and burial vessel in the ancient Classical and Byzantine world, which was held on 8 May 2024, on Zoom.
Web link to video recordings to this conference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDq2E-Bd7Z8
A pithos (πίθος; plural “pithoi” and “dolia” in Latin) was a large storage container form and pithoi were found in relatively large quantities in the entire Mediterranean, from Spain to Syria and Egypt to France, where they were manufactured between the Neolithic and Medieval periods. Pithoi were used for bulk storage, primarily for fluids, grains and olives; they were comparable to the drums, barrels and casks of recent times. Beside these uses they were also utilised as burial containers secondarily. During a long time of their use the form and the function of pithoi were not changed on the whole. They were exported or imported over the entire eastern Mediterranean.
So far the study of this vessel form has been overlooked, whereas there is still a huge amount of unpublished material from excavations, field surveys and museums in the entire Mediterranean. On September 7-9, 2022 the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology has organized in Tarragona the first international meeting on these vessels, entitled as “Dolia in the Hispania provinces in the Roman period. State of the art and new perspectives” (cf. https://icac.cat/en/actualitat/noticies/2022/doliaexhispaniadefinitiveprogramme/>) which focused mostly on the western part of the Roman Mediterranean. In our present e-meeting we only focused on pithoi between c. seventh century B.C. and 13th century A.D., and attempt to set out a comprehensive model for the study of pithoi, including their definition, typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics, production and distribution patterns in the whole eastern Mediterranean geographies. It was also our intention to create a complete bibliography of previous publications on pithoi.
We warmly invited contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines related to this large vessel form. Intended to bring together scholars of Greek, Roman and Byzantine ceramic archaeology to discuss a range of issues concerning this vessel’s characteristics, this video conference should be an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this form. The following theme groups are the main questions of the symposium which are prescriptive:
- Pithoi from archaeological field projects, museums and private collections,
- Graeco-Roman pithoi in comparison with the pithoi of the Neolithic period, Bronze and Iron Ages in the Near East and eastern Mediterranean,
- Graeco-Roman pithoi in comparison with the Minoan and Mycenaean pithoi,
- Etymology of pithoi in ancient Near Eastern, eastern Mediterranean and Aegean languages,
- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on pithoi,
- Typological evolution and design of pithoi,
- Storage, shipping, weight and measures of pithoi,
- Decoration of pithoi,
- Manufacturing technics and major production centers of pithoi in the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods,
- Distribution of pithoi,
- Typological and functional features between pithoi and some related storage vessels during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Similar vessel forms in the ancient Near East and their relations to Archaic and Classical Greek pithoi,
- What ancient Greeks, Romans and Byzantines thought about afterlife? Pithoi in the eastern Mediterranean funerary contexts,
- Domestic and commercial contents of pithoi: commodities and their trade through pithoi (i.e. pithoi as means of networking),
- Relations of pithoi to wooden or stone storage vessels,
- Roman pithoi in the eastern and western Mediterranean, and their differences,
- Hellenistic and Roman gravestones and other iconographic media depicting pithoi,
- Miscellanea.
This video conference took place on 8 May 2024 virtually on Zoom and physically in Buca, Izmir, Turkey. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found on p. 11 below. The symposium was first announced in May 2023 (fig. 1). Between October 2023 and January 2024 there were more than nine paper applications from nine countries, including – in alphabetical order – Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania and Turkey nine of which were accepted as a lecture to be presented at our symposium (fig. 2). Thematically papers were divided into eight sessions, dealing with different aspects of Greek, Roman and Byzantine pithoi (cf. the program below). This book was arranged mainly in April 2024 where papers were placed in alphabetical order by the author names. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. Revised papers will be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume in 2026 or 2027.
Several international archaeological meetings under the series of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Congressus internationales Smyrnenses were organized in Izmir and after this current meeting these annual meetings will be organized in electronic form regularly every third week of May (for a list of past meetings and their publications in the series of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Acta congressus communis omnium gentium Smyrnae, please cf. at the end of this book). Annoucement for our 2025 e-conference is also to be found at the end of this book as well.
Web link to video recordings to this conference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDq2E-Bd7Z8
A pithos (πίθος; plural “pithoi” and “dolia” in Latin) was a large storage container form and pithoi were found in relatively large quantities in the entire Mediterranean, from Spain to Syria and Egypt to France, where they were manufactured between the Neolithic and Medieval periods. Pithoi were used for bulk storage, primarily for fluids, grains and olives; they were comparable to the drums, barrels and casks of recent times. Beside these uses they were also utilised as burial containers secondarily. During a long time of their use the form and the function of pithoi were not changed on the whole. They were exported or imported over the entire eastern Mediterranean.
So far the study of this vessel form has been overlooked, whereas there is still a huge amount of unpublished material from excavations, field surveys and museums in the entire Mediterranean. On September 7-9, 2022 the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology has organized in Tarragona the first international meeting on these vessels, entitled as “Dolia in the Hispania provinces in the Roman period. State of the art and new perspectives” (cf. https://icac.cat/en/actualitat/noticies/2022/doliaexhispaniadefinitiveprogramme/>) which focused mostly on the western part of the Roman Mediterranean. In our present e-meeting we only focused on pithoi between c. seventh century B.C. and 13th century A.D., and attempt to set out a comprehensive model for the study of pithoi, including their definition, typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics, production and distribution patterns in the whole eastern Mediterranean geographies. It was also our intention to create a complete bibliography of previous publications on pithoi.
We warmly invited contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines related to this large vessel form. Intended to bring together scholars of Greek, Roman and Byzantine ceramic archaeology to discuss a range of issues concerning this vessel’s characteristics, this video conference should be an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this form. The following theme groups are the main questions of the symposium which are prescriptive:
- Pithoi from archaeological field projects, museums and private collections,
- Graeco-Roman pithoi in comparison with the pithoi of the Neolithic period, Bronze and Iron Ages in the Near East and eastern Mediterranean,
- Graeco-Roman pithoi in comparison with the Minoan and Mycenaean pithoi,
- Etymology of pithoi in ancient Near Eastern, eastern Mediterranean and Aegean languages,
- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on pithoi,
- Typological evolution and design of pithoi,
- Storage, shipping, weight and measures of pithoi,
- Decoration of pithoi,
- Manufacturing technics and major production centers of pithoi in the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods,
- Distribution of pithoi,
- Typological and functional features between pithoi and some related storage vessels during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Similar vessel forms in the ancient Near East and their relations to Archaic and Classical Greek pithoi,
- What ancient Greeks, Romans and Byzantines thought about afterlife? Pithoi in the eastern Mediterranean funerary contexts,
- Domestic and commercial contents of pithoi: commodities and their trade through pithoi (i.e. pithoi as means of networking),
- Relations of pithoi to wooden or stone storage vessels,
- Roman pithoi in the eastern and western Mediterranean, and their differences,
- Hellenistic and Roman gravestones and other iconographic media depicting pithoi,
- Miscellanea.
This video conference took place on 8 May 2024 virtually on Zoom and physically in Buca, Izmir, Turkey. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found on p. 11 below. The symposium was first announced in May 2023 (fig. 1). Between October 2023 and January 2024 there were more than nine paper applications from nine countries, including – in alphabetical order – Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania and Turkey nine of which were accepted as a lecture to be presented at our symposium (fig. 2). Thematically papers were divided into eight sessions, dealing with different aspects of Greek, Roman and Byzantine pithoi (cf. the program below). This book was arranged mainly in April 2024 where papers were placed in alphabetical order by the author names. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. Revised papers will be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume in 2026 or 2027.
Several international archaeological meetings under the series of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Congressus internationales Smyrnenses were organized in Izmir and after this current meeting these annual meetings will be organized in electronic form regularly every third week of May (for a list of past meetings and their publications in the series of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Acta congressus communis omnium gentium Smyrnae, please cf. at the end of this book). Annoucement for our 2025 e-conference is also to be found at the end of this book as well.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Pottery, Roman Pottery, Late Roman Pottery, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Islamic pottery, Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Pottery technology and function, Ancient Pottery Analysis, Asia Minor, Pottery studies, and Roman Archaeology
YouTube link for this video conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDq2E-Bd7Z8 A pithos (πίθος; plural “pithoi” and “dolia” in Latin) was a large storage container form and pithoi were found in relatively large quantities in... more
YouTube link for this video conference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDq2E-Bd7Z8
A pithos (πίθος; plural “pithoi” and “dolia” in Latin) was a large storage container form and pithoi were found in relatively large quantities in the entire Mediterranean, from Spain to Syria and Egypt to France, where they were manufactured between the Neolithic and Medieval periods. Pithoi were used for bulk storage, primarily for fluids, grains and olives; they were comparable to the drums, barrels and casks of recent times. Beside these uses they were also utilised as burial containers secondarily. During a long time of their use the form and the function of pithoi were not changed on the whole. They were exported or imported over the entire eastern Mediterranean.
So far the study of this vessel form has been overlooked, whereas there is still a huge amount of unpublished material from excavations, field surveys and museums in the entire Mediterranean. On September 7-9, 2022 the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology has organized in Tarragona the first international meeting on these vessels, entitled as “Dolia in the Hispania provinces in the Roman period. State of the art and new perspectives” (cf. https://icac.cat/en/actualitat/noticies/2022/doliaexhispaniadefinitiveprogramme/>) which focused mostly on the western part of the Roman Mediterranean. In our present e-meeting we only focused on pithoi between c. seventh century B.C. and 13th century A.D., and attempt to set out a comprehensive model for the study of pithoi, including their definition, typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics, production and distribution patterns in the whole eastern Mediterranean geographies. It was also our intention to create a complete bibliography of previous publications on pithoi.
We warmly invited contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines related to this large vessel form. Intended to bring together scholars of Greek, Roman and Byzantine ceramic archaeology to discuss a range of issues concerning this vessel’s characteristics, this video conference should be an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this form. The following theme groups are the main questions of the symposium which are prescriptive:
- Pithoi from archaeological field projects, museums and private collections,
- Graeco-Roman pithoi in comparison with the pithoi of the Neolithic period, Bronze and Iron Ages in the Near East and eastern Mediterranean,
- Graeco-Roman pithoi in comparison with the Minoan and Mycenaean pithoi,
- Etymology of pithoi in ancient Near Eastern, eastern Mediterranean and Aegean languages,
- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on pithoi,
- Typological evolution and design of pithoi,
- Storage, shipping, weight and measures of pithoi,
- Decoration of pithoi,
- Manufacturing technics and major production centers of pithoi in the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods,
- Distribution of pithoi,
- Typological and functional features between pithoi and some related storage vessels during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Similar vessel forms in the ancient Near East and their relations to Archaic and Classical Greek pithoi,
- What ancient Greeks, Romans and Byzantines thought about afterlife? Pithoi in the eastern Mediterranean funerary contexts,
- Domestic and commercial contents of pithoi: commodities and their trade through pithoi (i.e. pithoi as means of networking),
- Relations of pithoi to wooden or stone storage vessels,
- Roman pithoi in the eastern and western Mediterranean, and their differences,
- Hellenistic and Roman gravestones and other iconographic media depicting pithoi,
- Miscellanea.
This video conference took place on 8 May 2024 virtually on Zoom and physically in Buca, Izmir, Turkey. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found on p. 11 below. The symposium was first announced in May 2023 (fig. 1). Between October 2023 and January 2024 there were more than 16 paper applications from nine countries, including – in alphabetical order – Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia and Turkey 15 of which were accepted as a lecture to be presented at our symposium (fig. 2). Thematically papers were divided into eight sessions, dealing with different aspects of Greek, Roman and Byzantine pithoi (cf. the program below). This book was arranged mainly in April 2024 where papers were placed in alphabetical order by the author names. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. Revised papers will be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume in 2026 or 2027.
Several international archaeological meetings under the series of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Congressus internationales Smyrnenses were organized in Izmir and after this current meeting these annual meetings will be organized in electronic form regularly every third week of May (for a list of past meetings and their publications in the series of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Acta congressus communis omnium gentium Smyrnae, please cf. at the end of this book). Annoucement for our 2025 e-conference is also to be found at the end of this book as well.
This e-conference is dedicated to the contributions of Chris S. Lightfoot to Anatolian archaeology, former curater at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and director of the excavations in Amorium, Phrygia (mod. Emirdağ, Afyonkarahisar).
I would like to thank following colleagues for preparation of this book (in an alphabetic order): Dr Maurizio Buora (Udine), Mr Mahsun Gazi (Izmir), Professor Erwin Pochmarski (Graz) and Professor Hugo Thoen (Ghent / Deinze).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDq2E-Bd7Z8
A pithos (πίθος; plural “pithoi” and “dolia” in Latin) was a large storage container form and pithoi were found in relatively large quantities in the entire Mediterranean, from Spain to Syria and Egypt to France, where they were manufactured between the Neolithic and Medieval periods. Pithoi were used for bulk storage, primarily for fluids, grains and olives; they were comparable to the drums, barrels and casks of recent times. Beside these uses they were also utilised as burial containers secondarily. During a long time of their use the form and the function of pithoi were not changed on the whole. They were exported or imported over the entire eastern Mediterranean.
So far the study of this vessel form has been overlooked, whereas there is still a huge amount of unpublished material from excavations, field surveys and museums in the entire Mediterranean. On September 7-9, 2022 the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology has organized in Tarragona the first international meeting on these vessels, entitled as “Dolia in the Hispania provinces in the Roman period. State of the art and new perspectives” (cf. https://icac.cat/en/actualitat/noticies/2022/doliaexhispaniadefinitiveprogramme/>) which focused mostly on the western part of the Roman Mediterranean. In our present e-meeting we only focused on pithoi between c. seventh century B.C. and 13th century A.D., and attempt to set out a comprehensive model for the study of pithoi, including their definition, typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics, production and distribution patterns in the whole eastern Mediterranean geographies. It was also our intention to create a complete bibliography of previous publications on pithoi.
We warmly invited contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines related to this large vessel form. Intended to bring together scholars of Greek, Roman and Byzantine ceramic archaeology to discuss a range of issues concerning this vessel’s characteristics, this video conference should be an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this form. The following theme groups are the main questions of the symposium which are prescriptive:
- Pithoi from archaeological field projects, museums and private collections,
- Graeco-Roman pithoi in comparison with the pithoi of the Neolithic period, Bronze and Iron Ages in the Near East and eastern Mediterranean,
- Graeco-Roman pithoi in comparison with the Minoan and Mycenaean pithoi,
- Etymology of pithoi in ancient Near Eastern, eastern Mediterranean and Aegean languages,
- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on pithoi,
- Typological evolution and design of pithoi,
- Storage, shipping, weight and measures of pithoi,
- Decoration of pithoi,
- Manufacturing technics and major production centers of pithoi in the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods,
- Distribution of pithoi,
- Typological and functional features between pithoi and some related storage vessels during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Similar vessel forms in the ancient Near East and their relations to Archaic and Classical Greek pithoi,
- What ancient Greeks, Romans and Byzantines thought about afterlife? Pithoi in the eastern Mediterranean funerary contexts,
- Domestic and commercial contents of pithoi: commodities and their trade through pithoi (i.e. pithoi as means of networking),
- Relations of pithoi to wooden or stone storage vessels,
- Roman pithoi in the eastern and western Mediterranean, and their differences,
- Hellenistic and Roman gravestones and other iconographic media depicting pithoi,
- Miscellanea.
This video conference took place on 8 May 2024 virtually on Zoom and physically in Buca, Izmir, Turkey. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found on p. 11 below. The symposium was first announced in May 2023 (fig. 1). Between October 2023 and January 2024 there were more than 16 paper applications from nine countries, including – in alphabetical order – Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia and Turkey 15 of which were accepted as a lecture to be presented at our symposium (fig. 2). Thematically papers were divided into eight sessions, dealing with different aspects of Greek, Roman and Byzantine pithoi (cf. the program below). This book was arranged mainly in April 2024 where papers were placed in alphabetical order by the author names. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. Revised papers will be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume in 2026 or 2027.
Several international archaeological meetings under the series of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Congressus internationales Smyrnenses were organized in Izmir and after this current meeting these annual meetings will be organized in electronic form regularly every third week of May (for a list of past meetings and their publications in the series of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Acta congressus communis omnium gentium Smyrnae, please cf. at the end of this book). Annoucement for our 2025 e-conference is also to be found at the end of this book as well.
This e-conference is dedicated to the contributions of Chris S. Lightfoot to Anatolian archaeology, former curater at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and director of the excavations in Amorium, Phrygia (mod. Emirdağ, Afyonkarahisar).
I would like to thank following colleagues for preparation of this book (in an alphabetic order): Dr Maurizio Buora (Udine), Mr Mahsun Gazi (Izmir), Professor Erwin Pochmarski (Graz) and Professor Hugo Thoen (Ghent / Deinze).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval Pottery, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Pottery, Roman ceramics, Ceramica Medievale, Asia Minor, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
Dear Colleagues, Records of the e-conference in YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDq2E-Bd7Z8> We would like to thank you very sincerely for your presentation at the international e-symposium, entitled “Pithoi in the... more
Dear Colleagues,
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDq2E-Bd7Z8>
We would like to thank you very sincerely for your presentation at the international e-symposium, entitled “Pithoi in the archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean. An e-conference on the studies of pithos as a storage and burial vessel in the ancient Classical and Byzantine world”. On May 8, 2024 we have hosted on Zoom c. 30 participants from eight countries, and 15 papers dealing with pithoi were presented in one single day of the symposium. Please note that all the symposium documents were updated in our Academia account. If you wish to be removed from our mailing list, please let us know by e-mail.
Publication of the proceedings of the pithoi e-conference
1- The language of the publication will be English; the only accepted language for the proceedings is English; we, therefore, ask you kindly to submit your paper only in English. We would like to use British English for the proceedings, as most of our participants were from Europe. Spelling can be either British or American, provided it is consistent in either case.
2- We have no limit for the length of the papers.
3- The paper submission deadline is January 1, 2025.
4- Papers and photos should be submitted to the second editor of the proceedings (Ms Zoe Tsiami) electronically via e-mail. Here is her e-mail address: [email protected]
5- The proceedings of the symposium will be published in Europe in 2027.
6- As the book will contain only papers related to pithoi, we ask you to send us your paper, if it deals with pithoi. The Editorial Board asks you kindly to provide an original, previously unpublished, and scientific paper, dealing with unpublished materials from excavated or surveyed sites or from the museums with previously unpublished photos without copyright problems.
7- If you did not attend the pithoi e-symposium because of a scheduling conflict or other reasons, but still have a paper about pithoi, you are also welcome to submit it to us for publication until January 1, 2025.
8- We are also seeking external peer reviewers for the proceedings. Please let us know if you would like to be a peer reviewer for our symposium‘s proceedings. As one of the member of our publication committee, your comments on all of the papers, such as their length, clearness and supported by the scientific data, will be most welcome. In regards of papers, you could also advise any improvements or submit your corrections about their jargon, language, organization of material, and conclusion of each paper.
9- We are also seeking proofreaders for the whole volume in regards of its English language style and grammar. We would be thankful if you are interested to assist us in terms of language. Contributors whose English is not their first language are advised to have their text copy-edited by a native speaker with knowledge of the subject.
10- Images of your papers should be in colour and have at least 600 dpi. Please note that lower resolutions will result a reduction or a suppression of the publication. We will of course keep photos in colour in pdf offprints and digital version of the book.
11- Each author must hold the copyrights of all of the images. If you wish to use images that have been originated by someone else (i.e. previously published material), then you need to seek permission to reproduce each item in your paper. Please bear this in mind when preparing the images of your manuscript. Permission from third parties could be requested by the publisher.
12- Each of the papers will be sent to anonymous peer reviewers enlisted by the Publisher before they are accepted for publication. Academic standards, originality, and a good level of English language will be the main criteria for selection.
13- We will also produce pdf offprints; each participant will receive whichever pdf offprints they want for free.
14- Unfortunately, the proceedings volume cannot be donated to the authors for free.
Publication rules
1- Texts should be designed in the following order: Title, author(s)‘ name(s), academic affiliation, e-mail address, and postal address, key-words in English, text (introduction, presentation, conclusion, and catalogue), bibliography, figure captions and credits. Texts should be submitted as Word data (please not as pdf) and figures should be submitted as JPEG (please not as pdf). All figures, tables and illustrations should be submitted as separate files and not in the text. We kindly ask you to follow up publication rules explained hereby so that the publication of the proceedings will not be delayed because of unnecessary reformattings.
2- Your text should be designed in Times New Roman 12 pt with footnotes in 10 pt., all in single-lined.
3- Please provide all lists or tables in Word, not in Excel, and without any footnotes.
4- For illustrations, please provide figure captions and authorizations of reproduction at the end of your paper, before the bibliography. For each illustration, the authors must obtain authorization for reproduction. The editors and the publisher have the right to not accept illustrations that could accuse problems with copyright.
5- Please use in-text citations to reference published works [i.e. “(Smith, 1998: 67, fig. 2)”] and use footnotes for further information, clarifications, and/or comments.
6- All Latin words should be quoted in italics, without quotation marks.
7- Examples for the abbreviations of books in the bibliography:
Hortsmanhoff M., King H., Zittel Cl. (eds) (2012), Blood, sweat and tears. The changing Concepts of physiology from antiquity into modern early Europe, Leiden.
Espinosa D. (2013), Plinio y los “oppida de antiguo Lacio”. El proceso de difusión del Latium en Hispania Citerior, Madrid.
Schepartz L. A., Fox S. C., Bourbou C. (2009), New directions in the skeletal biology of Greece, Hesperia suppl. 43 or Schepartz L. A., Fox S. C., Bourbou C. (2009), New directions in the skeletal biology of Greece, Athens (Hesperia suppl. 43).
8- An example for the abbreviations of proceedings in the bibliography:
Laurent J. (ed.) (2003), Les dieux de Platon, actes du colloque organisé à l'Université de Caen, Basse-Normandie, les 24, 25 et 26 janvier 2002, Caen.
Please do not forget to add (ed.) or (eds) to the name of the editors!
9- An example for the abbreviations of the journal articles in the bibliography:
Valdés Guía M. (2000), « La apertura de una zona político-religiosa en los orígenes de la
polis de Atenas », Dialogues d’Histoire Ancienne, 26/1, p. 35-55.
10- An example for the abbreviations of the articles in a collective book in the bibliography:
Mehl V. (2008), « Corps iliadiques, corps héroïques », in V. Dasen, J. Wilgaux (eds), Langages et métaphores du corps, Rennes, p. 29-42.
11- References for the ancient sources should be developed separately in the bibliography under the title “Ancient sources”. For example:
Desrousseaux A. M. (1956), Athénée de Naucratis, Les Deipnosophistes, books I and II, Paris.
12- References for the ancient sources should be given in footnotes, using Roman numerals for books, and without abbreviations. Use commas rather than colons. For example: Xenophon, Anabasis, II, 3, 3.
13- In the references of the epigraphic collections, quoted corpara should be in italics. In the quotations of each inscription there should be no comma between the volume number in Roman numeral and the number of inscription in Arabic numeral, but a space between them. For example:
CIL XIII 8553; ILS II 5318; P. Lond. V 1657.
14- An example for the abbreviations of the articles in an encyclopedia in the bibliography:
Jessen O. (1913), s.u. « Helios », RE, VIII, col. 58-93.
15- As a general reference, and for all issues not mentioned here, please refer to the Chicago Manual of Style Online. Here is its website: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
Next symposium in May 2025
On May 14, 2025 we organize the next Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Congressus internationales Smyrnenses in Izmir, with the title “Bone objects in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea area during the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods in honour of Hector E. Williams” on Zoom. This symposium is free of charge and all is welcome.
Hoping to host you in Izmir and/or on Zoom in our next symposium in May 2025, we wish you a productive and recreative summer season.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDq2E-Bd7Z8>
Ergün Laflı
Zoe Tsiami
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDq2E-Bd7Z8>
We would like to thank you very sincerely for your presentation at the international e-symposium, entitled “Pithoi in the archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean. An e-conference on the studies of pithos as a storage and burial vessel in the ancient Classical and Byzantine world”. On May 8, 2024 we have hosted on Zoom c. 30 participants from eight countries, and 15 papers dealing with pithoi were presented in one single day of the symposium. Please note that all the symposium documents were updated in our Academia account. If you wish to be removed from our mailing list, please let us know by e-mail.
Publication of the proceedings of the pithoi e-conference
1- The language of the publication will be English; the only accepted language for the proceedings is English; we, therefore, ask you kindly to submit your paper only in English. We would like to use British English for the proceedings, as most of our participants were from Europe. Spelling can be either British or American, provided it is consistent in either case.
2- We have no limit for the length of the papers.
3- The paper submission deadline is January 1, 2025.
4- Papers and photos should be submitted to the second editor of the proceedings (Ms Zoe Tsiami) electronically via e-mail. Here is her e-mail address: [email protected]
5- The proceedings of the symposium will be published in Europe in 2027.
6- As the book will contain only papers related to pithoi, we ask you to send us your paper, if it deals with pithoi. The Editorial Board asks you kindly to provide an original, previously unpublished, and scientific paper, dealing with unpublished materials from excavated or surveyed sites or from the museums with previously unpublished photos without copyright problems.
7- If you did not attend the pithoi e-symposium because of a scheduling conflict or other reasons, but still have a paper about pithoi, you are also welcome to submit it to us for publication until January 1, 2025.
8- We are also seeking external peer reviewers for the proceedings. Please let us know if you would like to be a peer reviewer for our symposium‘s proceedings. As one of the member of our publication committee, your comments on all of the papers, such as their length, clearness and supported by the scientific data, will be most welcome. In regards of papers, you could also advise any improvements or submit your corrections about their jargon, language, organization of material, and conclusion of each paper.
9- We are also seeking proofreaders for the whole volume in regards of its English language style and grammar. We would be thankful if you are interested to assist us in terms of language. Contributors whose English is not their first language are advised to have their text copy-edited by a native speaker with knowledge of the subject.
10- Images of your papers should be in colour and have at least 600 dpi. Please note that lower resolutions will result a reduction or a suppression of the publication. We will of course keep photos in colour in pdf offprints and digital version of the book.
11- Each author must hold the copyrights of all of the images. If you wish to use images that have been originated by someone else (i.e. previously published material), then you need to seek permission to reproduce each item in your paper. Please bear this in mind when preparing the images of your manuscript. Permission from third parties could be requested by the publisher.
12- Each of the papers will be sent to anonymous peer reviewers enlisted by the Publisher before they are accepted for publication. Academic standards, originality, and a good level of English language will be the main criteria for selection.
13- We will also produce pdf offprints; each participant will receive whichever pdf offprints they want for free.
14- Unfortunately, the proceedings volume cannot be donated to the authors for free.
Publication rules
1- Texts should be designed in the following order: Title, author(s)‘ name(s), academic affiliation, e-mail address, and postal address, key-words in English, text (introduction, presentation, conclusion, and catalogue), bibliography, figure captions and credits. Texts should be submitted as Word data (please not as pdf) and figures should be submitted as JPEG (please not as pdf). All figures, tables and illustrations should be submitted as separate files and not in the text. We kindly ask you to follow up publication rules explained hereby so that the publication of the proceedings will not be delayed because of unnecessary reformattings.
2- Your text should be designed in Times New Roman 12 pt with footnotes in 10 pt., all in single-lined.
3- Please provide all lists or tables in Word, not in Excel, and without any footnotes.
4- For illustrations, please provide figure captions and authorizations of reproduction at the end of your paper, before the bibliography. For each illustration, the authors must obtain authorization for reproduction. The editors and the publisher have the right to not accept illustrations that could accuse problems with copyright.
5- Please use in-text citations to reference published works [i.e. “(Smith, 1998: 67, fig. 2)”] and use footnotes for further information, clarifications, and/or comments.
6- All Latin words should be quoted in italics, without quotation marks.
7- Examples for the abbreviations of books in the bibliography:
Hortsmanhoff M., King H., Zittel Cl. (eds) (2012), Blood, sweat and tears. The changing Concepts of physiology from antiquity into modern early Europe, Leiden.
Espinosa D. (2013), Plinio y los “oppida de antiguo Lacio”. El proceso de difusión del Latium en Hispania Citerior, Madrid.
Schepartz L. A., Fox S. C., Bourbou C. (2009), New directions in the skeletal biology of Greece, Hesperia suppl. 43 or Schepartz L. A., Fox S. C., Bourbou C. (2009), New directions in the skeletal biology of Greece, Athens (Hesperia suppl. 43).
8- An example for the abbreviations of proceedings in the bibliography:
Laurent J. (ed.) (2003), Les dieux de Platon, actes du colloque organisé à l'Université de Caen, Basse-Normandie, les 24, 25 et 26 janvier 2002, Caen.
Please do not forget to add (ed.) or (eds) to the name of the editors!
9- An example for the abbreviations of the journal articles in the bibliography:
Valdés Guía M. (2000), « La apertura de una zona político-religiosa en los orígenes de la
polis de Atenas », Dialogues d’Histoire Ancienne, 26/1, p. 35-55.
10- An example for the abbreviations of the articles in a collective book in the bibliography:
Mehl V. (2008), « Corps iliadiques, corps héroïques », in V. Dasen, J. Wilgaux (eds), Langages et métaphores du corps, Rennes, p. 29-42.
11- References for the ancient sources should be developed separately in the bibliography under the title “Ancient sources”. For example:
Desrousseaux A. M. (1956), Athénée de Naucratis, Les Deipnosophistes, books I and II, Paris.
12- References for the ancient sources should be given in footnotes, using Roman numerals for books, and without abbreviations. Use commas rather than colons. For example: Xenophon, Anabasis, II, 3, 3.
13- In the references of the epigraphic collections, quoted corpara should be in italics. In the quotations of each inscription there should be no comma between the volume number in Roman numeral and the number of inscription in Arabic numeral, but a space between them. For example:
CIL XIII 8553; ILS II 5318; P. Lond. V 1657.
14- An example for the abbreviations of the articles in an encyclopedia in the bibliography:
Jessen O. (1913), s.u. « Helios », RE, VIII, col. 58-93.
15- As a general reference, and for all issues not mentioned here, please refer to the Chicago Manual of Style Online. Here is its website: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
Next symposium in May 2025
On May 14, 2025 we organize the next Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Congressus internationales Smyrnenses in Izmir, with the title “Bone objects in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea area during the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods in honour of Hector E. Williams” on Zoom. This symposium is free of charge and all is welcome.
Hoping to host you in Izmir and/or on Zoom in our next symposium in May 2025, we wish you a productive and recreative summer season.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDq2E-Bd7Z8>
Ergün Laflı
Zoe Tsiami
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval Pottery, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Pottery technology and function, Ancient Pottery Analysis, Pottery studies, and archaic Greek Pottery
The e-conference entitled as "Pithoi in the archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean. Studies on pithos as a storage and burial vessel in the ancient Classical and Byzantine world" will be organized on May 8, 2024 on Zoom.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Ceramics (Art History), and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval ceramics (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Hellenistic Pottery, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Ceramica Medievale, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
This video conference was held on May 10, 2023 on zoom.us. There were more than 26 paper applications from seven countries, including -in alphabetical order- Belgium, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey and the U.K., 26 of which were... more
This video conference was held on May 10, 2023 on zoom.us. There were more than 26 paper applications from seven countries, including -in alphabetical order- Belgium, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey and the U.K., 26 of which were accepted as a lecture to be presented at our video conference.
All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube, if participants were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below.
Our culture is to deliver happiness to our conference participants. We therefore value the input of each one of our participants and would greatly appreciate any feedback you can provide so that we can better meet your needs going forward for our future e-conferences. Thank you.
The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube:
All videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@ergunlafli9033/videos
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMn4GyJozA4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7zlivGWFg&t=4167s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JzxxVFGdus
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLBMrf1HiM
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWsJI7DUZ4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-tPAeIUdpA
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGcW_ZMOwF8
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2I3Szjukus&t=480s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, lecture by Sean Silvia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm1kr1iZPtY
All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube, if participants were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below.
Our culture is to deliver happiness to our conference participants. We therefore value the input of each one of our participants and would greatly appreciate any feedback you can provide so that we can better meet your needs going forward for our future e-conferences. Thank you.
The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube:
All videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@ergunlafli9033/videos
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMn4GyJozA4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7zlivGWFg&t=4167s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JzxxVFGdus
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLBMrf1HiM
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWsJI7DUZ4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-tPAeIUdpA
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGcW_ZMOwF8
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2I3Szjukus&t=480s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, lecture by Sean Silvia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm1kr1iZPtY
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Roman History, and 15 moreLate Antique and Byzantine Studies, Patristics, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek History, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Hagiography, Bithynia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
We are glad to inform you that an international symposium on the region Bithynia in north-western Turkey took place on May 10, 2023 on Zoom. Bithynia was an ancient region and Roman province located on the south-eastern edge of the... more
We are glad to inform you that an international symposium on the region Bithynia in north-western Turkey took place on May 10, 2023 on Zoom. Bithynia was an ancient region and Roman province located on the south-eastern edge of the Marmara Sea in north-western part of present-day Turkey. It was bordered by Mysia, Paphlagonia and Phrygia. From the fourth century B.C. it was an independent Hellenistic kingdom, and around 74 B.C. it became a Roman province. During the seventh century A.D. it was incorporated into the Byzantine theme of Opsikion. It became a border region to the Seljuk Empire in the 13th century, and was eventually conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the early 14th century. Several major cities of Bithynia sat on the fertile shores of the Propontis or in the forested inland, such as Nicomedia (İzmit-Kocaeli), Nicaea (İznik), Chalcedon (Kadıköy), Cius (Gemlik), Prusa ad Olympum (Bursa) and Apamea Myrlea (Mudanya). Beside being a coastal region, it is also occupied by mountains as well as forests, and has valleys of great fertility. Since the studies of F.K. Dörner in the 1950s, archaeologically and historically Bithynia became a special focus in the fields of ancient Anatolian studies.
The aim of this online video conference is to report on the state of research concerning Bithynia during the Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods between ca. early sixth century B.C. and early 14th century A.D. We warmly welcome submissions from senior and junior scholars, including advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from a variety of disciplines related to this Anatolian region. We intended to bring together researchers who can present new syntheses of archaeological data from Bithynia and enter into dialogue with scholars working on the same material subsets. Intended to bring together scholars of Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology to discuss a range of issues concerning Bithynia, this electronic conference is an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this region. Such papers that engage the following themes and topics are invited:
- Bithynia during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Archaeological field projects in Bithynia,
- Museum studies in Kocaeli, İznik, Bursa, Istanbul, Bolu and Düzce as well as abroad,
- Ancient Greek, Latin and Byzantine authors and other textual as well as cartographic sources on Bithynia and Bithynians,
- Bithynia during the Late Iron Age,
- Bithynia and the Achaemenid Persian Empire during the sixth and fifth centuries B.C.,
- The Hellenistic kingdom of Bithynia and its rulers,
- Pre-Roman tumuli in Bithynia and their archaeology,
- The coinage of the Kingdom of Bithynia and Roman province of Bithynia,
- The Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus (after the two legendary volumes of Chr. Marek in 1993 and 2003),
- Roman provincial administration in Bithynia,
- Historical geography and settlement patterns in pre-Hellenistic, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Bithynia,
- Bithynia and Propontis,
- Two Bithynian cities and their interregional relationships: Nicomedia and Nicaea (after the 2020 volume of Asia Minor Studien no. 96 on the recent studies about Nicomedia and Nicaea),
- Epigraphic and numismatic studies in Bithynia during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Geographical, cultural and ethnic borders of Bithynia,
- Relationships between Bithynia and neighbouring regions,
- Roads, routes and population in Bithynia,
- Military archaeology in Roman Bithynia,
- The province Bithynia under the tetrarchy reform of Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 296,
- Roman Bithynia and Christianity to the mid-fourth century A.D. (after the Michigan dissertation of G.J. Johnson in 1984),
- Religious conflict in Late Roman Nicomedia and the rest of Bithynia,
- The Christian martyrs of the late third-early fourth century A.D. in Bithynia,
- Forms of Christian presence in Late Roman and Early Byzantine Bithynia,
- Episcopal sees of the Late Roman Bithynia,
- Jews and Jewish heritage in Roman and Early Byzantine Bithynia,
- Bithynia’s companion for the Christianity and early eastern Orthodox Church,
- Notable personalities of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Bithynia (e.g., Arrian, Cassisus Dio and Helena),
- The Byzantine province of Opsikion (after the TIB volume no. 13 in 2020 on Bithynia and Hellespontus by K. Belke)
- Middle and Late Byzantine studies in Bithynia,
- Miscellanea.
On these themes and questions, all approaches and methods susceptible to bring some progress to our current knowledge were of course welcome: archaeology, ancient history, historical geography, epigraphy, numismatic, history of art, cultural anthropology etc. The symposium took place virtually on Zoom. All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and recorded for later viewing on YouTube. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in 2025. The symposium was free of charge.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
All videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@ergunlafli9033/videos
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMn4GyJozA4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7zlivGWFg&t=4167s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JzxxVFGdus
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLBMrf1HiM
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWsJI7DUZ4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-tPAeIUdpA
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGcW_ZMOwF8
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2I3Szjukus&t=480s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, lecture by Sean Silvia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm1kr1iZPtY
The aim of this online video conference is to report on the state of research concerning Bithynia during the Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods between ca. early sixth century B.C. and early 14th century A.D. We warmly welcome submissions from senior and junior scholars, including advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from a variety of disciplines related to this Anatolian region. We intended to bring together researchers who can present new syntheses of archaeological data from Bithynia and enter into dialogue with scholars working on the same material subsets. Intended to bring together scholars of Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology to discuss a range of issues concerning Bithynia, this electronic conference is an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this region. Such papers that engage the following themes and topics are invited:
- Bithynia during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Archaeological field projects in Bithynia,
- Museum studies in Kocaeli, İznik, Bursa, Istanbul, Bolu and Düzce as well as abroad,
- Ancient Greek, Latin and Byzantine authors and other textual as well as cartographic sources on Bithynia and Bithynians,
- Bithynia during the Late Iron Age,
- Bithynia and the Achaemenid Persian Empire during the sixth and fifth centuries B.C.,
- The Hellenistic kingdom of Bithynia and its rulers,
- Pre-Roman tumuli in Bithynia and their archaeology,
- The coinage of the Kingdom of Bithynia and Roman province of Bithynia,
- The Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus (after the two legendary volumes of Chr. Marek in 1993 and 2003),
- Roman provincial administration in Bithynia,
- Historical geography and settlement patterns in pre-Hellenistic, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Bithynia,
- Bithynia and Propontis,
- Two Bithynian cities and their interregional relationships: Nicomedia and Nicaea (after the 2020 volume of Asia Minor Studien no. 96 on the recent studies about Nicomedia and Nicaea),
- Epigraphic and numismatic studies in Bithynia during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Geographical, cultural and ethnic borders of Bithynia,
- Relationships between Bithynia and neighbouring regions,
- Roads, routes and population in Bithynia,
- Military archaeology in Roman Bithynia,
- The province Bithynia under the tetrarchy reform of Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 296,
- Roman Bithynia and Christianity to the mid-fourth century A.D. (after the Michigan dissertation of G.J. Johnson in 1984),
- Religious conflict in Late Roman Nicomedia and the rest of Bithynia,
- The Christian martyrs of the late third-early fourth century A.D. in Bithynia,
- Forms of Christian presence in Late Roman and Early Byzantine Bithynia,
- Episcopal sees of the Late Roman Bithynia,
- Jews and Jewish heritage in Roman and Early Byzantine Bithynia,
- Bithynia’s companion for the Christianity and early eastern Orthodox Church,
- Notable personalities of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Bithynia (e.g., Arrian, Cassisus Dio and Helena),
- The Byzantine province of Opsikion (after the TIB volume no. 13 in 2020 on Bithynia and Hellespontus by K. Belke)
- Middle and Late Byzantine studies in Bithynia,
- Miscellanea.
On these themes and questions, all approaches and methods susceptible to bring some progress to our current knowledge were of course welcome: archaeology, ancient history, historical geography, epigraphy, numismatic, history of art, cultural anthropology etc. The symposium took place virtually on Zoom. All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and recorded for later viewing on YouTube. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in 2025. The symposium was free of charge.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
All videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@ergunlafli9033/videos
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMn4GyJozA4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7zlivGWFg&t=4167s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JzxxVFGdus
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLBMrf1HiM
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWsJI7DUZ4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-tPAeIUdpA
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGcW_ZMOwF8
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2I3Szjukus&t=480s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, lecture by Sean Silvia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm1kr1iZPtY
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Late Roman Empire, Ancient Greek History, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Ancient Anatolia, History of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire), Bithynia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Later Roman Empire, History and archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
This video conference was held on May 10, 2023 on zoom.us. There were more than 26 paper applications from seven countries, including -in alphabetical order- Belgium, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey and the U.K., 26 of which were... more
This video conference was held on May 10, 2023 on zoom.us. There were more than 26 paper applications from seven countries, including -in alphabetical order- Belgium, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey and the U.K., 26 of which were accepted as a lecture to be presented at our video conference.
All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube, if participants were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below.
The conference proceedings will be published in 2025 in Europe and in the third circular there are information about its rules etc.
Our culture is to deliver happiness to our conference participants. We therefore value the input of each one of our participants and would greatly appreciate any feedback you can provide so that we can better meet your needs going forward for our future e-conferences. Thank you.
The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube:
All videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@ergunlafli9033/videos
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMn4GyJozA4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7zlivGWFg&t=4167s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JzxxVFGdus
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLBMrf1HiM
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWsJI7DUZ4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-tPAeIUdpA
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGcW_ZMOwF8
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2I3Szjukus&t=480s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, lecture by Sean Silvia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm1kr1iZPtY
All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube, if participants were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below.
The conference proceedings will be published in 2025 in Europe and in the third circular there are information about its rules etc.
Our culture is to deliver happiness to our conference participants. We therefore value the input of each one of our participants and would greatly appreciate any feedback you can provide so that we can better meet your needs going forward for our future e-conferences. Thank you.
The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube:
All videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@ergunlafli9033/videos
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMn4GyJozA4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7zlivGWFg&t=4167s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JzxxVFGdus
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLBMrf1HiM
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWsJI7DUZ4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-tPAeIUdpA
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGcW_ZMOwF8
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2I3Szjukus&t=480s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, lecture by Sean Silvia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm1kr1iZPtY
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreAnatolian History, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Bithynia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, and Roman Archaeology
This is the poster of the symposium on the archaeology and history of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia that took place on May 10, 2023 in Izmir, Turkey via Zoom. It was a part of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Congressus internationales... more
This is the poster of the symposium on the archaeology and history of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia that took place on May 10, 2023 in Izmir, Turkey via Zoom. It was a part of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Congressus internationales Smyrnenses.
STUDIA BITHYNICA. An e-symposium on the archaeology and history of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia
Date: May 10, 2023.
Meeting venue: Zoom.us
Bithynia was an ancient region in northwestern part of Anatolia, adjoining the Sea of the Marmara, the Bosporus and the Black Sea. It was bordered Mysia, Paphlagonia and Phrygia. From the fourth century B.C. it was an independent kingdom and its capital Nicomedia (today İzmit in Kocaeli) was rebuilt on the site of ancient Astacus in 264 B.C. Bithynia was bequeathed to the Roman Republic in 74 B.C., and became united with the Pontus region as the province of Bithynia et Pontus. During the Late Antiquity the region of Nicomedia and Nicaea witnessed several events related to early Christianity and early Christian ecclestiastical history. In the seventh century it was incorporated into the Byzantine Opsikion theme. Bithynia was eventually conquered by the Ottoman Turks between A.D. 1325 and 1333.
In this e-symposium our aim was to compile all recent evidence on the archaeology, history, epigraphy, numismatics, historical geography etc. on Bithynia and its cities, such as Nicomedia and Nicaea during the ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods, i.e. between the sixth century B.C. and 14th century A.D.
The main organizers of this symposium is Ergün Laflı from Izmir ([email protected]) and Zoe Tsiami from Volos ([email protected]).
E-mail: [email protected]
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
All videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@ergunlafli9033/videos
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMn4GyJozA4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7zlivGWFg&t=4167s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JzxxVFGdus
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLBMrf1HiM
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWsJI7DUZ4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-tPAeIUdpA
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGcW_ZMOwF8
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2I3Szjukus&t=480s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, lecture by Sean Silvia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm1kr1iZPtY
STUDIA BITHYNICA. An e-symposium on the archaeology and history of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia
Date: May 10, 2023.
Meeting venue: Zoom.us
Bithynia was an ancient region in northwestern part of Anatolia, adjoining the Sea of the Marmara, the Bosporus and the Black Sea. It was bordered Mysia, Paphlagonia and Phrygia. From the fourth century B.C. it was an independent kingdom and its capital Nicomedia (today İzmit in Kocaeli) was rebuilt on the site of ancient Astacus in 264 B.C. Bithynia was bequeathed to the Roman Republic in 74 B.C., and became united with the Pontus region as the province of Bithynia et Pontus. During the Late Antiquity the region of Nicomedia and Nicaea witnessed several events related to early Christianity and early Christian ecclestiastical history. In the seventh century it was incorporated into the Byzantine Opsikion theme. Bithynia was eventually conquered by the Ottoman Turks between A.D. 1325 and 1333.
In this e-symposium our aim was to compile all recent evidence on the archaeology, history, epigraphy, numismatics, historical geography etc. on Bithynia and its cities, such as Nicomedia and Nicaea during the ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods, i.e. between the sixth century B.C. and 14th century A.D.
The main organizers of this symposium is Ergün Laflı from Izmir ([email protected]) and Zoe Tsiami from Volos ([email protected]).
E-mail: [email protected]
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
All videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@ergunlafli9033/videos
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMn4GyJozA4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7zlivGWFg&t=4167s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JzxxVFGdus
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLBMrf1HiM
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWsJI7DUZ4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-tPAeIUdpA
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGcW_ZMOwF8
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2I3Szjukus&t=480s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, lecture by Sean Silvia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm1kr1iZPtY
Research Interests: Ancient History, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek History, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Bithynia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, History and archaeology, Cultural history of the Ancient world, Ancient History and Archaeology, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, and Classics and Ancient History
Dear Colleague, Between May 12 and 13, 2022 we have hosted on Zoom c. 50 participants from 16 countries and 45 papers dealing with fibulae were presented in these two days of symposium. Attached you will also find the updated abstract... more
Dear Colleague,
Between May 12 and 13, 2022 we have hosted on Zoom c. 50 participants from 16 countries and 45 papers dealing with fibulae were presented in these two days of symposium. Attached you will also find the updated abstract booklet. Please note that all the symposium documents were updated at our Academia account.
Publication of the proceedings of the fibulae e-conference
1- The language of the publication will be English; the only accepted language for the proceedings is English; we therefore ask you kindly to submit your paper only in English. We would like to use British English for the proceedings, as most of our participants were from Europe. Spelling can be either British or American, provided it is consistent in either case.
2- We have no limit for the length of the papers.
3- The deadline for the papers submission is the January 1, 2023.
4- Papers and photos should be submitted to the third editor of the proceedings (Dr Paola Puppo) electronically via e-mail. Here is her e-mail address: [email protected]
5- The proceedings of the symposium will be published in Europe in 2023.
6- As the book will contain only papers related to fibulae, we ask you to send us your paper, if it deals with fibulae. The Editorial Board asks you kindly to provide an original, previously unpublished and scientific paper, dealing with unpublished materials from excavated or surveyed sites or from the museums with previously unpublished photos without copyright problems.
7- If you did not attend to the fibulae symposium because of a scheduling conflict or other reasons, but still have a paper about fibulae, you are also welcome to submit it to us for publication until January 1, 2023.
8- We are also seeking external peer reviewers for the proceedings. If you would like to be a peer reviewer for our symposium‘s proceedings, please let us know. As one of the member of our publication committee, your comments on all of the papers, such as their length, clearness and supported by the scientific data, will be most welcome. In the regards of papers you could also advise any improvements or submit your corrections about their jargon, language, organization of material and conclusion of each papers.
9- We are also seeking proofreaders for the whole volume in the regards of its English language style and grammar. We would be thankful, if you are interested to assist us in terms of language. Contributors whose English is not their first language are advised to have their text copy-edited by a native speaker with knowledge of the subject.
10- Images of your papers should be in colour and have at least 600 dpi. Please note that lower resolutions will result a reduction or a suppression of the publication. We will of course keep photos in colour in pdf offprints and digital version of the book.
11- Each author must hold the copyrights of all of the images. If you wish to use images that have been originated by someone else (i.e. previously published material), then you need to seek permission to reproduce each item in your paper. Please bear this in mind this when preparing the images of your manuscript. Permission from third parties could be requested by the publisher.
12- Each of the papers will be sent to anonymous peer reviewers enlisted by the Publisher before they are accepted for publication. Academic standards, originality, and a good level of English language will be the main criteria for selection.
13- We will also produce pdf offprints and each participant will receive whichever pdf offprints she/he wants for free.
14- Unfortunately, the proceedings volume cannot be donated to the authors for free.
Publication rules
1- Texts should be designed in the following order: Title, author(s)‘ name(s), academic affiliation, e-mail address and postal address, key-words in English, text (introduction, presentation, conclusion and catalogue), bibliography, figure captions and credits. Texts should be submitted as word datas (please not as pdf) and figures should be submitted as JPEG (please not as pdf). All figures, tables and illustrations should be submitted as separate files and not in the text. We kindly ask you to follow up publication rules explained hereby so that publication of the proceedings will not be delayed because of unnecessary reformattings.
2- Your text should be desiged in Times New Roman 12 pt with footnotes in 10 pt., all in single-lined.
3- Please provide all lists or tables in word, not in Excel and without any footnotes.
4- For illustrations, please provide figure captions and authorizations of reproduction at the end of your paper, before the bibliography. For each illustration the authors must obtain an authorization of reproduction. The editors and the publisher have the right for not accepting illustrations that could accuse problems with copyright.
5- Please use in-text citations to reference published works [i.e. “(Smith, 1998: 67, fig. 2)”] and use footnotes for further information, clarifications and/or comments.
6- All Latin words should be quoted in italics, without quotation marks.
7- Examples for the abbreviations of books in the bibliography:
Hortsmanhoff M., King H., Zittel Cl. (eds) (2012), Blood, sweat and tears. The changing Concepts of physiology from antiquity into modern early Europe, Leiden.
Espinosa D. (2013), Plinio y los “oppida de antiguo Lacio”. El proceso de difusión del Latium en Hispania Citerior, Madrid.
Schepartz L. A., Fox S. C., Bourbou C. (2009), New directions in the skeletal biology of Greece, Hesperia suppl. 43 or Schepartz L. A., Fox S. C., Bourbou C. (2009), New directions in the skeletal biology of Greece, Athens (Hesperia suppl. 43).
8- An example for the abbreviations of proceedings in the bibliography:
Laurent J. (ed.) (2003), Les dieux de Platon, actes du colloque organisé à l'Université de Caen, Basse-Normandie, les 24, 25 et 26 janvier 2002, Caen.
Please do not forget to add (ed.) or (eds) to the name of the editors!
9- An example for the abbreviations of the journal articles in the bibliography:
Valdés Guía M. (2000), « La apertura de una zona político-religiosa en los orígenes de la
polis de Atenas », Dialogues d’Histoire Ancienne, 26/1, p. 35-55.
10- An example for the abbreviations of the articles in a collective book in the bibliography:
Mehl V. (2008), « Corps iliadiques, corps héroïques », in V. Dasen, J. Wilgaux (eds), Langages et métaphores du corps, Rennes, p. 29-42.
11- References for the ancient sources should be developed separately in the bibliography under the title “Ancient sources”. For example:
Desrousseaux A. M. (1956), Athénée de Naucratis, Les Deipnosophistes, books I and II, Paris.
12- References for the ancient sources should be given in footnotes, using Roman numerals for books, and without abbreviations. Use commas rather than colons. For example: Xenophon, Anabasis, II, 3, 3.
13- In the references of the epigraphic collections, quoted corpara should be in italics. In the quotations of each inscription there should be no comma between the volume number in Roman numeral and the number of inscription in Arabic numeral, but a space between them. For example:
CIL XIII 8553; ILS II 5318; P. Lond. V 1657.
14- An example for the abbreviations of the articles in an encyclopedia in the bibliography:
Jessen O. (1913), s.u. « Helios », RE, VIII, col. 58-93.
15- As a general reference, and for all issues not mentioned here, please refer to the Chicago Manual of Style Online. Here is its website: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
Between May 12 and 13, 2022 we have hosted on Zoom c. 50 participants from 16 countries and 45 papers dealing with fibulae were presented in these two days of symposium. Attached you will also find the updated abstract booklet. Please note that all the symposium documents were updated at our Academia account.
Publication of the proceedings of the fibulae e-conference
1- The language of the publication will be English; the only accepted language for the proceedings is English; we therefore ask you kindly to submit your paper only in English. We would like to use British English for the proceedings, as most of our participants were from Europe. Spelling can be either British or American, provided it is consistent in either case.
2- We have no limit for the length of the papers.
3- The deadline for the papers submission is the January 1, 2023.
4- Papers and photos should be submitted to the third editor of the proceedings (Dr Paola Puppo) electronically via e-mail. Here is her e-mail address: [email protected]
5- The proceedings of the symposium will be published in Europe in 2023.
6- As the book will contain only papers related to fibulae, we ask you to send us your paper, if it deals with fibulae. The Editorial Board asks you kindly to provide an original, previously unpublished and scientific paper, dealing with unpublished materials from excavated or surveyed sites or from the museums with previously unpublished photos without copyright problems.
7- If you did not attend to the fibulae symposium because of a scheduling conflict or other reasons, but still have a paper about fibulae, you are also welcome to submit it to us for publication until January 1, 2023.
8- We are also seeking external peer reviewers for the proceedings. If you would like to be a peer reviewer for our symposium‘s proceedings, please let us know. As one of the member of our publication committee, your comments on all of the papers, such as their length, clearness and supported by the scientific data, will be most welcome. In the regards of papers you could also advise any improvements or submit your corrections about their jargon, language, organization of material and conclusion of each papers.
9- We are also seeking proofreaders for the whole volume in the regards of its English language style and grammar. We would be thankful, if you are interested to assist us in terms of language. Contributors whose English is not their first language are advised to have their text copy-edited by a native speaker with knowledge of the subject.
10- Images of your papers should be in colour and have at least 600 dpi. Please note that lower resolutions will result a reduction or a suppression of the publication. We will of course keep photos in colour in pdf offprints and digital version of the book.
11- Each author must hold the copyrights of all of the images. If you wish to use images that have been originated by someone else (i.e. previously published material), then you need to seek permission to reproduce each item in your paper. Please bear this in mind this when preparing the images of your manuscript. Permission from third parties could be requested by the publisher.
12- Each of the papers will be sent to anonymous peer reviewers enlisted by the Publisher before they are accepted for publication. Academic standards, originality, and a good level of English language will be the main criteria for selection.
13- We will also produce pdf offprints and each participant will receive whichever pdf offprints she/he wants for free.
14- Unfortunately, the proceedings volume cannot be donated to the authors for free.
Publication rules
1- Texts should be designed in the following order: Title, author(s)‘ name(s), academic affiliation, e-mail address and postal address, key-words in English, text (introduction, presentation, conclusion and catalogue), bibliography, figure captions and credits. Texts should be submitted as word datas (please not as pdf) and figures should be submitted as JPEG (please not as pdf). All figures, tables and illustrations should be submitted as separate files and not in the text. We kindly ask you to follow up publication rules explained hereby so that publication of the proceedings will not be delayed because of unnecessary reformattings.
2- Your text should be desiged in Times New Roman 12 pt with footnotes in 10 pt., all in single-lined.
3- Please provide all lists or tables in word, not in Excel and without any footnotes.
4- For illustrations, please provide figure captions and authorizations of reproduction at the end of your paper, before the bibliography. For each illustration the authors must obtain an authorization of reproduction. The editors and the publisher have the right for not accepting illustrations that could accuse problems with copyright.
5- Please use in-text citations to reference published works [i.e. “(Smith, 1998: 67, fig. 2)”] and use footnotes for further information, clarifications and/or comments.
6- All Latin words should be quoted in italics, without quotation marks.
7- Examples for the abbreviations of books in the bibliography:
Hortsmanhoff M., King H., Zittel Cl. (eds) (2012), Blood, sweat and tears. The changing Concepts of physiology from antiquity into modern early Europe, Leiden.
Espinosa D. (2013), Plinio y los “oppida de antiguo Lacio”. El proceso de difusión del Latium en Hispania Citerior, Madrid.
Schepartz L. A., Fox S. C., Bourbou C. (2009), New directions in the skeletal biology of Greece, Hesperia suppl. 43 or Schepartz L. A., Fox S. C., Bourbou C. (2009), New directions in the skeletal biology of Greece, Athens (Hesperia suppl. 43).
8- An example for the abbreviations of proceedings in the bibliography:
Laurent J. (ed.) (2003), Les dieux de Platon, actes du colloque organisé à l'Université de Caen, Basse-Normandie, les 24, 25 et 26 janvier 2002, Caen.
Please do not forget to add (ed.) or (eds) to the name of the editors!
9- An example for the abbreviations of the journal articles in the bibliography:
Valdés Guía M. (2000), « La apertura de una zona político-religiosa en los orígenes de la
polis de Atenas », Dialogues d’Histoire Ancienne, 26/1, p. 35-55.
10- An example for the abbreviations of the articles in a collective book in the bibliography:
Mehl V. (2008), « Corps iliadiques, corps héroïques », in V. Dasen, J. Wilgaux (eds), Langages et métaphores du corps, Rennes, p. 29-42.
11- References for the ancient sources should be developed separately in the bibliography under the title “Ancient sources”. For example:
Desrousseaux A. M. (1956), Athénée de Naucratis, Les Deipnosophistes, books I and II, Paris.
12- References for the ancient sources should be given in footnotes, using Roman numerals for books, and without abbreviations. Use commas rather than colons. For example: Xenophon, Anabasis, II, 3, 3.
13- In the references of the epigraphic collections, quoted corpara should be in italics. In the quotations of each inscription there should be no comma between the volume number in Roman numeral and the number of inscription in Arabic numeral, but a space between them. For example:
CIL XIII 8553; ILS II 5318; P. Lond. V 1657.
14- An example for the abbreviations of the articles in an encyclopedia in the bibliography:
Jessen O. (1913), s.u. « Helios », RE, VIII, col. 58-93.
15- As a general reference, and for all issues not mentioned here, please refer to the Chicago Manual of Style Online. Here is its website: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Roman military archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Roman Bronzes, Ancient Bronzes, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Fibulae, and Roman Archaeology
This video conference took place on May 12-13, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live... more
This video conference took place on May 12-13, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance.
Thematically papers were divided into 11 sessions, dealing with different aspects of Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae (cf. the program in the abstract booklet). Revised papers will be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume.
A fibula is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibulae developed in a variety of shapes and are usually divided into families that are based upon historical periods, geography, and/or cultures. They are also divided into classes that are based upon their general forms. Fibulae were found in relatively large quantities in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area, where they were in use and produced frequently between the Bronze Age and Medieval periods. So far the study of these multifunctional objects has been overlooked in the Mediterranean whereas there is still a huge amount of unpublished material from excavations and museums in an area from Portugal down to Egypt.
Fibulae can be categorized based on different criteria, including genres of material, production, use and distribution. The purpose of this video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the fibulae in their social and material contexts. This conference considered in depth the role played by fibulas – whose uses ranged from clothes pins to status symbols to military badges of rank – in ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine societies. In recent decades, major excavation projects have produced vast quantities of material data that have reshaped our understanding of the fibulae, while also raising new questions about their use and production over the long term. We focused on a study of brooches in general and fibulas in particular. Along the way we looked at the intersection between material culture and ethnicity, dealing with the contentious issue of how much that a people’s material culture can tell us about their ethnicity – or not! In this online conference we only focused on Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae from the Mediterranean and Black Sea area between c. early sixth century B.C. and early seventh century A.D., and attempted to set out a comprehensive model for the study of fibulae, including their definition, typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics and distribution patterns in the whole Mediterranean and Black Sea geographies.
This conference on ancient material culture and instrumenta is dedicated to the 75th birthday of Dr Maurizio Buora, the former director of the Civici Musei Castello di Udine in Italy and an international authority on fibulae.
Such papers that engage the following themes and topics are invited:
- Fibulae from archaeological field projects (especially well-dated finds), museums and private collections,
- Identification of different kinds of fibulas,
- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on fibulae,
- Evolution of fibulae in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area during the Etruscan, Lydian, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- The construction of fibula taxonomies,
- Similar instrumenta in the ancient Near East and their relations to ancient Graeco-Roman fibulae, - The nature of different types of surviving material culture,
- What ancient Greeks and Romans thought about afterlife? Fibulae in funerary and votive contexts,
- Comparative studies and issues related to the adoption of Greek and/or Roman fibula models in indigenous contexts: fibulae as major indicators of the relationship between these two communities (indigenous and Greek or Roman),
- Fibula as an indicator of rank and prestige in the ancient world,
- Domestic and commercial use of fibulae,
- Early Christian fibulae,
- Byzantine fibulae,
- Post-Byzantine or modern replicas of Classical fibulae,
- Eastern fibulae in the ancient western world,
- Major production centres of fibulae in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea area,
- Related instrumenta to fibulae in the regards of their function,
- Documentation and analysis of fibulae,
- The creation of a fully annotated and organized corpus,
- Publication of fibulae in the Mediterranean in possible corpara,
- Miscellanea.
Thematically papers were divided into 11 sessions, dealing with different aspects of Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae (cf. the program in the abstract booklet). Revised papers will be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume.
A fibula is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibulae developed in a variety of shapes and are usually divided into families that are based upon historical periods, geography, and/or cultures. They are also divided into classes that are based upon their general forms. Fibulae were found in relatively large quantities in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area, where they were in use and produced frequently between the Bronze Age and Medieval periods. So far the study of these multifunctional objects has been overlooked in the Mediterranean whereas there is still a huge amount of unpublished material from excavations and museums in an area from Portugal down to Egypt.
Fibulae can be categorized based on different criteria, including genres of material, production, use and distribution. The purpose of this video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the fibulae in their social and material contexts. This conference considered in depth the role played by fibulas – whose uses ranged from clothes pins to status symbols to military badges of rank – in ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine societies. In recent decades, major excavation projects have produced vast quantities of material data that have reshaped our understanding of the fibulae, while also raising new questions about their use and production over the long term. We focused on a study of brooches in general and fibulas in particular. Along the way we looked at the intersection between material culture and ethnicity, dealing with the contentious issue of how much that a people’s material culture can tell us about their ethnicity – or not! In this online conference we only focused on Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae from the Mediterranean and Black Sea area between c. early sixth century B.C. and early seventh century A.D., and attempted to set out a comprehensive model for the study of fibulae, including their definition, typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics and distribution patterns in the whole Mediterranean and Black Sea geographies.
This conference on ancient material culture and instrumenta is dedicated to the 75th birthday of Dr Maurizio Buora, the former director of the Civici Musei Castello di Udine in Italy and an international authority on fibulae.
Such papers that engage the following themes and topics are invited:
- Fibulae from archaeological field projects (especially well-dated finds), museums and private collections,
- Identification of different kinds of fibulas,
- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on fibulae,
- Evolution of fibulae in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area during the Etruscan, Lydian, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- The construction of fibula taxonomies,
- Similar instrumenta in the ancient Near East and their relations to ancient Graeco-Roman fibulae, - The nature of different types of surviving material culture,
- What ancient Greeks and Romans thought about afterlife? Fibulae in funerary and votive contexts,
- Comparative studies and issues related to the adoption of Greek and/or Roman fibula models in indigenous contexts: fibulae as major indicators of the relationship between these two communities (indigenous and Greek or Roman),
- Fibula as an indicator of rank and prestige in the ancient world,
- Domestic and commercial use of fibulae,
- Early Christian fibulae,
- Byzantine fibulae,
- Post-Byzantine or modern replicas of Classical fibulae,
- Eastern fibulae in the ancient western world,
- Major production centres of fibulae in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea area,
- Related instrumenta to fibulae in the regards of their function,
- Documentation and analysis of fibulae,
- The creation of a fully annotated and organized corpus,
- Publication of fibulae in the Mediterranean in possible corpara,
- Miscellanea.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Roman military archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Roman military equipment, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Archeologia Romana, Roman Bronzes, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Fibulae, and Roman Archaeology
We are glad to inform you that an international virtual conference on fibulae in the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Mediterranean and Black Sea area will take place on May 12-13, 2022 on Zoom.us, with each day... more
We are glad to inform you that an international virtual conference on fibulae in the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Mediterranean and Black Sea area will take place on May 12-13, 2022 on Zoom.us, with each day dedicated to several thematic sesssions using the Zoom webinar platform. A fibula is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibulae developed in a variety of shapes and are usually divided into families that are based upon historical periods, geography, and/or cultures. They are also divided into classes that are based upon their general forms. Fibulae were found in relatively large quantities in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area, where they were in use and produced frequently between the Bronze Age and Medieval periods. So far the study of these multifunctional objects has been overlooked in the Mediterranean whereas there is still a huge amount of unpublished material from excavations and museums in an area from Portugal down to Egypt. This conference is dedicated to the 75th birthday of Dr Maurizio Buora, the former director of the Civici Musei Castello di Udine in Italy and an international authority on fibulae.
We would be delighted, if you could consider contributing to our e-conference and contact us with the required information below before March 1, 2022. Our e-mail addresses are: [email protected] or [email protected]
We would be thankful, if you send us your abstract and required information only in word doc. For all your queries concerning the e-conference our phone number is: +90.539.577 07 33.
We would also be grateful if the lecturers can submit their presentations as a video until April 15, 2022 so that we can make sure to have their lectures prior to the virtual conference on May 12-13.
After the conference participants will be required to submit their revised papers by October 1. Revised papers will be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume.
The organizers seek to widen participation at this e-conference, and would like to encourage colleagues from all parts of the world to attend. The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any interested researches, colleagues and students within your research community who would be interested in participating at this e-conference, either by forwarding our e-mail through Academia, Researchgate, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other similar social media, or by printing this circular or our poster and displaying it in your institution. Please share it also on your ListServs. We hope that you will be able to join us on Zoom, and look forward to seeing you in May!
Required information for the participation to the e-conference
Type of Participation:
Lecturer:
Observer:
Name:
Academic title:
Institution:
Complete professional address:
Cell phone:
E-mail:
Alternating e-mail address:
Your Academia and/or Researchgate account’s address:
Any special requests:
Title of your lecture:
Would you agree that your lecture will be recorded during the e-conference which will be displayed in Youtube later?:
Your abstract:
N.B.: An illustration can be included; it should be sent by e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected]
We would be delighted, if you could consider contributing to our e-conference and contact us with the required information below before March 1, 2022. Our e-mail addresses are: [email protected] or [email protected]
We would be thankful, if you send us your abstract and required information only in word doc. For all your queries concerning the e-conference our phone number is: +90.539.577 07 33.
We would also be grateful if the lecturers can submit their presentations as a video until April 15, 2022 so that we can make sure to have their lectures prior to the virtual conference on May 12-13.
After the conference participants will be required to submit their revised papers by October 1. Revised papers will be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume.
The organizers seek to widen participation at this e-conference, and would like to encourage colleagues from all parts of the world to attend. The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any interested researches, colleagues and students within your research community who would be interested in participating at this e-conference, either by forwarding our e-mail through Academia, Researchgate, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other similar social media, or by printing this circular or our poster and displaying it in your institution. Please share it also on your ListServs. We hope that you will be able to join us on Zoom, and look forward to seeing you in May!
Required information for the participation to the e-conference
Type of Participation:
Lecturer:
Observer:
Name:
Academic title:
Institution:
Complete professional address:
Cell phone:
E-mail:
Alternating e-mail address:
Your Academia and/or Researchgate account’s address:
Any special requests:
Title of your lecture:
Would you agree that your lecture will be recorded during the e-conference which will be displayed in Youtube later?:
Your abstract:
N.B.: An illustration can be included; it should be sent by e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected]
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Ancient Metallurgy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Bronzes, Ancient Bronzes, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Fibulae, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
A fibula is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibula developed in a variety of shapes, but all were based on the safety-pin principle. Unlike most modern brooches, fibulae were not only... more
A fibula is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibula developed in a variety of shapes, but all were based on the safety-pin principle. Unlike most modern brooches, fibulae were not only decorative; they originally served a practical function: to fasten clothing, such as cloaks. In English, "fibula" is not a word used for modern jewellery, but by archaeologists, who also use "brooch", especially for types other than the ancient "safety pin" types, and for types from the British Isles.
This virtual conference focuses on ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae in entire Mediterranean area from the eighth century B.C. to seventh century A.D. The concentrated areas are Italy, Greece, Turkey, Near East, Spain and Portugal as well as North Africa.
This virtual conference focuses on ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae in entire Mediterranean area from the eighth century B.C. to seventh century A.D. The concentrated areas are Italy, Greece, Turkey, Near East, Spain and Portugal as well as North Africa.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, Roman military archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Gallo-roman archaeology, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Roman military equipment, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Bronzes, Ancient Bronzes, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Fibulae, and Roman Archaeology
Records of the e-conference in YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89iPO_6ujodh2SbM7FSnVfeIkx6OmBZ3
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89iPO_6ujodh2SbM7FSnVfeIkx6OmBZ3
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Gemology, Classics, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Sigillography, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Glyptics, Byzantine Sigillography, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Engraved gems, Gemstone, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Archaeology, Magical Gems, and Gemology and Mineralogy
We are organizing an international e-conference entitled “Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine engraved gems in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea area” that will take place on March 11-12, 2021 on Zoom.us. We warmly invite... more
We are organizing an international e-conference entitled “Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine engraved gems in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea area” that will take place on March 11-12, 2021 on Zoom.us. We warmly invite contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines of ancient studies related to these objects. The e-conference is free of charge. We would be delighted, if you could consider contributing to our video conference and contact us with the required information on the first circular before January 1, 2021. Our e-mail addresses are: [email protected] or [email protected]
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Gemology, Classics, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient jewellery, Engraved gems, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Instrumentum domesticum, Gemstone, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Jewellery, Roman Archaeology, Magical Gems, and Gemology and Mineralogy
This video conference was held on May 14-15, 2020 on zoom.us. There were more than 39 paper applications from 12 countries, including -in alphabetical order- Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Poland, Romania,... more
This video conference was held on May 14-15, 2020 on zoom.us. There were more than 39 paper applications from 12 countries, including -in alphabetical order- Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey and the U.S.A., 32 of which were accepted as a lecture to be presented at our video conference.
All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube, if participants were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below.
Our culture is to deliver happiness to our conference participants. We therefore value the input of each one of our participants and would greatly appreciate any feedback you can provide so that we can better meet your needs going forward for our future e-conferences. Thank you.
The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89iPO_6ujofOfBo_I3IG1nwsf0bTyEWy
All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube, if participants were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below.
Our culture is to deliver happiness to our conference participants. We therefore value the input of each one of our participants and would greatly appreciate any feedback you can provide so that we can better meet your needs going forward for our future e-conferences. Thank you.
The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89iPO_6ujofOfBo_I3IG1nwsf0bTyEWy
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Cappadocians, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Asia Minor, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Classics and Ancient History
This current draft is a preliminary version of the proceedings of a video conference on Cappadocia and Cappadocians that was held on May 1415, 2020 on Zoom and therefore page numbers are subject to change. We should note that after... more
This current draft is a preliminary version of the proceedings of a video conference on Cappadocia and Cappadocians that was held on May 1415, 2020 on Zoom and therefore page numbers are subject to change. We should note that after producing an e-book, we will have a second and refined print-out version of the proceedings which will likely be published in Oxford in 2022. In this last version we will not include any abstracts any longer and it will only contain full papers.
The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below. The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
All records of the e-conference in YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89iPO_6ujofOfBo_I3IG1nwsf0bTyEWy
The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below. The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
All records of the e-conference in YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89iPO_6ujofOfBo_I3IG1nwsf0bTyEWy
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Cappadocians, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
This video conference was held on May 14-15, 2020 on zoom.us. There were more than 39 paper applications from 12 countries, including -in alphabetical order- Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Poland, Romania,... more
This video conference was held on May 14-15, 2020 on zoom.us. There were more than 39 paper applications from 12 countries, including -in alphabetical order- Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey and the U.S.A., 32 of which were accepted as a lecture to be presented at our video conference.
All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube, if participants were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below.
The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
We would like to edit the proceedings of this conference as quickly as possible. We therefore ask you to submit us your manuscript until July 15, 2020 to [email protected]
Please note that we have no page limit. Publication style of each paper should be adopted to the form of our abstract booklet.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89iPO_6ujofOfBo_I3IG1nwsf0bTyEWy
All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube, if participants were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below.
The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
We would like to edit the proceedings of this conference as quickly as possible. We therefore ask you to submit us your manuscript until July 15, 2020 to [email protected]
Please note that we have no page limit. Publication style of each paper should be adopted to the form of our abstract booklet.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89iPO_6ujofOfBo_I3IG1nwsf0bTyEWy
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, and 15 moreHellenistic History, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Byzantine Studies, Cappadocians, Greek Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, and Roman Archaeology
This video conference was held on May 14-15, 2020 on zoom.us. There were more than 39 paper applications from 12 countries, including -in alphabetical order- Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Poland, Romania,... more
This video conference was held on May 14-15, 2020 on zoom.us. There were more than 39 paper applications from 12 countries, including -in alphabetical order- Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey and the U.S.A., 32 of which were accepted as a lecture to be presented at our video conference.
All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube, if participants were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below.
The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
Day 1 – Session 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7q0a1c5cPM&t=190s
Day 1 – Session 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbW_jrGX3jM&t=1099s
Day 1 – Session 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZnDhNt0kCs
Day 1 – Session 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G74JFKrGjlE
Day 1 – Session 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFdRfnIfS10
All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube, if participants were unable to attend the live performance. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below.
The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
Day 1 – Session 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7q0a1c5cPM&t=190s
Day 1 – Session 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbW_jrGX3jM&t=1099s
Day 1 – Session 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZnDhNt0kCs
Day 1 – Session 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G74JFKrGjlE
Day 1 – Session 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFdRfnIfS10
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Near Eastern Archaeology, Roman History, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreNear Eastern Studies, Numismatics, Anatolian Languages, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Ancient Near East, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Ancient Greek History, Ancient Greek Numismatics, Ancient Roman Numismatics, Ancient Near East (Archaeology), Iron Age, Roman Near East, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Classics and Ancient History
This is the final proceedings' book of the "Ancient terracotta lamps from Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean to Dacia, the Black Sea and beyond. Comparative lychnological studies in the Eastern parts of the Roman Empire and peripheral... more
This is the final proceedings' book of the "Ancient terracotta lamps from Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean to Dacia, the Black Sea and beyond. Comparative lychnological studies in the Eastern parts of the Roman Empire and peripheral areas. An international symposium" which was held on May 16-17, 2019 at the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, Turkey and dedicated to Hugo Thoen.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Ceramics (Art History), and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Romanian Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Arqueología, Roman Dacia, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Roman Lamps, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
- The deadline for the abstract submissions to the unguentarium symposium has just been prolonged to May 10, 2018. So, if anybody in your communities is planning to participate to this symposium, we are still able to accept them. -... more
- The deadline for the abstract submissions to the unguentarium symposium has just been prolonged to May 10, 2018. So, if anybody in your communities is planning to participate to this symposium, we are still able to accept them.
- Please feel free to post this program and/or booklet in your own Facebook, Academia or Researchgate accounts or circulate it to your friends/communities. Thank you in advance.
- Please feel free to post this program and/or booklet in your own Facebook, Academia or Researchgate accounts or circulate it to your friends/communities. Thank you in advance.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Greek History, Roman History, and 103 moreArt History, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Museum Studies, Anatolian Studies, History of Religion, Pottery (Archaeology), Landscape Archaeology, Hellenistic History, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Roman Religion, Anatolian History, Mediterranean Studies, Early Medieval Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Modern Greek literature, Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Medieval Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Anatolian Languages, Archaeometry, Byzantine History, Ceramics (Art History), History of the Mediterranean, Latin Epigraphy, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Turkish Art (Archaeology), Death and Burial (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Ancient Near East, Ancient Greek Religion, Roman Pottery, Ancient Greek History, Ceramics (Archaeology), Burial Practices (Archaeology), Archaeological Fieldwork, Aegean Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Terra Sigillata, Late Roman Pottery, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Etruscan Archaeology, Anatolia, Greek Pottery, Roman Trade Networks, Mediterranean archaeology, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Glass, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Etruscan Funerary Art, Ionia, Hellenistic Pottery, Aegean, Early Roman Empire, Terracotta Figurines, Archaeological Excavation, Funerary Practices, Ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Greek and Roman Tombs, Hellenistic Pottery - black glaze, Pottery Production, Ancient Pottery Analysis, Roman Small Finds, Aegean Archaeology, Mediterranean Archeology, the island of Crete, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Roman Sarcophagi, Archaeology of pilgrimage, Pottery studies, History of Art and Architecture, Late antique small finds, Red slip ware, Coarse Roman Pottery, Ancient Italy, Pottery, fine ware, Ancient Asia Minor - Anatolia, Roman Necropolis, Etruscan and pre-Roman archaeology, Roman and Byzantine Asia Minor, Archaeological Sites, Necropolis, Roman Asia Minor, Attic black-glazed pottery, Votive offerings, Roman and Late Antique Pottery, Ancient Greek and Roman Necropoleis, Sanctuaries in Ancient Rome and Italy, Pottery production and distribution, Iron Age (Archaeology), Hellenistic Pottery, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Protohistoric Anatolia, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Achaemenid archaeology, Archaeology of South Eastern Turkey, Roman Archaeology, Archaic, Classical pottery, ancient greek studies in Italy, Mediterrranean Archaeology, Late Classical Pottery, West Slope Pottery, and Ancient Tombs
This is the final program of the "Ancient terracotta lamps from Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean to Dacia, the Black Sea and beyond. Comparative lychnological studies in the Eastern parts of the Roman Empire and peripheral areas. An... more
This is the final program of the "Ancient terracotta lamps from Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean to Dacia, the Black Sea and beyond. Comparative lychnological studies in the Eastern parts of the Roman Empire and peripheral areas. An international symposium" which will be held on May 16-17, 2019 at the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Pottery technology and function, Roman Lamps, Pottery studies, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
This is the final version of the poster of the "Ancient terracotta lamps from Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean to Dacia, the Black Sea and beyond. Comparative lychnological studies in the eastern parts of the Roman Empire and... more
This is the final version of the poster of the "Ancient terracotta lamps from Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean to Dacia, the Black Sea and beyond. Comparative lychnological studies in the eastern parts of the Roman Empire and peripheral areas. An international symposium" which was held on May 16-17, 2019 at the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Pottery technology and function, Roman Lamps, Pottery studies, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
This is the third circular of the "Ancient terracotta lamps from Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean to Dacia, the Black Sea and beyond. Comparative lychnological studies in the Eastern parts of the Roman Empire and peripheral areas.... more
This is the third circular of the "Ancient terracotta lamps from Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean to Dacia, the Black Sea and beyond. Comparative lychnological studies in the Eastern parts of the Roman Empire and peripheral areas. An international symposium" which was held on May 16-17, 2019 at the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, Turkey. The third circular deals mainly with the proceedings of the symposium.
If you did not attend to the Anatolian lamp symposium because of a scheduling conflict or other reasons, but still have a paper about terracotta lamps, you are also welcome to submit it to us for publication until December 31, 2019. Papers and photos should be submitted to the chief editor of the proceedings electronically via e-mail. Here is our e-mail address: [email protected]
If you did not attend to the Anatolian lamp symposium because of a scheduling conflict or other reasons, but still have a paper about terracotta lamps, you are also welcome to submit it to us for publication until December 31, 2019. Papers and photos should be submitted to the chief editor of the proceedings electronically via e-mail. Here is our e-mail address: [email protected]
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Roman Lamps, Pottery studies, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
This version of the abstract booklet and the program of the "Ancient terracotta lamps from Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean to Dacia, the Black Sea and beyond. Comparative lychnological studies in the Eastern parts of the Roman... more
This version of the abstract booklet and the program of the "Ancient terracotta lamps from Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean to Dacia, the Black Sea and beyond. Comparative lychnological studies in the Eastern parts of the Roman Empire and peripheral areas. An international symposium" which was held on May 16-17, 2019 at the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, Turkey, contains more picture than the other version below.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Pottery (Archaeology), and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Roman Lamps, and Roman Archaeology
- The deadline for the abstract submissions to the unguentarium symposium has just been prolonged to May 10, 2018. So, if anybody in your communities is planning to participate to this symposium, we are still able to accept them. -... more
- The deadline for the abstract submissions to the unguentarium symposium has just been prolonged to May 10, 2018. So, if anybody in your communities is planning to participate to this symposium, we are still able to accept them.
- Please feel free to post this program and/or booklet in your own Facebook, Academia or Researchgate accounts or circulate it to your friends/communities. Thank you in advance.
- Please feel free to post this program and/or booklet in your own Facebook, Academia or Researchgate accounts or circulate it to your friends/communities. Thank you in advance.
Research Interests: History, Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Roman History, and 86 moreArt History, Historical Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Medieval History, Anatolian Studies, History of Religion, Pottery (Archaeology), Ceramic Technology, Landscape Archaeology, Hellenistic History, Anatolian Archaeology, Mechanical Properties of Ceramics, Late Antique Archaeology, Anatolian History, Mediterranean Studies, Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Medieval Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Turkish History, Byzantine Studies, Mediterranean, Turkey, Late Antiquity, Funeral Practices, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Ceramics (Art History), History of the Mediterranean, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Roman stamped pottery, Medieval Pottery, Medieval ceramics (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Ceramics (Archaeology), Aegean Archaeology, Terra Sigillata, Roman Pottery Kilns, Roman pottery workshops, Late Roman Pottery, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Late Antique Religion, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Etruscan Archaeology, Anatolia, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Mediterranean archaeology, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Mediterranean Underwater Archaeology, History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Byzantine Pottery, Ancient Anatolia, Ceramic Petrography, Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Terracotta Figurines, Ancient Greek Pottery, Greek and Roman History, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Pottery technology and function, Hellenistic Pottery - black glaze, Etruscan studies, Ancient Pottery Analysis, Aegean Archaeology, Mediterranean Archeology, the island of Crete, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Pottery studies, Pottery kilns, Byzantine art, Ceramic, Roman Necropolis, Etruscan and pre-Roman archaeology, Necropolis, Ceramica Romana, Greek and Roman Mithology, Greek Terracottas, Roman and Late Antique Pottery, Iron Age (Archaeology), Hellenistic Pottery, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Protohistoric Anatolia, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Achaemenid archaeology, Archaeology of South Eastern Turkey, Hellenistic and Roman pottery, Greek and Roman Social History, Roman Archaeology, and Hellenistic period terracotta figurines
The third circular of the unguentarium symposium that took place on May 17-18 in Izmir is about the publication and its guidelines of the symposium's proceedings. The deadline for the publication is January 1, 2019. If you did not attend... more
The third circular of the unguentarium symposium that took place on May 17-18 in Izmir is about the publication and its guidelines of the symposium's proceedings. The deadline for the publication is January 1, 2019. If you did not attend to the unguentarium symposium because of a scheduling conflict or other reasons, but still have a paper about terracotta unguentaria, you are also welcome to submit it to us for publication until July 1, 2019.
Research Interests: Christianity, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Greek History, and 68 moreRoman History, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), History of Christianity, Ceramic Technology, Anatolian Archaeology, Ceramics (Ceramics), Late Antique Archaeology, Early Christianity, Roman Religion, Anatolian History, Mediterranean Studies, Early Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine History, Byzantine Liturgy, Byzantine Archaeology, Ceramics (Art History), History of the Mediterranean, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval Pottery, Medieval ceramics (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Roman Pottery, Ancient Greek History, Roman North Africa (Archaeology), Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Late Antique Religion, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Mediterranean archaeology, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Anatolian Religions, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Late Antique Liturgy, Byzantine Pottery, Ceramic Petrography, Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Ceramics, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Pottery technology and function, Ancient Pottery Analysis, Ceramica Medievale, Pottery studies, Roman Art, Byzantine art, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Ceramica Romana, Christian Studies, Late Antique and Byzantine Lamps, Late Antique and Christian archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology, Architecture and History of Art, Roman Archaeology, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Roman and Late Antique Archeology Huistory of Art
Lydia was an ancient region, located in inner western Anatolia, streching from today’s Turkish province of Manisa in the west to Uşak in the east. Since the end of the 19th century a great deal of scientific work has been done on Lydia,... more
Lydia was an ancient region, located in inner western Anatolia, streching from today’s Turkish province of Manisa in the west to Uşak in the east. Since the end of the 19th century a great deal of scientific work has been done on Lydia, one of the most important of the 32 classical regions of Anatolia. At the beginning of 20th century the U.S. American “Archaeological Exploration of Sardis” was one of the first leading steps of scholarly studies in Lydia. In Turkish archaeology Lydia and Lydian studies became a scientific field first with the Ph.D. dissertation of V. Sevin at the University of Istanbul which was completed between the years of 1969 and 1973. Since the end of 1960s several scholars, including G. M. A. Hanfmann, C. H. Greenewalt, Jr., R. Gusmani, P. Herrmann, A. Ramage, G. Petzl, H. Malay, M. Ricl and C. Jones, contributed on the archaeology, history and epigraphy of Lydian, Persian, Hellenistic and Roman periods of the region. Among others, two significant meetings and their proceedings are important in terms of current Lydian studies: The first one is the volume edited by E. Schwertheim in 1995, Forschungen in Lydien, and the second one is the conference volume that took place in 1999 in Rome and edited jointly by M. Giorgieri, M. Salvini, M.-C. Trémouille and P. Vannicelli (cf. bibliography at the end of the booklet). Since the book of C. H. Roosevelt, entitled “The archaeology of Lydia, from Gyges to Alexander”, Lydia became a more special focus in the fields of ancient Anatolian studies, both archaeologically and historically. Also, since 2005s Lydian become an active area by the increase of the number of archaeological excavations and field surveys, such as Thyateira, Tripolis and surveys in southeastern Lydia, that are being represented in this current symposium.
The aim of this present symposium, entitled “Archaeology and history of Lydia from the early Lydian period to the late antiquity (8th century B.C.-6t century A.D.)”, is to report on the state of research concerning Lydia between the middle Iron Age and late antiquity in a more extensive context. Our intention was to extend the chronologies of Lydian studies in a wider range from Lydian period to the early Byzantine period, to bring together scholars of from a wider range of disciplines, among others archaeology, history, epigraphy and other related disciplines in ancient Anatolian studies and to discuss a range of issues related to a larger variety of perspectives in a more interdisciplinary manner. The following theme groups are the main questions of the symposium:
- Archaeological field projects and museum studies in Lydia,
- Lydia during the Iron Age,
- Lydia in ancient mythology,
- Lydia during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods,
- Lydia and Lydians in ancient authors, eg. Homer, Herodotus, Strabo, Hippolytus of Rome and Hierocles,
- Ethno-cultural landscape of ancient Lydia and ethnoarchaeology,
- Lydian language, script and epigraphy,
- First coinage in Lydia: Reasons, circulations, dynamics and mechanisms,
- Tumuli in Lydia and their archaeology,
- The Royal Road,
- Relationships between Lydia and Ionia, the Achaemenid Empire as well as other neighbouring regions,
- Historical geography and settlement patterns in Hellenistic, Roman and Late Roman-Early Byzantine Lydia,
- Epigraphy and numismatic in Lydia during the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods,
- Roads, routes and population in Lydia,
- Lydia as a part of the Roman province Asia and the “seven churches of Apocalypse”,
- Forms of Christian presence in Roman and Early Byzantine Lydia,
- Jews and Jewish heritage in Roman and Early Byzantine Lydia,
- The province Lydia under the tetrarchy reform of Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 296,
- Episcopal sees of the Late Roman province of Lydia,
- Population and settlement boom in the “Justinianic” era,
- Miscellanea.
This symposium will take place on May 17-18, 2017 at the Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. After the symposium there will be two excursions; the first one will be on May 19-20 to Chios, Greece and the second one will be on May 21 to Sardis in Lydia. The symposium has first been announced in September 2016. Between October 2016 and April 2017 there were more than 100 paper applications from 24 countries, including -in an alphabetical order- Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Mauritius, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S.A., 95 of which were accepted as a paper to be presented at our symposium. Thematically papers were divided into 21 sessions, dealing both with Lydia and other neighbouring regions in western Anatolia. The deadline for applications has been closed in April 30, 2017. This booklet is arranged mainly in April 2017 where abstract were pasted in an alphabetical order of their authors’ names. It will constantly be updated in its online version, both in our Academia and Researchgate accounts. They will also be published in the Turkish peer-reviewed archaeological journal Kubaba which is being edited by Ms Neşide Gençer. We have also a number of colleagues as observers (cf. for their list on pp. 121-122 at the end of the booklet).
The Izmir Center of the Archaeology of Western Anatolia (EKVAM) is inagurated in 2014 at the Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir by the present author. This center organized several international archaeological meetings under the series of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Congressus internationales Smyrnenses and will continue to organize these annual scientific meetings in Izmir regularly every third week of May (for a list of past meetings and their publications in the series of Colloquia anatolica et aegaea, Acta congressus communis omnium gentium Smyrnae, please cf. p. 128 at the end of this booklet). Annoucement for our 2018 meeting is also to be found at the end of this booklet on p. 129.
In this abstract booklet an extensive bibliography about Lydia is also created on pp. 114-120. The purpose of this bibliographical list is to collect as much as possible scientific publications about the ancient studies on Lydia until the year of 2017. Everybody is welcome to join to this list with her/his own references.
The aim of this present symposium, entitled “Archaeology and history of Lydia from the early Lydian period to the late antiquity (8th century B.C.-6t century A.D.)”, is to report on the state of research concerning Lydia between the middle Iron Age and late antiquity in a more extensive context. Our intention was to extend the chronologies of Lydian studies in a wider range from Lydian period to the early Byzantine period, to bring together scholars of from a wider range of disciplines, among others archaeology, history, epigraphy and other related disciplines in ancient Anatolian studies and to discuss a range of issues related to a larger variety of perspectives in a more interdisciplinary manner. The following theme groups are the main questions of the symposium:
- Archaeological field projects and museum studies in Lydia,
- Lydia during the Iron Age,
- Lydia in ancient mythology,
- Lydia during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods,
- Lydia and Lydians in ancient authors, eg. Homer, Herodotus, Strabo, Hippolytus of Rome and Hierocles,
- Ethno-cultural landscape of ancient Lydia and ethnoarchaeology,
- Lydian language, script and epigraphy,
- First coinage in Lydia: Reasons, circulations, dynamics and mechanisms,
- Tumuli in Lydia and their archaeology,
- The Royal Road,
- Relationships between Lydia and Ionia, the Achaemenid Empire as well as other neighbouring regions,
- Historical geography and settlement patterns in Hellenistic, Roman and Late Roman-Early Byzantine Lydia,
- Epigraphy and numismatic in Lydia during the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods,
- Roads, routes and population in Lydia,
- Lydia as a part of the Roman province Asia and the “seven churches of Apocalypse”,
- Forms of Christian presence in Roman and Early Byzantine Lydia,
- Jews and Jewish heritage in Roman and Early Byzantine Lydia,
- The province Lydia under the tetrarchy reform of Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 296,
- Episcopal sees of the Late Roman province of Lydia,
- Population and settlement boom in the “Justinianic” era,
- Miscellanea.
This symposium will take place on May 17-18, 2017 at the Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. After the symposium there will be two excursions; the first one will be on May 19-20 to Chios, Greece and the second one will be on May 21 to Sardis in Lydia. The symposium has first been announced in September 2016. Between October 2016 and April 2017 there were more than 100 paper applications from 24 countries, including -in an alphabetical order- Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Mauritius, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S.A., 95 of which were accepted as a paper to be presented at our symposium. Thematically papers were divided into 21 sessions, dealing both with Lydia and other neighbouring regions in western Anatolia. The deadline for applications has been closed in April 30, 2017. This booklet is arranged mainly in April 2017 where abstract were pasted in an alphabetical order of their authors’ names. It will constantly be updated in its online version, both in our Academia and Researchgate accounts. They will also be published in the Turkish peer-reviewed archaeological journal Kubaba which is being edited by Ms Neşide Gençer. We have also a number of colleagues as observers (cf. for their list on pp. 121-122 at the end of the booklet).
The Izmir Center of the Archaeology of Western Anatolia (EKVAM) is inagurated in 2014 at the Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir by the present author. This center organized several international archaeological meetings under the series of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Congressus internationales Smyrnenses and will continue to organize these annual scientific meetings in Izmir regularly every third week of May (for a list of past meetings and their publications in the series of Colloquia anatolica et aegaea, Acta congressus communis omnium gentium Smyrnae, please cf. p. 128 at the end of this booklet). Annoucement for our 2018 meeting is also to be found at the end of this booklet on p. 129.
In this abstract booklet an extensive bibliography about Lydia is also created on pp. 114-120. The purpose of this bibliographical list is to collect as much as possible scientific publications about the ancient studies on Lydia until the year of 2017. Everybody is welcome to join to this list with her/his own references.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Classics, and 53 moreRoman History, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Landscape Archaeology, Hellenistic History, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Early Christianity, Roman Religion, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Funerary Archaeology, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Byzantine Studies, Turkey, Anatolian Languages, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Latin Epigraphy, Greek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Roman Epigraphy, Archaic Greek history, Early Christian Art, Late Roman Archaeology, Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Greek religion (Classics), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Iron Age (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Iron Age, Archaic Greece, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Hellenistic Pottery, History of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire), Geometric and archaic Greece, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Archaic Period, Classical Archaeology and Art, Early Christian Archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, The Greek and Latin Classics, Early Iron Age Greece and Greek communities overseas, Classical Greece, Byzantine art, Classical Greek Tyranny, Hellenistic and Roman pottery, Roman Archaeology, Archaic art, and Anatolian and the Near Eastern Archaeology
The abstracts of the international symposium, entitled "Archaeology and history of Lydia from the early Lydian period to late antiquity (8th century B.C.-6th century A.D.)" and taken place on May 17-18 in Izmir, Turkey, have been... more
The abstracts of the international symposium, entitled "Archaeology and history of Lydia from the early Lydian period to late antiquity (8th century B.C.-6th century A.D.)" and taken place on May 17-18 in Izmir, Turkey, have been published in Kubaba 14, 26, 2017, pp. 19-82. You can purchase the issue number 26 of Kubaba through Ms Neside Gencer. Here is her e-mail address:
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Classics, and 40 moreGreek Literature, Greek History, Roman History, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman Religion, Anatolian History, Early Medieval Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Turkey, Anatolian Languages, Lydian, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Ancient Greek History, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Late Roman Archaeology, Greek religion (Classics), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolia, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Anatolian Prehistory, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Language, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, The Greek and Latin Classics, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Byzantine art, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Sardis, Lydian Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Classics, and 52 moreGreek History, Roman History, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Landscape Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Numismatics, Medieval Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Byzantine Studies, Turkey, Anatolian Languages, Aegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology), Byzantine History, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Prehistoric Western Anatolia, Latin Epigraphy, Greek Archaeology, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Aegean Prehistory (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Religion, Greek Myth, Roman Epigraphy, Ancient Greek History, Aegean Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, Greek religion (Classics), Roman numismatics and archaeology, Ancient Greek Numismatics, Ancient Roman Numismatics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Anatolian Prehistory, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Aegean Prehistory, Ancient Greek Language, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, The Greek and Latin Classics, Byzantine art, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
Between May 15 and 18, 2017 we have hosted c. 100 participants from 19 countries and 65 papers dealing with Lydia and Lydians were presented in these four days of symposium, entitled Archaeology and history of Lydia from the early Lydian... more
Between May 15 and 18, 2017 we have hosted c. 100 participants from 19 countries and 65 papers dealing with Lydia and Lydians were presented in these four days of symposium, entitled Archaeology and history of Lydia from the early Lydian period to late antiquity (8th century B.C.-6th century A.D.) in Izmir, Turkey. On May 19-21 we have organized two excursions to Chios, Greece and Sardis, Turkey.
The proceedings of the symposium will be published by the Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté in France in 2019. Editors of the volume are Professor Ergün Laflı, Dr Gülseren Kan Şahin and Professor Guy Labarre. Provisional title of this forthcoming book is as follows: E. Laflı, G. Kan Şahin and G. Labarre (eds.), Archaeology and history of Lydia from the early Lydian period to late antiquity (8th century B.C.-6th century A.D.), Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea – Acta congressus communis omnium gentium Smyrnae IV (Besançon, Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté 2019, in progress).
As the book will contain only papers related to Lydia and Lydians between 8th century B.C. and 6th century A.D., we ask you to send us your paper, if it deals with Lydia or Lydians between 8th century B.C. and 6th century A.D. The Editorial Board asks you kindly to provide an original, previously unpublished and scientific paper, dealing with unpublished materials from excavated or surveyed sites or from the museums with previously unpublished photos without copyright problems.
If you did not attend to the Lydia Symposium because of a scheduling conflict or other reasons, but still have a paper about Lydia or Lydians between 8th century B.C. and 6th century A.D., you are welcome to submit it to us for publication.
As we will submit the book to Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté around March 2018, the deadline for submissions is January 1, 2018.
The only accepted language for the proceedings is English; we therefore ask you kindly to submit your paper only in English.
The proceedings of the symposium will be published by the Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté in France in 2019. Editors of the volume are Professor Ergün Laflı, Dr Gülseren Kan Şahin and Professor Guy Labarre. Provisional title of this forthcoming book is as follows: E. Laflı, G. Kan Şahin and G. Labarre (eds.), Archaeology and history of Lydia from the early Lydian period to late antiquity (8th century B.C.-6th century A.D.), Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea – Acta congressus communis omnium gentium Smyrnae IV (Besançon, Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté 2019, in progress).
As the book will contain only papers related to Lydia and Lydians between 8th century B.C. and 6th century A.D., we ask you to send us your paper, if it deals with Lydia or Lydians between 8th century B.C. and 6th century A.D. The Editorial Board asks you kindly to provide an original, previously unpublished and scientific paper, dealing with unpublished materials from excavated or surveyed sites or from the museums with previously unpublished photos without copyright problems.
If you did not attend to the Lydia Symposium because of a scheduling conflict or other reasons, but still have a paper about Lydia or Lydians between 8th century B.C. and 6th century A.D., you are welcome to submit it to us for publication.
As we will submit the book to Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté around March 2018, the deadline for submissions is January 1, 2018.
The only accepted language for the proceedings is English; we therefore ask you kindly to submit your paper only in English.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Art History, and 43 moreLate Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Landscape Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Numismatics, Medieval Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Byzantine Studies, Turkey, Anatolian Languages, Aegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology), Byzantine History, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Latin Epigraphy, Greek Archaeology, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Aegean Prehistory (Archaeology), Roman Epigraphy, Aegean Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Roman numismatics and archaeology, Ancient Greek Numismatics, Ancient Roman Numismatics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Anatolian Prehistory, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Ancient Numismatics, Aegean Prehistory, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Epigraphy, Byzantine art, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
The second international conference on Ionia was held on May 30–June 1, 2011 in Izmir, Turkey. The purpose of this meeting, comprising some 30 participants, was to continue work on Ionian studies, following on from the first... more
The second international conference on Ionia was held on May 30–June 1, 2011 in Izmir, Turkey. The purpose of this meeting, comprising some 30 participants, was to continue work on Ionian studies, following on from the first Panionion-Symposion at Güzelçamlı on September 26–October 1, 1999, published in 2007 , and a collection of papers dedicated to Ionia and published in the series of “Asia Minor Studien” by the Forschungsstelle Asia Minor im Seminar für Alte Geschichte der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Two major excavations in Ionia were represented at the Izmir conference: Nif-Olympus, directed by Prof. Dr. Elif Tül TULUNAY (Istanbul), and Milesian Agathonisi by Dr Pavlos TRIANTAFYLLIDIS (Rhodes). The third international conference on Ionia was held in March 2018 in Cambridge, UK. This brief paper in Turkish language presents the second conference in Izmir in 2011.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreAnatolian History, Mediterranean Studies, History of the Mediterranean, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek History, Aegean Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Ancient Anatolia, Ionia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, and İzmir
The XVIIth international congress of ancient bronzes took place on May 21-25, 2011 in Izmir, Turkey. There were more than 80 papers and posters presented in this congress. This brief note in Turkish language presents the congress in... more
The XVIIth international congress of ancient bronzes took place on May 21-25, 2011 in Izmir, Turkey. There were more than 80 papers and posters presented in this congress. This brief note in Turkish language presents the congress in detail.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Bronzes, Ancient Bronzes, Roman Instrumenta, History of Greek Art, and Roman Archaeology
In October 12-14, 2010 an international workshop on Hellenistic ceramics in Anatolia (4th to 1st cent. B.C.) was held in Izmir, Turkey in the series of Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea, Congressus internationales Smyrnenses III.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Ceramic Technology, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Ceramics (Ceramics), Ceramics (Art History), Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Ceramics (Archaeology), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Ceramics, and Pottery technology and function
This symposium entitled “Late antique glass in Anatolia (4th to 8th cent. A.D.)” took place between the 25th and the 28th of October 2009 in Izmir, Turkey . This workshop was organized jointly by Dr Sylvia FÜNFSCHILLING (Augst) and by... more
This symposium entitled “Late antique glass in Anatolia (4th to 8th cent. A.D.)” took place between the 25th and the 28th of October 2009 in Izmir, Turkey . This workshop was organized jointly by Dr Sylvia FÜNFSCHILLING (Augst) and by myself and took place at the Conference Hall of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University. Both excavated finds and museum pieces were the subject of this workshop, offering a firm basis for the support of future research concerning Late Antique and Early Byzantine glass studies in Turkey. The aim was to report on the state of research concerning glass from Anatolia that is dated approximately between the 4th and 8th centuries A.D. However, the geographical scope of the papers presented included not only Turkey, but also Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia, the Crimea, Georgia, Lebanon, and Tunisia. The glass groups under consideration were vessels, lamps, window panes, slags, glass tesserae, and other items. Twenty-eight papers were presented at the symposium, with about fifty participants coming from twelve countries. This brief paper in Turkish language presents symposium in detail.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreEarly Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Roman Empire, Glass (Archaeology), Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Ancient Glass, Roman Glass, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Byzantine art, and Roman Archaeology
This is the abstract booklet of the conference on the terracotta figurines in the Greek and Roman Eastern Mediterranean with the focuses on production, distribution, iconography and function which was held on June 2-6, 2007 in Izmir,... more
This is the abstract booklet of the conference on the terracotta figurines in the Greek and Roman Eastern Mediterranean with the focuses on production, distribution, iconography and function which was held on June 2-6, 2007 in Izmir, Turkey.
The proceedings of this conferece was published in two volumens:
A. Muller/E. Laflı (eds.), Figurines de terre cuite en Méditerranée grecque et romaine, vol 1: Production, diffusion, étude. École française d’Athènes, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, supplément 54 (Paris/Athens: École française d’Athènes 2016). ISBN: 978-2-86958-274-3.
A. Muller/E. Laflı (eds.), Figurines de terre cuite en Méditerranée grecque et romaine, vol. 2: Iconographie et contextes / Terracotta Figurines in the Greek and Roman Mediterranean / Iconography and Contexts, Archaiologia (Villeneuve d’Ascq: Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2015).
The proceedings of this conferece was published in two volumens:
A. Muller/E. Laflı (eds.), Figurines de terre cuite en Méditerranée grecque et romaine, vol 1: Production, diffusion, étude. École française d’Athènes, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, supplément 54 (Paris/Athens: École française d’Athènes 2016). ISBN: 978-2-86958-274-3.
A. Muller/E. Laflı (eds.), Figurines de terre cuite en Méditerranée grecque et romaine, vol. 2: Iconographie et contextes / Terracotta Figurines in the Greek and Roman Mediterranean / Iconography and Contexts, Archaiologia (Villeneuve d’Ascq: Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2015).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, and 15 moreAncient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, Greek religion (Classics), Greco-Roman Mythology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Terracotta Figurines, Greek Sculpture, Coroplastic Studies, Ancient Greek Mythology, Roman Sculpture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Funerary Art, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
EKVAM - The Research Center for the Archaeology of Western Anatolia is inagurated on February 21, 2014 at the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, Turkey. This brief note in Turkish language presents the center and its goals in detail.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Anatolian History, Mediterranean Studies, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Aegean Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
The full form of this bibliography will never be displayed in Academia; please consult with https://www.fulcrum.org/barpublishing for the full form of this document. In the fourth part of the book entitled as "E. Laflı (ed.), Greek,... more
The full form of this bibliography will never be displayed in Academia; please consult with https://www.fulcrum.org/barpublishing for the full form of this document.
In the fourth part of the book entitled as "E. Laflı (ed.), Greek, Roman, and Byzantine bronzes from Anatolia and neighbouring regions, BAR International Series 3038 (Oxford: BAR Publishing 2021)" this common bibliography for the bronze researches in Asia Minor and neighbouring regions have been created.
In the fourth part of the book entitled as "E. Laflı (ed.), Greek, Roman, and Byzantine bronzes from Anatolia and neighbouring regions, BAR International Series 3038 (Oxford: BAR Publishing 2021)" this common bibliography for the bronze researches in Asia Minor and neighbouring regions have been created.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Metal Technology, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Ancient Metallurgy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Corrosion and Conservation of Ancient Metals, Ancient Mining and Metallurgy, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Roman Bronzes, Ancient Bronzes, Roman Archaeology, Byzantine history and archaeology, Ancient Iron Metallurgy, and Classics and Ancient History
This is a bibliographical list of the late antique/Early Byzantine glass studies in Anatolia until the year 2009 where all publications concerning the glass finds from Asia Minor between the fourth and seventh centuries A.D.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Medieval Studies, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Glass (Archaeology), Medieval Art, Medieval Glasses (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Glass, Roman Glass, Byzantine art, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
This is an abstract of an ongoing doctoral dissertation by Onur Türkay at Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir. An international cooperation project was started between the Dokuz Eylül University of Izmir and the University of Udine, foreseeing... more
This is an abstract of an ongoing doctoral dissertation by Onur Türkay at Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir.
An international cooperation project was started between the Dokuz Eylül University of Izmir and the University of Udine, foreseeing the creation of a database to collect onomastics of Thracian or Thraco-Bithynian origins, documented in Greek and Latin inscriptions in the territory of ancient Bithynia. Starting from the seminal work of Dan Dana (Onomasticon Thracicum. Répertoire des noms indigènes de Thrace, Macedoine orientale, Mésies, Dacie et Bithynie, Athènes 2014), the project aims to offer researchers a simple and useful tool to provide the main historical, epigraphic and social information for each onomastic reference. The database will also offer information concerning the individuals bearing Thracian names: name in nominative form; sex of the individual; dating of the monument; place of the finding; edition(s); reference to the work of Dana and its Supplementa; secondary bibliography on the single name and on the monument; orginal form of the name as engraved on the stone; list of others Thracian names related to the first one in the same text; link to the most important database where the text may be found; etc.
In particular, each name and each founding place will be identified with geographical coordinates, in order to create a Web GIS. As result, it will be possible to create distribution maps, possibly organised by distinct chronological phases, of individual onomastic elements and their possible relationships. The database will be freely searchable online, through a simple search mask that will allow specific investigations to be carried out and useful data to be extrapolated for further analysis. It is expected that this will facilitate prosopographical and social research into the Thracian presence in Bithynia.
Data collection could be expanded to neighboring regions, basically to the whole of present-day Turkey (to the whole complex of Asia Minor).
Example of possible database fields. Full texts and images could simply be accessed via a link.
I have taken as an example two names that appear in the same entry. They are both in the nominative so the Name field and the Original Form field of the name in this case coincide; normally the form of the name has different desinences (genitive, dative, accusative...).
An international cooperation project was started between the Dokuz Eylül University of Izmir and the University of Udine, foreseeing the creation of a database to collect onomastics of Thracian or Thraco-Bithynian origins, documented in Greek and Latin inscriptions in the territory of ancient Bithynia. Starting from the seminal work of Dan Dana (Onomasticon Thracicum. Répertoire des noms indigènes de Thrace, Macedoine orientale, Mésies, Dacie et Bithynie, Athènes 2014), the project aims to offer researchers a simple and useful tool to provide the main historical, epigraphic and social information for each onomastic reference. The database will also offer information concerning the individuals bearing Thracian names: name in nominative form; sex of the individual; dating of the monument; place of the finding; edition(s); reference to the work of Dana and its Supplementa; secondary bibliography on the single name and on the monument; orginal form of the name as engraved on the stone; list of others Thracian names related to the first one in the same text; link to the most important database where the text may be found; etc.
In particular, each name and each founding place will be identified with geographical coordinates, in order to create a Web GIS. As result, it will be possible to create distribution maps, possibly organised by distinct chronological phases, of individual onomastic elements and their possible relationships. The database will be freely searchable online, through a simple search mask that will allow specific investigations to be carried out and useful data to be extrapolated for further analysis. It is expected that this will facilitate prosopographical and social research into the Thracian presence in Bithynia.
Data collection could be expanded to neighboring regions, basically to the whole of present-day Turkey (to the whole complex of Asia Minor).
Example of possible database fields. Full texts and images could simply be accessed via a link.
I have taken as an example two names that appear in the same entry. They are both in the nominative so the Name field and the Original Form field of the name in this case coincide; normally the form of the name has different desinences (genitive, dative, accusative...).
Research Interests: Anatolian Archaeology, Onomastics, Greek Epigraphy, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, and 15 moreHellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ancient Anatolia, Thracian Archaeology, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Onomastics, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Bithynia, Thracians, Epigraphy, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Onomástica, and Ancient Greek Onomastics
This is an abstract of an ongoing master's thesis by Nil Kiray at Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir. In this master’s thesis we deal with c. 600 bronze coins from the late 11th to the early 13th cent. A.D., today kept in a local museum in... more
This is an abstract of an ongoing master's thesis by Nil Kiray at Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir. In this master’s thesis we deal with c. 600 bronze coins from the late 11th to the early 13th cent. A.D., today kept in a local museum in western Turkey. This bronze coin hoard has most probably been found in coastal Caria in western Turkey in the mid-1990s and was acquired by the museum in 1999. For its find context we have almost no data; however, the hoard could be useful in the studies of the significance of this region during the Middle Byzantine period.
The hoard consists of hundreds of asprons (ἄσπρον), from Latin asper, which was a Late Byzantine name for silver or silver-alloy coins. The Latin word asper originally meant “rough”, but had gradually acquired the connotation of “fresh” or “freshly minted”, i.e. not worn smooth by use, and, especially when referring to silver, “white”, by the imperial period. It acquired a technical meaning in the 12th century, when the Byzantines began to refer to the billon trachy coin, which was issued in a blanched state, as an aspron. The same name was also sometimes applied to the contemporary electrum trachy as well. The name re-appears in the 14th–15th centuries as a generic name for silver coinage, such as the Byzantine doukatopoulon or the Turkish akçe. The 15th century account books of the Venetian merchant-banker Giacomo Badoer lists several cities and governments that coined aspers, which included Trebizond, Caffa, Simisso (or Samsun), Tana, and Rhodes.
The term trachy (τραχύ), plural trachea (τραχέα), meaning “rough” or “uneven”, was used to describe the cup-shaped (incorrectly often called “scyphate“) Byzantine coins struck in the 11th–14th centuries. The term was properly applied to coins of electrum, billon, or copper, and not to the gold hyperpyra.
The hoard consists of hundreds of asprons (ἄσπρον), from Latin asper, which was a Late Byzantine name for silver or silver-alloy coins. The Latin word asper originally meant “rough”, but had gradually acquired the connotation of “fresh” or “freshly minted”, i.e. not worn smooth by use, and, especially when referring to silver, “white”, by the imperial period. It acquired a technical meaning in the 12th century, when the Byzantines began to refer to the billon trachy coin, which was issued in a blanched state, as an aspron. The same name was also sometimes applied to the contemporary electrum trachy as well. The name re-appears in the 14th–15th centuries as a generic name for silver coinage, such as the Byzantine doukatopoulon or the Turkish akçe. The 15th century account books of the Venetian merchant-banker Giacomo Badoer lists several cities and governments that coined aspers, which included Trebizond, Caffa, Simisso (or Samsun), Tana, and Rhodes.
The term trachy (τραχύ), plural trachea (τραχέα), meaning “rough” or “uneven”, was used to describe the cup-shaped (incorrectly often called “scyphate“) Byzantine coins struck in the 11th–14th centuries. The term was properly applied to coins of electrum, billon, or copper, and not to the gold hyperpyra.
Research Interests: Anatolian Archaeology, Numismatics, Numismatic, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, and 15 moreAncient numismatics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Numismatics, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Medieval numismatics, Byzantine and Medieval Numismatics, Ancient Numismatics, Coin Hoards, Ancient Coins, Medieval Coins, Byzantine coins, Numismatica, Arab-Byzantine numismatics, and Coins
Bu yüksek lisans tezinde konu edilen 74 adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 8 Ağustos 2022 tarihinde Rojin Demir'e verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. Konu ile ilgili olarak:... more
Bu yüksek lisans tezinde konu edilen 74 adet eserin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 8 Ağustos 2022 tarihinde Rojin Demir'e verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. Konu ile ilgili olarak: [email protected]
This is an abridged part of the formerly unpublished thesis of Ms Rojin Demir from Mardin submitted to the Graduate School of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master's of arts in archaeology. The whole thesis cad and will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2025, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its examination. Please e-mail me for obtaining this thesis before 2025: [email protected]
In this study in Turkish language, the focus are 74 Byzantine coins registered in the inventory of the Museum of Mardin in south-eastern Turkey. Of these coins, all of which were brought to the museum through purchase, 3 of them are gold and 71 of them are copper / bronze. For this reason, the earliest of the coins is dated to the period of Anastasius I, while the latest is dated to the VII. Michael's period is dated.
Coins minted in 6 different mints are divided into 5 separate units. Mints of 35 coins could not be determined. As a mint, the Constantinople mint has the highest percentage.
20 of the analyzed Byzantine coins belong to the Anonymous Follis
group. The remaining coins were minted during the reign of 14 different
emperors. These emperors are as follows; Anastasius (2 pieces), I. Justinus (3 pieces), Justinus (7 pieces), II. Justinus (10 pieces), II. Tiberius (1 piece), Mauricus Tiberius (9 pieces), Focas (1 piece), Heraklion (4 pieces), II. Constans (3 pieces), VII. Constantine (3 pieces), II. Nicephorus (1 unit), X. Constantine (4 units), IV. Romanus (4 pieces) and VII. Michael (3pcs).
The inventory information in the thesis catalog has been written
faithfully to the information in the coin inventory books of the Mardin Museum. However, this information has been added in places where it is found to be incomplete or incorrect, and some of this information has been corrected if necessary.
The aim of the research is to examine and date the 74 East Roman period
coins registered in the inventory of the Mardin Museum in terms of the date and place of minting, the ruler who struck them, materials, measurements and depictions on them.
The final examiniation of Ms Rojin Demir has taken place on 22 August 2023 in Izmir, Turkey and members of the final examining committee were Ergün Laflı (supervisor, DEU), Binnur Gürler (DEU) and Alexander (Xander) van Eck (IYTE-Izmir).
This is an abridged part of the formerly unpublished thesis of Ms Rojin Demir from Mardin submitted to the Graduate School of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master's of arts in archaeology. The whole thesis cad and will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2025, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its examination. Please e-mail me for obtaining this thesis before 2025: [email protected]
In this study in Turkish language, the focus are 74 Byzantine coins registered in the inventory of the Museum of Mardin in south-eastern Turkey. Of these coins, all of which were brought to the museum through purchase, 3 of them are gold and 71 of them are copper / bronze. For this reason, the earliest of the coins is dated to the period of Anastasius I, while the latest is dated to the VII. Michael's period is dated.
Coins minted in 6 different mints are divided into 5 separate units. Mints of 35 coins could not be determined. As a mint, the Constantinople mint has the highest percentage.
20 of the analyzed Byzantine coins belong to the Anonymous Follis
group. The remaining coins were minted during the reign of 14 different
emperors. These emperors are as follows; Anastasius (2 pieces), I. Justinus (3 pieces), Justinus (7 pieces), II. Justinus (10 pieces), II. Tiberius (1 piece), Mauricus Tiberius (9 pieces), Focas (1 piece), Heraklion (4 pieces), II. Constans (3 pieces), VII. Constantine (3 pieces), II. Nicephorus (1 unit), X. Constantine (4 units), IV. Romanus (4 pieces) and VII. Michael (3pcs).
The inventory information in the thesis catalog has been written
faithfully to the information in the coin inventory books of the Mardin Museum. However, this information has been added in places where it is found to be incomplete or incorrect, and some of this information has been corrected if necessary.
The aim of the research is to examine and date the 74 East Roman period
coins registered in the inventory of the Mardin Museum in terms of the date and place of minting, the ruler who struck them, materials, measurements and depictions on them.
The final examiniation of Ms Rojin Demir has taken place on 22 August 2023 in Izmir, Turkey and members of the final examining committee were Ergün Laflı (supervisor, DEU), Binnur Gürler (DEU) and Alexander (Xander) van Eck (IYTE-Izmir).
Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Numismatics, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine History, and 15 moreByzantine Archaeology, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Early medieval numismatics, Byzantine Numismatics, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Medieval numismatics, Byzantine and Medieval Numismatics, Ancient Numismatics, Byzantine coins, Arab-Byzantine numismatics, Northern Mesopotamia, Mardin, and Byzantine history and archaeology
This is a formerly unpublished dissertation submitted to the Graduate School of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Dr. phil. of archaeology. In this study in Turkish... more
This is a formerly unpublished dissertation submitted to the Graduate School of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Dr. phil. of archaeology. In this study in Turkish language, the focus is a local Late Roman red-slipped pottery workshop in western Turkey and its Mediterranean-wide distributed productions. In this thesis more than 800 diagnostic sherds were examined in detail, most of which belong either to open forms, or to stamped fragments.
The final doctoral viva has taken place on 17th November 2022 in Izmir, Turkey and members of the final examining committee were Ergün Laflı (supervisor, DEU), Binnur Gürler (DEU), Lale Doğer (Ege), Hasan Ferudun Özgümüş (Istanbul) and Alexander (Xander) van Eck (IYTE-Izmir). Listeners were Mr Robert D. Leonard Jr. (Winnetka, IL) and Mr Errikos Maniotis (Brno).
The final doctoral viva has taken place on 17th November 2022 in Izmir, Turkey and members of the final examining committee were Ergün Laflı (supervisor, DEU), Binnur Gürler (DEU), Lale Doğer (Ege), Hasan Ferudun Özgümüş (Istanbul) and Alexander (Xander) van Eck (IYTE-Izmir). Listeners were Mr Robert D. Leonard Jr. (Winnetka, IL) and Mr Errikos Maniotis (Brno).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Cooking and Food Preparation (archaeology), Roman ceramics, Ancient Pottery Analysis, Pottery studies, Pottery kilns, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, African red slip ware, and Roman Archaeology
This is the formerly unpublished master of arts thesis by Doğukan Çağlayan, submitted to the Institute of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir in July2019. In this thesis, we have studied thirty-one lead seals belonging to... more
This is the formerly unpublished master of arts thesis by Doğukan Çağlayan, submitted to the Institute of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir in July2019.
In this thesis, we have studied thirty-one lead seals belonging to
the Byzantine Period that have been purchased between 1992-1999 and are displayed in a western Turkish museum. These seals reveal astonishing clues in terms of historical toponomies, ranks, personal names, religious figures and names of dignitaries. Studying these seals have released first hand information on the system of hierarcy, goverment institutitions, geographical borders, religion and the
languages utilized during the Byzantine period. These seals have been dated as follows: one of the seals was from 6th century A.D., eleven seals from 7th century A.D., five seals from 8th century A.D., seven seals from 10th century A.D., four seals from 11th century A.D. and lastly one seal from 12th century A.D. One of the pieces is an amulet dating to Late Byzantine period. Through the information gathered we were able to shed light on western Asia Minor in relevance to Byzantine institutions dating between 6th to the 12th century A.D.
Keywords: Lead seals, Byzantine period, western Anatolia, sigillography, prosopography, diplomacy, amulet.
In this thesis, we have studied thirty-one lead seals belonging to
the Byzantine Period that have been purchased between 1992-1999 and are displayed in a western Turkish museum. These seals reveal astonishing clues in terms of historical toponomies, ranks, personal names, religious figures and names of dignitaries. Studying these seals have released first hand information on the system of hierarcy, goverment institutitions, geographical borders, religion and the
languages utilized during the Byzantine period. These seals have been dated as follows: one of the seals was from 6th century A.D., eleven seals from 7th century A.D., five seals from 8th century A.D., seven seals from 10th century A.D., four seals from 11th century A.D. and lastly one seal from 12th century A.D. One of the pieces is an amulet dating to Late Byzantine period. Through the information gathered we were able to shed light on western Asia Minor in relevance to Byzantine institutions dating between 6th to the 12th century A.D.
Keywords: Lead seals, Byzantine period, western Anatolia, sigillography, prosopography, diplomacy, amulet.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreByzantine History, Byzantine Iconography, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Byzantine history, Byzantine Paleography and codicology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Hagiography, Byzantine Sigillography, Ancient Seals and Sealings, Byzantine Army, Byzantine art, Seals, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Byzantine Diplomatics (Imperial and Patriarchal Chancellery)
This is the formerly unpublished Ph.D. thesis by Alper Aşınmaz, submitted to the Institute of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir in September 2021. In this study in Turkish language, the focus is the rural sites in... more
This is the formerly unpublished Ph.D. thesis by Alper Aşınmaz, submitted to the Institute of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir in September 2021.
In this study in Turkish language, the focus is the rural sites in Graeco-Roman Pamphylia in southern Turkey which hosts numerous major ancient cities. Most of these cities are relatively well-researched settlements. On the other hand, there are also numerous rural settlements and findspots in the region. These settlements and findspots were mainly documented for the first time through archaeological site registration campaigns. Despite the abundance of rural sites in the region, very few of them have been researched by surface surveys and archaeological excavations. In this context, Lyrboton Kome in the territory of Perge, the Hurma Farmstead of Attaleia and Kocakepez Tepe in the territory of Sillyon are the best researched rural settlements of the region.
Considering the great archaeological potential of the region’s countryside, this study aims to investigate the rural settlement patterns in the region by taking into account the dense rural settlement distribution. Thus, by making a comprehensive preliminary assessment of the Pamphylian countryside that has been partially neglected so far, it is also aimed to pave the way for and promote future research on the topic. As a result, the GIS-based spatial analysis and statistical evaluations have revealed that the rural settlement distribution in the region is not random, but based on certain trends. In this context, at least the available data and inferences have revealed the existence of a settlement model in the region that is agriculturally focused, self-sufficient, and compatible with climatic conditions.
Keywords: Ancient countryside, Geographic Information Systems, Pamphylia, Asia Minor, eastern Mediterranean, settlement pattern.
In this study in Turkish language, the focus is the rural sites in Graeco-Roman Pamphylia in southern Turkey which hosts numerous major ancient cities. Most of these cities are relatively well-researched settlements. On the other hand, there are also numerous rural settlements and findspots in the region. These settlements and findspots were mainly documented for the first time through archaeological site registration campaigns. Despite the abundance of rural sites in the region, very few of them have been researched by surface surveys and archaeological excavations. In this context, Lyrboton Kome in the territory of Perge, the Hurma Farmstead of Attaleia and Kocakepez Tepe in the territory of Sillyon are the best researched rural settlements of the region.
Considering the great archaeological potential of the region’s countryside, this study aims to investigate the rural settlement patterns in the region by taking into account the dense rural settlement distribution. Thus, by making a comprehensive preliminary assessment of the Pamphylian countryside that has been partially neglected so far, it is also aimed to pave the way for and promote future research on the topic. As a result, the GIS-based spatial analysis and statistical evaluations have revealed that the rural settlement distribution in the region is not random, but based on certain trends. In this context, at least the available data and inferences have revealed the existence of a settlement model in the region that is agriculturally focused, self-sufficient, and compatible with climatic conditions.
Keywords: Ancient countryside, Geographic Information Systems, Pamphylia, Asia Minor, eastern Mediterranean, settlement pattern.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classics, Landscape Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreArchaeological GIS, Landscape archaeology (Anthropology), Greek Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Sacred Landscape (Archaeology), GIS and Landscape Archaeology, Pamphylia, Archaeological Site Formation Processes, GIS Applications in Archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, LiDAR for Landscape Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
This is the formerly unpublished master's thesis of Taşkın Şahan, submitted to the Institute of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir in August 2021. In this study in Turkish language, the topics indoor lighting and... more
This is the formerly unpublished master's thesis of Taşkın Şahan, submitted to the Institute of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir in August 2021.
In this study in Turkish language, the topics indoor lighting and ventilation in the ancient buildings have been analysed. It has been observed that geography was extremely effective on architecture in ancient period. It has been seen that buildings had been lack of sunlight during the day time especially as a result of seasonal changes. For that reason it had been understood that buildings should be planned according to local conditions. Many of the buildings in Ancient Greece and Rome had been planned accordingly. Buildings had been planned in the manner of getting the sunlight as much as possible and moreover, sections like entrance and windows had been adapted to buildings accordingly. Furthermore, it has been observed that buildings had been used frequently at the evening hours too. Lighting tools had been the main lighting source in this period. In this study, evaluation of the subject has been made in the light of ancient sources and archaeological documents by analyzing the architecture in Ancient Greece and Rome.
In this study in Turkish language, the topics indoor lighting and ventilation in the ancient buildings have been analysed. It has been observed that geography was extremely effective on architecture in ancient period. It has been seen that buildings had been lack of sunlight during the day time especially as a result of seasonal changes. For that reason it had been understood that buildings should be planned according to local conditions. Many of the buildings in Ancient Greece and Rome had been planned accordingly. Buildings had been planned in the manner of getting the sunlight as much as possible and moreover, sections like entrance and windows had been adapted to buildings accordingly. Furthermore, it has been observed that buildings had been used frequently at the evening hours too. Lighting tools had been the main lighting source in this period. In this study, evaluation of the subject has been made in the light of ancient sources and archaeological documents by analyzing the architecture in Ancient Greece and Rome.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Architectural History, and 15 moreArchitectural Lighting, Interior Design (Architecture), Greek Archaeology, Light and Shadow (Architectural Lighting), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of architecture, Interior Architecture, Classical Archaeology and Art, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Architectural history and theory, Greek and Roman Art and Architecture, Roman Architecture, History of Art and Architecture, History of Architecture, and Classics and Ancient History
This is an unpublished doctoral thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Sami Patacı in 2012 and focuses on Early Byzantine mosaic and fresco finds from Hadrianopolis. A version of this thesis in English... more
This is an unpublished doctoral thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Sami Patacı in 2012 and focuses on Early Byzantine mosaic and fresco finds from Hadrianopolis. A version of this thesis in English language is already published in 2019 as a part of BAR International Series (no. 2928).
Hadrianopolis is located on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea, 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük, in Roman southwestern Paphlagonia (modern northwestern central Turkey). This site was a small but important city, controlling this major route and dominating a rich agricultural, especially vinicultural, enclave on the borders between Paphlagonia, Bithynia and Galatia. Between 2005 and 2008 four survey, excavation and restoration campaigns were conducted at this Roman and early Byzantine site by the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir. As a result of the 2005 surveys of the area, it was confirmed that Hadrianopolis was indeed coincident with Viranşehir, which is located c. 3 km west of modern Eskipazar and was active between the 1st cent. BC. and the 8th cent. AD. The field surveys in 2005 identified the remains of at least 24 buildings at the site. Among them are two bath buildings, two basilicas, a domus, an apsidal building, a fortified structure of the Byzantine period, a possible theatre, a vaulted building, a domed building and some domestic buildings most of which were paved with extensive mosaic floors. The Early Byzantine mosaics and frescoes from this site which are dated mainly to the 6th and 7th cent. AD. Main find spots of mosaics and frescoes are Baths A, Baths B, Basilica A, Basilica B, the Apsidal Building and the Domus. One of the most remarkable discoveries was undoubtedly the floor mosaic of the nave of Basilica B, which displays personifications of the Four Rivers of Paradise: Euphrates, Tigris, Phison and Geon.
Hadrianopolis is located on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea, 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük, in Roman southwestern Paphlagonia (modern northwestern central Turkey). This site was a small but important city, controlling this major route and dominating a rich agricultural, especially vinicultural, enclave on the borders between Paphlagonia, Bithynia and Galatia. Between 2005 and 2008 four survey, excavation and restoration campaigns were conducted at this Roman and early Byzantine site by the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir. As a result of the 2005 surveys of the area, it was confirmed that Hadrianopolis was indeed coincident with Viranşehir, which is located c. 3 km west of modern Eskipazar and was active between the 1st cent. BC. and the 8th cent. AD. The field surveys in 2005 identified the remains of at least 24 buildings at the site. Among them are two bath buildings, two basilicas, a domus, an apsidal building, a fortified structure of the Byzantine period, a possible theatre, a vaulted building, a domed building and some domestic buildings most of which were paved with extensive mosaic floors. The Early Byzantine mosaics and frescoes from this site which are dated mainly to the 6th and 7th cent. AD. Main find spots of mosaics and frescoes are Baths A, Baths B, Basilica A, Basilica B, the Apsidal Building and the Domus. One of the most remarkable discoveries was undoubtedly the floor mosaic of the nave of Basilica B, which displays personifications of the Four Rivers of Paradise: Euphrates, Tigris, Phison and Geon.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine Archaeology, Ancient Mosaics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Graeco-Roman Mosaics and Wall Paintings, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Fresco, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Byzantine Mosaics, Mosaic Restoration and Conservation, Medieval Wall Paintings, Roman Mosaics, Roman Wall Painting, Early Christian Mosaics, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Aslı (Cumalıoğlu) Saka in 2011 and focuses on the Late Antique-Early Byzantine architectural elements from Hadrianopolis in... more
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Aslı (Cumalıoğlu) Saka in 2011 and focuses on the Late Antique-Early Byzantine architectural elements from Hadrianopolis in southwestern Paphlagonia.
In ancient times Hadrianoupolis was located in Paphlagonia. Field surveys in the area in 2005 had displayed that the ruins of ancient city were mostly belong to Late Roman and Early Byzantine Periods. During 2006-2008 excavation seasons in the central part of the city, two ecclesiastical buildings, two bath buildings, one villa and one apsidal public building were excavated. Churches of the city had named by the considering the proximity of the city centre. Thus, the extramural church had named as Church A and in the city centre had named as Church B. In this thesis architectural plastic elements from Early Byzantine period are goigng to be analysied in the region. The period which was right after the acceptance of the Christianity as a official religion in the Empire between 4th and 6th century AD. architectural plastic is one of the most important element to provides visual resource for enlightment of the affects of new religion onto the pagan public buildin and life. In this work architectural plastics will going to be examined under two major title. The first one is finds from excavated areas, and the second one finds from surveyed areas.
In ancient times Hadrianoupolis was located in Paphlagonia. Field surveys in the area in 2005 had displayed that the ruins of ancient city were mostly belong to Late Roman and Early Byzantine Periods. During 2006-2008 excavation seasons in the central part of the city, two ecclesiastical buildings, two bath buildings, one villa and one apsidal public building were excavated. Churches of the city had named by the considering the proximity of the city centre. Thus, the extramural church had named as Church A and in the city centre had named as Church B. In this thesis architectural plastic elements from Early Byzantine period are goigng to be analysied in the region. The period which was right after the acceptance of the Christianity as a official religion in the Empire between 4th and 6th century AD. architectural plastic is one of the most important element to provides visual resource for enlightment of the affects of new religion onto the pagan public buildin and life. In this work architectural plastics will going to be examined under two major title. The first one is finds from excavated areas, and the second one finds from surveyed areas.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Architectural Sculpture, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Byzantine art, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
This is a published doctoral thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Gülseren Kan Şahin in 2015. In this dissertation pottery finds from Hadrianopolis and its chora in southwestern Paphlagonia (northwestern... more
This is a published doctoral thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Gülseren Kan Şahin in 2015. In this dissertation pottery finds from Hadrianopolis and its chora in southwestern Paphlagonia (northwestern central Turkey) are presented in detail, which were collected between the years 2005 and 2008. A version of this thesis in English language is already published in 2016 as a part of BAR International Series (no. 2786) and in Turkish language in 2019 as a part of publication series of Turkish Historical Society.
Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Today, Hadrianopolis and its chora lie in the region around Eskipazar in the Turkish province of Karabük. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir carried out archaeological field surveys, excavations and restorations in Hadrianopolis and its close surroundings. During these four field campaigns, 1550 sherds ranging between the Pre-Iron Age (IInd mill. BC.) and the Middle Byzantine period (late 11th/early 12th cent. AD.) were collected, most of which consisted of Late Roman-Early Byzantine (late 5th-mid 8th cent. AD.) coarse ware. In this study 30 main pottery groups were constituted, based on their chronology, function and fabric. The book contains a detailed description of each find deposit, including the typologies and fabrics of wares and a comprehensive catalogue with drawings, as well as photos, of each sherd. It is, thus, the first extensive pottery report of the Turkish Black Sea area, offering a continual picture of all the wares and chronologies available, including their chronologies.
Paphlagonia was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, bordered by Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east and Galatia to the south. Today, Hadrianopolis and its chora lie in the region around Eskipazar in the Turkish province of Karabük. Between 2005 and 2008 an archaeological team from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir carried out archaeological field surveys, excavations and restorations in Hadrianopolis and its close surroundings. During these four field campaigns, 1550 sherds ranging between the Pre-Iron Age (IInd mill. BC.) and the Middle Byzantine period (late 11th/early 12th cent. AD.) were collected, most of which consisted of Late Roman-Early Byzantine (late 5th-mid 8th cent. AD.) coarse ware. In this study 30 main pottery groups were constituted, based on their chronology, function and fabric. The book contains a detailed description of each find deposit, including the typologies and fabrics of wares and a comprehensive catalogue with drawings, as well as photos, of each sherd. It is, thus, the first extensive pottery report of the Turkish Black Sea area, offering a continual picture of all the wares and chronologies available, including their chronologies.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval Pottery, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Pottery studies, and Roman Archaeology
Bu eserler Mustafa Erman Uyar tarafından Bursa Müze Müdürlüğü ve yerel kurumların çeşitli yazılı izinleri ile çalışılmıştır. This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Mustafa... more
Bu eserler Mustafa Erman Uyar tarafından Bursa Müze Müdürlüğü ve yerel kurumların çeşitli yazılı izinleri ile çalışılmıştır.
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Mustafa Erman Uyar in the summer of 2019 and focuses on some archaeological finds from Mustafakemalpaşa in Mysia (northwestern Turkey).
The present document is an abridged version of the thesis, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to its adviser for its full version: [email protected]
Mustafakemalpaşa is a town and district in the province of Bursa in northwestern Turkey. In Graeco-Roman and Byzantine periods Mustafakemalpaşa was called as "Kremaste" (Κρεμαστή; "Kirmasti" in Ottoman Turkish) and was a minor site in Mysia. During the Hellenistic period Kremaste was under the control of the Kingdom of Bithynia. In Graeco-Roman periods the most important site in this particular part of Mysia was Miletoupolis which is very close to the center of Mustafakemalpaşa. Around 300 A.D. Kremaste became an influential city when it became a Christian diocese. During the Byzantine period the site was again of minor importance.
In this thesis most of the surface finds from Mustafakemalpaşa, especially marble architectural elements of some monumental buildings and funerary monuments, are collected and classified. Most of the finds belong to the second and third centuries A.D.
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Mustafa Erman Uyar in the summer of 2019 and focuses on some archaeological finds from Mustafakemalpaşa in Mysia (northwestern Turkey).
The present document is an abridged version of the thesis, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to its adviser for its full version: [email protected]
Mustafakemalpaşa is a town and district in the province of Bursa in northwestern Turkey. In Graeco-Roman and Byzantine periods Mustafakemalpaşa was called as "Kremaste" (Κρεμαστή; "Kirmasti" in Ottoman Turkish) and was a minor site in Mysia. During the Hellenistic period Kremaste was under the control of the Kingdom of Bithynia. In Graeco-Roman periods the most important site in this particular part of Mysia was Miletoupolis which is very close to the center of Mustafakemalpaşa. Around 300 A.D. Kremaste became an influential city when it became a Christian diocese. During the Byzantine period the site was again of minor importance.
In this thesis most of the surface finds from Mustafakemalpaşa, especially marble architectural elements of some monumental buildings and funerary monuments, are collected and classified. Most of the finds belong to the second and third centuries A.D.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Ancient Thrace, Bithynia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Asia Minor, Bursa, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Leyla Atlı Akbuz in 2008. Hadrianopolis, in modern day Edirne, founded by Roman emperor Hadrian on the site of a previous Thracian... more
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Leyla Atlı Akbuz in 2008.
Hadrianopolis, in modern day Edirne, founded by Roman emperor Hadrian on the site of a previous Thracian settlement, is a city in the northwestern Turkish province of Edirne in eastern Thrace, close to Turkey's borders with Greece and Bulgaria. In the second century A.D. Hadrian developed Hadrianopolis, adorned it with monuments, changed its name to "Hadrianopolis", and made it the capital of the Roman province of Thrace. Licinius was defeated there by Constantine I in A.D. 323, and Emperor Valens was killed by the Goths in 378 during the Battle of Adrianople in 378.
The city walls of Hadrianopolis with some structures of the Roman military campus are excavated under the name "Macedonian Tower“ rescue excavations (or rescue excavations of the city walls of Hadrianopolis) in 2002 and 2003 under the directorship of the museum of Edirne. Pottery finds of Roman period, especially Late Roman period, are the focus of this thesis which are dated through coin and lamp finds. A pottery kiln is found in the excavated site. Terra sigillata as well as unguentaria are included in this study. The present study reveals that a local ceramic production existed in Hadrianopolis during the Late Roman period.
Hadrianopolis, in modern day Edirne, founded by Roman emperor Hadrian on the site of a previous Thracian settlement, is a city in the northwestern Turkish province of Edirne in eastern Thrace, close to Turkey's borders with Greece and Bulgaria. In the second century A.D. Hadrian developed Hadrianopolis, adorned it with monuments, changed its name to "Hadrianopolis", and made it the capital of the Roman province of Thrace. Licinius was defeated there by Constantine I in A.D. 323, and Emperor Valens was killed by the Goths in 378 during the Battle of Adrianople in 378.
The city walls of Hadrianopolis with some structures of the Roman military campus are excavated under the name "Macedonian Tower“ rescue excavations (or rescue excavations of the city walls of Hadrianopolis) in 2002 and 2003 under the directorship of the museum of Edirne. Pottery finds of Roman period, especially Late Roman period, are the focus of this thesis which are dated through coin and lamp finds. A pottery kiln is found in the excavated site. Terra sigillata as well as unguentaria are included in this study. The present study reveals that a local ceramic production existed in Hadrianopolis during the Late Roman period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antiquity, and 15 moreRoman Pottery, Late Roman Archaeology, Roman Pottery Kilns, Roman pottery workshops, Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Thracian Archaeology, Ancient Thrace, History of ancient Thrace, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Ceramica Romana, Roman Thrace, and Roman Archaeology
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Günsel Dağlı in 2008. Hadrianopolis, in modern day Edirne, founded by Roman emperor Hadrian on the site of a previous Thracian... more
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Günsel Dağlı in 2008.
Hadrianopolis, in modern day Edirne, founded by Roman emperor Hadrian on the site of a previous Thracian settlement, is a city in the northwestern Turkish province of Edirne in eastern Thrace, close to Turkey's borders with Greece and Bulgaria. In the second century A.D. Hadrian developed Hadrianopolis, adorned it with monuments, changed its name to "Hadrianopolis", and made it the capital of the Roman province of Thrace. Licinius was defeated there by Constantine I in A.D. 323, and Emperor Valens was killed by the Goths in 378 during the Battle of Adrianople in 378.
The city walls of Hadrianopolis with some structures of the Roman military campus are excavated under the name "Macedonian Tower“ rescue excavations (or rescue excavations of the city walls of Hadrianopolis) in 2002 and 2003 under the directorship of the museum of Edirne. Lamp finds of Late Roman-Early Byzantine periods are the focus of this thesis which are classified into 22 types according to their decoration. Also some moulds found at the site are included in this catalogue.
Hadrianopolis, in modern day Edirne, founded by Roman emperor Hadrian on the site of a previous Thracian settlement, is a city in the northwestern Turkish province of Edirne in eastern Thrace, close to Turkey's borders with Greece and Bulgaria. In the second century A.D. Hadrian developed Hadrianopolis, adorned it with monuments, changed its name to "Hadrianopolis", and made it the capital of the Roman province of Thrace. Licinius was defeated there by Constantine I in A.D. 323, and Emperor Valens was killed by the Goths in 378 during the Battle of Adrianople in 378.
The city walls of Hadrianopolis with some structures of the Roman military campus are excavated under the name "Macedonian Tower“ rescue excavations (or rescue excavations of the city walls of Hadrianopolis) in 2002 and 2003 under the directorship of the museum of Edirne. Lamp finds of Late Roman-Early Byzantine periods are the focus of this thesis which are classified into 22 types according to their decoration. Also some moulds found at the site are included in this catalogue.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Pottery, Thracian Archaeology, Ancient Thrace, History of ancient Thrace, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Roman Lamps, Pottery studies, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
Bu eserler Doğancan Aksu tarafından Adana Müze Müdürlüğü'nün izni ile çalışılmıştır. This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Doğancan Aksu in the summer of 2019 and focuses... more
Bu eserler Doğancan Aksu tarafından Adana Müze Müdürlüğü'nün izni ile çalışılmıştır.
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Doğancan Aksu in the summer of 2019 and focuses on the Graeco-Roman and Byzantine steles in the Archaeological Museum of Adana in Cilicia (southern Turkey).
The present document is an abridged version of the thesis, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to its adviser for its full version: [email protected]
In this brief thesis several previously unpublished and published grave and votive monuments are analysed. These monuments in the Archaeological Museum of Adana, are on the one hand visual and on the other hand, epigraphic documents. Most of the stelae were found in eastern Cilicia, whereas there is a large collection of stelae from Zeugma as well as a further collection from the region of Kahramanmaraş in southeastern Turkey. Most of these monuments were made in Cilicia locally, but some of them were imported from outside of Cilicia. Through these new examples from Cilicia and rest of southern Asia Minor we gain insight into different concepts of “μνῆμα” or “μνημεῖον” (memorial), popular in Hellenistic and Roman times throughout Asia Minor. In this thesis some Byzantine stelae were considered as well.
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Doğancan Aksu in the summer of 2019 and focuses on the Graeco-Roman and Byzantine steles in the Archaeological Museum of Adana in Cilicia (southern Turkey).
The present document is an abridged version of the thesis, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to its adviser for its full version: [email protected]
In this brief thesis several previously unpublished and published grave and votive monuments are analysed. These monuments in the Archaeological Museum of Adana, are on the one hand visual and on the other hand, epigraphic documents. Most of the stelae were found in eastern Cilicia, whereas there is a large collection of stelae from Zeugma as well as a further collection from the region of Kahramanmaraş in southeastern Turkey. Most of these monuments were made in Cilicia locally, but some of them were imported from outside of Cilicia. Through these new examples from Cilicia and rest of southern Asia Minor we gain insight into different concepts of “μνῆμα” or “μνημεῖον” (memorial), popular in Hellenistic and Roman times throughout Asia Minor. In this thesis some Byzantine stelae were considered as well.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Funerary Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Cilicia, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Near East, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Funerary Art, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
Bu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 27/04/2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G).65675 sayılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. Bahse konu malzeme üzerine başka izinler de... more
Bu eserler Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 27/04/2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G).65675 sayılı izni ile çalışılmıştır. Bahse konu malzeme üzerine başka izinler de alınmıştır.
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Olcay Kılınç in 2012. It focuses on Roman statues at the Archaeological Museum of Adana in Cilicia (southern Turkey) which is one of the oldest museum of Turkey.
The Archaeological Museum of Adana was first established at the Police Department building just after the formation of the Turkish Republic in 1924. It initially started with the collection of the columns, column capitals and sarcophagi found in the vicinity of the building. Alyanakzade Halil Kamil Bey from Adana was appointed as the museum director and with his successful work, the accumulated material was moved in 1928 to the madrasah section of the no longer existing Cafer Pasha Mosque and then opened to the public. The museum was moved to the building presently occupied by the Ethnographic Museum at Kuruköprü (former Greek church) in 1950. In the 1950s the Regional Museum of Adana was the only museum of the region with material obtained either through purchases or court decisions from a large area reaching from Kahramanmaraş and Gaziantep to Anamur and Alanya, the museum moved to its next premises in January 1972. In 2017 a new building was opened and all the collection moved to this new and larger building.
The catalogue of Roman statues at the Archaeological Museum of Adana features 43 pieces of, mostly life-size, statues. As a result of our studies the earliest Roman statues in Adana are from the early first century A.D. and they continue until the end of the fourth century A.D. The majority of pieces belong to the third century A.D. The rich Roman portrait sculpture of Adana is a remarkable collection. Most of the statues are ideal sculptures. Almost half of the collection remains as unpublished.
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Olcay Kılınç in 2012. It focuses on Roman statues at the Archaeological Museum of Adana in Cilicia (southern Turkey) which is one of the oldest museum of Turkey.
The Archaeological Museum of Adana was first established at the Police Department building just after the formation of the Turkish Republic in 1924. It initially started with the collection of the columns, column capitals and sarcophagi found in the vicinity of the building. Alyanakzade Halil Kamil Bey from Adana was appointed as the museum director and with his successful work, the accumulated material was moved in 1928 to the madrasah section of the no longer existing Cafer Pasha Mosque and then opened to the public. The museum was moved to the building presently occupied by the Ethnographic Museum at Kuruköprü (former Greek church) in 1950. In the 1950s the Regional Museum of Adana was the only museum of the region with material obtained either through purchases or court decisions from a large area reaching from Kahramanmaraş and Gaziantep to Anamur and Alanya, the museum moved to its next premises in January 1972. In 2017 a new building was opened and all the collection moved to this new and larger building.
The catalogue of Roman statues at the Archaeological Museum of Adana features 43 pieces of, mostly life-size, statues. As a result of our studies the earliest Roman statues in Adana are from the early first century A.D. and they continue until the end of the fourth century A.D. The majority of pieces belong to the third century A.D. The rich Roman portrait sculpture of Adana is a remarkable collection. Most of the statues are ideal sculptures. Almost half of the collection remains as unpublished.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Cilicia, and 15 moreRoman Iconography, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Roman Near East, Greek Sculpture, Roman Sculpture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Roman Art, Greek and Roman Portraiture, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Roman Funerary Art, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Roman Portraiture, and Roman Archaeology
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Levent Alpaslan in the spring of 2016. During the Roman Empire there were three major religions in Asia Minor. These were Roman... more
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Levent Alpaslan in the spring of 2016.
During the Roman Empire there were three major religions in Asia Minor. These were Roman paganism, the Judaism, which was common in a small group of communities and the Christianity, which was felt thoroughly during the third century A.D. in entire of Asia Minor. Roman paganism, basics of which were taken from the ancient Greek paganism, had a characteristic feature in Asia Minor. Since the Hellenistic period, Judaism was well-known in Asia Minor, had a number of small communities. Christianity was entered to Asia Minor in first cent. A.D. and it was spread among the suburban communities in large cities, such as Smyrna, Ephesus and Pergamum in western Asia Minor. In this present thesis three religions in Asia Minor between the first and fourth century A.D. were outlined.
During the Roman Empire there were three major religions in Asia Minor. These were Roman paganism, the Judaism, which was common in a small group of communities and the Christianity, which was felt thoroughly during the third century A.D. in entire of Asia Minor. Roman paganism, basics of which were taken from the ancient Greek paganism, had a characteristic feature in Asia Minor. Since the Hellenistic period, Judaism was well-known in Asia Minor, had a number of small communities. Christianity was entered to Asia Minor in first cent. A.D. and it was spread among the suburban communities in large cities, such as Smyrna, Ephesus and Pergamum in western Asia Minor. In this present thesis three religions in Asia Minor between the first and fourth century A.D. were outlined.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman Religion, and 15 moreGreek Religion, Mysteries (Greek Religion), Ancient Greek Religion, Greek religion (Classics), Greco-Roman Mythology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Archaeology of Roman Religion, Ancient Anatolia, Religions of the Roman Empire, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Archaeology, and Graeco-Roman Religion
Artemis and Apollo are counted as the most respected gods in the Greek world. After the capturing of Anatolia by the Achaemenid Empire in 546 B.C., the characteristics, responsibilities and cults of these gods were under the effects of... more
Artemis and Apollo are counted as the most respected gods in the Greek world. After the capturing of Anatolia by the Achaemenid Empire in 546 B.C., the characteristics, responsibilities and cults of these gods were under the effects of Persian influences. The entrance of the Persian gods into Anatolia was the most important reason of these effects. After the establishment of the Achaemenid Empire, the sanctuaries of the Persian pantheon emerged in different regions for Anatolia. At this point, the Greco-Anatolian and Persian cults became closer and as a result, the Greco-Antolian gods and Persian gods syncretized. Artemis and Apollo also have been syncretized with some Persian gods. This event accelerated the process of emerging Persian effects into the cult of Artemis and Apollo.
Classical texts and archaeological evidence prove the Persian effects in the cult of Artemis and Apollo. In the earlier periods, this influence is traced mostly in Classical texts. But from the middle period of the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian effects on the cults of Artemis and Apollo can be seen in Classical texts and archaeological evidence. Hence, a chronological classification for this issue is needed. In this thesis, it has been tried to reveal the Persian influence on the cult of Artemis and Apollo by using the Classical texts and archaeological evidence. As we told above, this research has been presented in a chronological framework.
Keywords: Artemis, Apollo, Persia, Greece, Anatolia, Achaemenid.
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Artemis ve Apollon, Yunan dünyasının en çok saygı gören tanrılarından sayılmaktadırlar. M.Ö. 546’da Akhamenid İmparatorluğu’nun Anadolu’yu fethetmesinin ardından, adı geçen tanrıların kişilikleri, sorumlulukları ve kültleri ciddi bir şekilde Pers etkilerinin altındaydı. Bu etkilerin en önemli sebebi, Pers pantheonunun Anadolu’ya girmesiydi. Akhamenid İmparatorluğu kurulduktan sonra, Anadolu’nun farklı bölgelerinde Pers pantheonunun kutsal alanları ortaya çıkmaya başlamıştır. Bu çerçevede, Yunan-Anadolulu ve Persli kültler birbirlerine yakınlaşmıştır ve bu yakınlaşmanın sonucunda bazı Yunan-Anadolulu ve Persli tanrılar sinkretize edilmişlerdir. Artemis ve Apollon da sözü geçen süreçte, bazı Pers tanrılarıyla özdeşleştirilmişlerdir. Bu olay, Artemis ve Apollon kültündeki Pers etkilerinin ortaya çıkmasını hızlandırmıştır.
Antik edebiyat ve arkeolojik buluntular, yan yana Artemis ve Apollon kültündeki Pers etkilerini kanıtlamaktadır. Adı geçen etkilerin izleri, daha eski dönemlerde, daha çok antik edebî eserler aracılığıyla takip edilebilir. Ama Orta Akhamenid Dönem’den itibaren Artemis ve Apollon kültündeki Pers etkilerinin kanıtları hem antik metinlerde, hem de arkeolojik kanıtlarda görülebilir. Bu yüzden de sözü geçen etkileri ortaya çıkarmak için kronolojik bir sınıflandırma gerekmektedir. Bu tez çalışmasında, arkeolojik kanıtlar ve antik edebî eserler ışığında, Artemis ve Apollon kültündeki Pers etkileri ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Önceden belirlediğimiz gibi bu araştırma kronolojik bir yöntem çerçevesinde düzenlenmiştir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Artemis, Apollon, Pers, Yunan, Anadolu, Akhamenid.
Classical texts and archaeological evidence prove the Persian effects in the cult of Artemis and Apollo. In the earlier periods, this influence is traced mostly in Classical texts. But from the middle period of the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian effects on the cults of Artemis and Apollo can be seen in Classical texts and archaeological evidence. Hence, a chronological classification for this issue is needed. In this thesis, it has been tried to reveal the Persian influence on the cult of Artemis and Apollo by using the Classical texts and archaeological evidence. As we told above, this research has been presented in a chronological framework.
Keywords: Artemis, Apollo, Persia, Greece, Anatolia, Achaemenid.
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Artemis ve Apollon, Yunan dünyasının en çok saygı gören tanrılarından sayılmaktadırlar. M.Ö. 546’da Akhamenid İmparatorluğu’nun Anadolu’yu fethetmesinin ardından, adı geçen tanrıların kişilikleri, sorumlulukları ve kültleri ciddi bir şekilde Pers etkilerinin altındaydı. Bu etkilerin en önemli sebebi, Pers pantheonunun Anadolu’ya girmesiydi. Akhamenid İmparatorluğu kurulduktan sonra, Anadolu’nun farklı bölgelerinde Pers pantheonunun kutsal alanları ortaya çıkmaya başlamıştır. Bu çerçevede, Yunan-Anadolulu ve Persli kültler birbirlerine yakınlaşmıştır ve bu yakınlaşmanın sonucunda bazı Yunan-Anadolulu ve Persli tanrılar sinkretize edilmişlerdir. Artemis ve Apollon da sözü geçen süreçte, bazı Pers tanrılarıyla özdeşleştirilmişlerdir. Bu olay, Artemis ve Apollon kültündeki Pers etkilerinin ortaya çıkmasını hızlandırmıştır.
Antik edebiyat ve arkeolojik buluntular, yan yana Artemis ve Apollon kültündeki Pers etkilerini kanıtlamaktadır. Adı geçen etkilerin izleri, daha eski dönemlerde, daha çok antik edebî eserler aracılığıyla takip edilebilir. Ama Orta Akhamenid Dönem’den itibaren Artemis ve Apollon kültündeki Pers etkilerinin kanıtları hem antik metinlerde, hem de arkeolojik kanıtlarda görülebilir. Bu yüzden de sözü geçen etkileri ortaya çıkarmak için kronolojik bir sınıflandırma gerekmektedir. Bu tez çalışmasında, arkeolojik kanıtlar ve antik edebî eserler ışığında, Artemis ve Apollon kültündeki Pers etkileri ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Önceden belirlediğimiz gibi bu araştırma kronolojik bir yöntem çerçevesinde düzenlenmiştir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Artemis, Apollon, Pers, Yunan, Anadolu, Akhamenid.
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This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Rakel Mizrahi in the summer of 2019. The Post-Medieval Jewish community in Izmir have an important place in the history of the city... more
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Rakel Mizrahi in the summer of 2019. The Post-Medieval Jewish community in Izmir have an important place in the history of the city since 1492. Jews of Smyrna, whose population has increased after the 15th century, have identified their own cemetery areas in the outskirts of the city. The first Jewish cemetery was in Bahribaba which was in use until the beginning of the 20th century. In this thesis five Jewish cemeteries in and around Izmir were examined: Bahribaba, Gürçeşme, Bornova, Bergama and Tire. Some of the tombstones in these cemeteries provide us with important information about the Jewish population of Izmir between the 15th and 20th centuries. As a result of the close examination of Hebrew tombstones, it was found that besides the language and technique used, the tombstones contain important information that would lead us to get to know Izmir Jews closely, such as names, surnames, professions, age of death, years of death, gender and marital status. In addition to the information obtained from the tombstones, the investigations about the burial traditions of the Jews of Izmir are important in terms of giving information about the Jewish afterlife beliefs, pre-and post-burial traditions, and mourning processes in eastern Aegean.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Jewish Studies, Ottoman History, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreJewish History, Medieval Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, Funerary Archaeology, Ottoman Empire, History of the Jews, Late Ottoman Period, Israelite Religion, Jewish Cultural Studies, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Jewish Art History, Post-Medieval Archaeology, İzmir, Sephardic Jews, and Jews In Islamic Lands
Bu eserler Kerem Özgür Özgen tarafından Efes, Çeşme ve Tire Müze Müdürlükleri'nin çeşitli yazılı izinleri ile çalışılmıştır. This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Kerem... more
Bu eserler Kerem Özgür Özgen tarafından Efes, Çeşme ve Tire Müze Müdürlükleri'nin çeşitli yazılı izinleri ile çalışılmıştır.
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Kerem Özgür Özgen in the summer of 2019 and focuses on Minoan and Mycenaean finds from western Asia Minor.
The present document is an abridged version of the thesis, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to its adviser for its full version: [email protected]
During the second millenium B.C: the western coasts of Asia Minor has been the focus of Minoan and Mycenaean commercial interests and they have intensively engaged with indigenous peoples in the eastern part of the Aegean. In this thesis evidences of these relations are collected through archaeological finds from various sites of western Turkey. These finds mostly consist of ceramic vessels as grave goods such as stirrup jars, alabastra and amphorae, or few metal finds such as swords and daggers. The thesis is accompanied by an extensive catalogue, especially through the finds from Baklatepe near Menderes in the region of Izmir, western Turkey.
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Kerem Özgür Özgen in the summer of 2019 and focuses on Minoan and Mycenaean finds from western Asia Minor.
The present document is an abridged version of the thesis, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to its adviser for its full version: [email protected]
During the second millenium B.C: the western coasts of Asia Minor has been the focus of Minoan and Mycenaean commercial interests and they have intensively engaged with indigenous peoples in the eastern part of the Aegean. In this thesis evidences of these relations are collected through archaeological finds from various sites of western Turkey. These finds mostly consist of ceramic vessels as grave goods such as stirrup jars, alabastra and amphorae, or few metal finds such as swords and daggers. The thesis is accompanied by an extensive catalogue, especially through the finds from Baklatepe near Menderes in the region of Izmir, western Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Aegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology), Aegean Prehistory (Archaeology), and 15 moreMycenaean era archaeology, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Minoan Pottery (Ceramic Analysis), Aegean Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Minoan art and archaeology, Minoan Archaeology, Mycenaean, Minoan Civilisation, Aegean Late Bronze Age, Aegean Prehistory, Minoan and Mycenaean economy and administration, Mycenaean Greek, Minoan Crete, and Mycenaean period
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Samet İkibeş in 2020 and focuses on Corinthian helmets from Mainland Greece between the eighth and fifth centuries B.C. The Corinthian... more
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Samet İkibeş in 2020 and focuses on Corinthian helmets from Mainland Greece between the eighth and fifth centuries B.C.
The Corinthian helmet originated in ancient Greece and took its name from the city-state of Corinth. It was a helmet made of bronze which in its later styles covered the entire head and neck, with slits for the eyes and mouth. A large curved projection protected the nape of the neck.
Apparently (judging from artistic and archaeological evidence) the most popular helmet during the Archaic and Early Classical periods, the style gradually gave way to the more open Thracian helmet, Chalcidian helmet and the much simpler pilos type, which was less expensive to manufacture and did not obstruct the wearer's critical senses of vision and hearing as the Corinthian helmet did. Numerous examples of Corinthian helmets have been excavated in Greece. In this thesis all of the examples of Corinthian helmets found in Mainland Greece are listed and presented in detail.
The Corinthian helmet originated in ancient Greece and took its name from the city-state of Corinth. It was a helmet made of bronze which in its later styles covered the entire head and neck, with slits for the eyes and mouth. A large curved projection protected the nape of the neck.
Apparently (judging from artistic and archaeological evidence) the most popular helmet during the Archaic and Early Classical periods, the style gradually gave way to the more open Thracian helmet, Chalcidian helmet and the much simpler pilos type, which was less expensive to manufacture and did not obstruct the wearer's critical senses of vision and hearing as the Corinthian helmet did. Numerous examples of Corinthian helmets have been excavated in Greece. In this thesis all of the examples of Corinthian helmets found in Mainland Greece are listed and presented in detail.
Research Interests: Military History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Greek History, and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, History of Military Technology, Ancient Greek History, Ancient Military History, Ancient Greece (History), Corinth, Ancient Greece, Archaic Greece, Geometric and archaic Greece, Ancient Greek Cultural & Social History, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Roman military equipment, Ancient Greek Warfare, Ancient Helmets, and Greek and Roman Social History
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Özge Şimşekdir in 2019. It focuses on shaping of gender and sexuality in ancient Greek and Roman world. Thus, it is a sample study of... more
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Özge Şimşekdir in 2019. It focuses on shaping of gender and sexuality in ancient Greek and Roman world. Thus, it is a sample study of gender studies in contemporary Turkish archaeology.
The cognitive evolution of human brought with it a new era which human abandoned seeing itself as a part of nature. In the Neolithic period, human became a power that no longer finds its food by coincidentally, producing its own food and thereby capturing the land. The conquest of the mother earth has brought many transformations by itself. The people who can produce their own food, beyond their ability to determine their destiny, the old cones-nomads living in small communities, have already met with resident life, and they have preserved and stored food. Also they have had to create the state organization to protect their food. Social relations have become even more complex and the gender inequalities between the sexes have begun to emerge significantly. The patriarchal period, which still continues its presence, and the matriarchal period which keeping equal fertility of the woman and fertility of soil, the blood bond is determined by the mother is over. The new system brought with the life of the resident, the trail of the woman began to be erased, while the cult of the Mother Goddess continued to exist effectively in such a way that it contradicted it. Although this cult with the Phrygians’ Cybele shows its traces in the Greek and Roman world, a strict male-dominated culture is waiting for us.
Most researchers, thinks gender inequality, which is considered to be the most fundamental problem in the ongoing women struggle emergence in ancient Greece. In fact, when we look at the life styles of the ancient Greeks, women only played a role in the reproduction of men. The woman has always been obliged to be at the behest of her master called kyrios. Kyrios, sometimes the father, sometimes has been another relative or husband; if none of them were alive, the woman had to be subject to the order of her own son. Although they cannot leave the house alone, they are forbidden even with the household to enter into the andron that room of the man. Especially in the periods when men started to play an active role in cities together with democracy, in the feasts organized by the men, even the women living in the households could create a very unpleasant situation. It is observed that the ancient Greek thinkers always see the female body as inadequate as compared to the male and female physiology. That's why women's intelligence is under the intelligence of men and the man has to educate the woman he married.
Hetairas, the only women group in the community, who were respected and acted in a comfortable manner, were able to develop themselves in every field in an interesting way and were able to participate in the men's world, especially in the feasts.
It is not surprising that the male body was blessed and idealized in the Greek society, which was believed to have been woman body created as a curse, especially in the gymnasium where men were engaged in sport activities as naked. It would be wrong for us to expect Greek women to show themselves as athletes in gymansium excluding Sparta. At that time, the Greeks' exposing themselves to young girls in Sparta is considered immoral. In the works of the Greek Archaic Period, it is seen that the kuros men’ statues are known to be naked, while kores the young girls' statues are always dressed. The nakedness of the female body did not appear until the Helenistic period.
In the early period, Rome, which emerged with the loss of the importance of the Greeks now, has begun to show itself with a strict patriarchal system. We see that the father, who is the absolute ruler of the family structure, has the full authority in the Early Imperial Period and intervenes the rights of the individuals in the household, while the woman does not have any right to speak. However, in advance of the process, the woman started to have a voice in and out of the house and even with the emperor in the country's administration, she had a place in it. Homosexuality is also active and passive concept in this society, far away from its current meaning. In Rome, a slave society, passivity is only valid for slaves, and it is not welcomed that a free citizen is passive, and even under laws, it is a matter of sanction.
This study can be summarized as a simple look at the daily life of the peoples of Greece and Rome. In these two successive cultures, women, men, how the institution of marriage works, the place of prostitutes in society, the gods and goddesses who have similar characteristics with people were analyzed briefly.
The cognitive evolution of human brought with it a new era which human abandoned seeing itself as a part of nature. In the Neolithic period, human became a power that no longer finds its food by coincidentally, producing its own food and thereby capturing the land. The conquest of the mother earth has brought many transformations by itself. The people who can produce their own food, beyond their ability to determine their destiny, the old cones-nomads living in small communities, have already met with resident life, and they have preserved and stored food. Also they have had to create the state organization to protect their food. Social relations have become even more complex and the gender inequalities between the sexes have begun to emerge significantly. The patriarchal period, which still continues its presence, and the matriarchal period which keeping equal fertility of the woman and fertility of soil, the blood bond is determined by the mother is over. The new system brought with the life of the resident, the trail of the woman began to be erased, while the cult of the Mother Goddess continued to exist effectively in such a way that it contradicted it. Although this cult with the Phrygians’ Cybele shows its traces in the Greek and Roman world, a strict male-dominated culture is waiting for us.
Most researchers, thinks gender inequality, which is considered to be the most fundamental problem in the ongoing women struggle emergence in ancient Greece. In fact, when we look at the life styles of the ancient Greeks, women only played a role in the reproduction of men. The woman has always been obliged to be at the behest of her master called kyrios. Kyrios, sometimes the father, sometimes has been another relative or husband; if none of them were alive, the woman had to be subject to the order of her own son. Although they cannot leave the house alone, they are forbidden even with the household to enter into the andron that room of the man. Especially in the periods when men started to play an active role in cities together with democracy, in the feasts organized by the men, even the women living in the households could create a very unpleasant situation. It is observed that the ancient Greek thinkers always see the female body as inadequate as compared to the male and female physiology. That's why women's intelligence is under the intelligence of men and the man has to educate the woman he married.
Hetairas, the only women group in the community, who were respected and acted in a comfortable manner, were able to develop themselves in every field in an interesting way and were able to participate in the men's world, especially in the feasts.
It is not surprising that the male body was blessed and idealized in the Greek society, which was believed to have been woman body created as a curse, especially in the gymnasium where men were engaged in sport activities as naked. It would be wrong for us to expect Greek women to show themselves as athletes in gymansium excluding Sparta. At that time, the Greeks' exposing themselves to young girls in Sparta is considered immoral. In the works of the Greek Archaic Period, it is seen that the kuros men’ statues are known to be naked, while kores the young girls' statues are always dressed. The nakedness of the female body did not appear until the Helenistic period.
In the early period, Rome, which emerged with the loss of the importance of the Greeks now, has begun to show itself with a strict patriarchal system. We see that the father, who is the absolute ruler of the family structure, has the full authority in the Early Imperial Period and intervenes the rights of the individuals in the household, while the woman does not have any right to speak. However, in advance of the process, the woman started to have a voice in and out of the house and even with the emperor in the country's administration, she had a place in it. Homosexuality is also active and passive concept in this society, far away from its current meaning. In Rome, a slave society, passivity is only valid for slaves, and it is not welcomed that a free citizen is passive, and even under laws, it is a matter of sanction.
This study can be summarized as a simple look at the daily life of the peoples of Greece and Rome. In these two successive cultures, women, men, how the institution of marriage works, the place of prostitutes in society, the gods and goddesses who have similar characteristics with people were analyzed briefly.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Gender Studies, Classics, Gender History, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Anthropology and Sexuality, History of Sexuality, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Gender studies in ancient Greece, Roman social history, Ancient Greece, Roman social and economic history, Gender and sexuality in the ancient world, Ancient Greek Cultural & Social History, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Ancient Greece and Rome, Women in ancient Greece, Greek and Roman Social History, and Roman Archaeology
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Cumhur Özüm Ertüzün in 2019. It focuses on five current examples of social responsibility initiatives in archaeological field projects... more
This is an unpublished master's thesis in Turkish language at the Dokuz Eylül University, submitted by Cumhur Özüm Ertüzün in 2019. It focuses on five current examples of social responsibility initiatives in archaeological field projects and museums in Turkey. Thus, it is a sample study of social and public archaeology in contemporary Turkish archaeology.
Archaeological discoveries in current Turkish archeology is usually limited to archaeologists and historians. Especially when today's conditions and technological developments are evaluated, it is seen that social and public studies towards archeology is insufficient. The first step to be taken at this point is to transfer the information obtained in scientific studies to the rest of non-archaeological society by using the most appropriate methods instead of limiting the archeology science to in-field studies only.
Social responsibility initiatives or projects, which are popular in Turkey since 2000s, are widely used by numerous institutions and organizations. In this context, cooperation between institutions and archaeological excavations as well as other archaeological field practices to be made in order to protect and raise awareness of cultural heritage in Turkey will provide information to the major part of the society and to share the studies with the society. Such case studies started to be realized in Turkey since the beginning of 2000s, are progressing with accumulations in order to raise awareness and contribute to education in the field of protection and promotion of cultural heritage.
The initiatives represented in this thesis are as follows: excavations at Çatalhöyük, Yeşilova Höyük, Aktopraklık Höyük, three prehistoric and protohistorical sites as well as museum studies in Mardin and Hatay.
Archaeological discoveries in current Turkish archeology is usually limited to archaeologists and historians. Especially when today's conditions and technological developments are evaluated, it is seen that social and public studies towards archeology is insufficient. The first step to be taken at this point is to transfer the information obtained in scientific studies to the rest of non-archaeological society by using the most appropriate methods instead of limiting the archeology science to in-field studies only.
Social responsibility initiatives or projects, which are popular in Turkey since 2000s, are widely used by numerous institutions and organizations. In this context, cooperation between institutions and archaeological excavations as well as other archaeological field practices to be made in order to protect and raise awareness of cultural heritage in Turkey will provide information to the major part of the society and to share the studies with the society. Such case studies started to be realized in Turkey since the beginning of 2000s, are progressing with accumulations in order to raise awareness and contribute to education in the field of protection and promotion of cultural heritage.
The initiatives represented in this thesis are as follows: excavations at Çatalhöyük, Yeşilova Höyük, Aktopraklık Höyük, three prehistoric and protohistorical sites as well as museum studies in Mardin and Hatay.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Public Archaeology, and 15 moreMuseum learning, Museum Studies, Archaeological Method & Theory, Museum Education, Neolithic Archaeology, Social Archaeology, Archaeological Education, Museology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Museums, Ancient Anatolia, Museología, Museum and Heritage Studies, Museos, and Museum Education and Communication
This is the abstract of a lecture in Istanbul, Turkey which was held at an conference on 23 May 2024 at the Institut français d'études anatoliennes – Georges Dumézil (IFEA). The program of the conference has also been attached to hereby.... more
This is the abstract of a lecture in Istanbul, Turkey which was held at an conference on 23 May 2024 at the Institut français d'études anatoliennes – Georges Dumézil (IFEA). The program of the conference has also been attached to hereby.
In this brief paper we focus on stratigraphic understanding of rocky landscape of Roman Edessa through examining suburban necropolis sites of this large city. We also concentrate on a single funerary monument, parts of which are today being exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Şanlıurfa. This is a group of ca. 20 limestone bas-reliefs (cf. fig. below) which are figuring Eros and other chtonic deities and it is aready known through the book of Judah B. Segal, entitled „Roman Edessa: the blessed city“ in the 1970 who dated them roughly to the „Roman period“.
Since 2010 the Municipality of Şanlıurfa drives a project at the necropolis of Kızılkoyun in Tılfındır and Haleplibahçe where 389 buildings were collapsed in order to check archaeological remains in the area. Some unknown and so far non-excavated 64 rock-cut graves as well as bones were found in this area’s cleaning. Some inscriptions were reported in Anatolia Antiqua. Two statues and a limestone sarchophagus are the most important in situ finds. These baseless statues are found in the left and right side of the grave’s entrance. They are 1 m 85 cm, thus bigger than life size and they reflect character of Late Roman soldiers as they are armed and have an eastern clothes. Both of them were made of local limestone and stylistically they belong to the same local workshop. Both of them along with the sarcophagus were transported to the Museum of Şanlıurfa. In one of the rock-cut grave with three klinai a 6 m² mosaic floor was found that has geometric patterns and good quality.
The human activity of digging rock outcrops produced different features in the landscape of Roman Edessa which also enabled to produce some sculptural material. So far nobody, however has given any attempt to reconstruct these monuments and relate them to the rock-cut tombs of Roman Edessa. As such tombs are many in number in Edessa and were also used as stone quarries, especially in the area of Yakubiye, this paper will overlook all these recent finds from Şanlıurfa and their structures and functions in a preliminary manner. We also will present this funerary group and attempt to relate this group to the new finds.
Keywords: limestone, rock-cut graves, funerary reliefs, necropolis, stone quarries, Edessa, Şanlıurfa, south-eastern Turkey, Roman period, Roman Near East.
Main publications: K. Parlasca, Syrische Grabreliefs hellenistischer und römischer Zeit, Mainz am Rhein, 1982, p. 15 and notes 151-152; H. J. W. Drijvers, Cults and Beliefs at Edessa, EPRO, 82, Leyde, 1980, p. 24, note 18 and pl. 8; and J.-B. Yon, Les notables de Palmyre, BAH, T. 163, Beyrouth, 2002, p. 135 and note 23, E. Laflı/E. Christof, Die Basaltgrabstele des Zabedibolos für Gennaios und Zebeis in Edessa/Şanlıurfa, in: E. Olshausen/V. Sauer (eds.), Mobilität in den Kulturen der antiken Welt. Stuttgarter Kolloquium zur Historischen Geographie des Altertums 11, Geographica Historica 29 (Stuttgart 2014) 455-466.
In this brief paper we focus on stratigraphic understanding of rocky landscape of Roman Edessa through examining suburban necropolis sites of this large city. We also concentrate on a single funerary monument, parts of which are today being exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Şanlıurfa. This is a group of ca. 20 limestone bas-reliefs (cf. fig. below) which are figuring Eros and other chtonic deities and it is aready known through the book of Judah B. Segal, entitled „Roman Edessa: the blessed city“ in the 1970 who dated them roughly to the „Roman period“.
Since 2010 the Municipality of Şanlıurfa drives a project at the necropolis of Kızılkoyun in Tılfındır and Haleplibahçe where 389 buildings were collapsed in order to check archaeological remains in the area. Some unknown and so far non-excavated 64 rock-cut graves as well as bones were found in this area’s cleaning. Some inscriptions were reported in Anatolia Antiqua. Two statues and a limestone sarchophagus are the most important in situ finds. These baseless statues are found in the left and right side of the grave’s entrance. They are 1 m 85 cm, thus bigger than life size and they reflect character of Late Roman soldiers as they are armed and have an eastern clothes. Both of them were made of local limestone and stylistically they belong to the same local workshop. Both of them along with the sarcophagus were transported to the Museum of Şanlıurfa. In one of the rock-cut grave with three klinai a 6 m² mosaic floor was found that has geometric patterns and good quality.
The human activity of digging rock outcrops produced different features in the landscape of Roman Edessa which also enabled to produce some sculptural material. So far nobody, however has given any attempt to reconstruct these monuments and relate them to the rock-cut tombs of Roman Edessa. As such tombs are many in number in Edessa and were also used as stone quarries, especially in the area of Yakubiye, this paper will overlook all these recent finds from Şanlıurfa and their structures and functions in a preliminary manner. We also will present this funerary group and attempt to relate this group to the new finds.
Keywords: limestone, rock-cut graves, funerary reliefs, necropolis, stone quarries, Edessa, Şanlıurfa, south-eastern Turkey, Roman period, Roman Near East.
Main publications: K. Parlasca, Syrische Grabreliefs hellenistischer und römischer Zeit, Mainz am Rhein, 1982, p. 15 and notes 151-152; H. J. W. Drijvers, Cults and Beliefs at Edessa, EPRO, 82, Leyde, 1980, p. 24, note 18 and pl. 8; and J.-B. Yon, Les notables de Palmyre, BAH, T. 163, Beyrouth, 2002, p. 135 and note 23, E. Laflı/E. Christof, Die Basaltgrabstele des Zabedibolos für Gennaios und Zebeis in Edessa/Şanlıurfa, in: E. Olshausen/V. Sauer (eds.), Mobilität in den Kulturen der antiken Welt. Stuttgarter Kolloquium zur Historischen Geographie des Altertums 11, Geographica Historica 29 (Stuttgart 2014) 455-466.
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Syria (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Roman Sculpture, Asia Minor, Roman Art, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Roman Funerary Art, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
This was the program including our public lecture at the conference, entitled as “Researches of Ancient Thrace between Traditionality and Modernity: Theoretical Aspects and Scientific Methodology” which was held on 11th-13th of April... more
This was the program including our public lecture at the conference, entitled as “Researches of Ancient Thrace between Traditionality and Modernity: Theoretical Aspects and Scientific Methodology” which was held on 11th-13th of April 2024, in Sofia, Bulgaria. The focus of our paper is given to a database proposal of Thraco-Bithynian epigraphic evidence in Bithynia (north-western Turkey).
The conference was also held virtually on Zoom:
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The conference was also held virtually on Zoom:
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Research Interests: Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Thracian Archaeology, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Thracian History, Ancient Thrace, Thrace, History of ancient Thrace, Thracian provinces of the Roman Empire, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Bithynia, Thracians, Epigraphy, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, and Asia Minor
This was a virtual public lecture at a conference, entitled as "Travelers to the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires (12th-17th c.)" which was held on 15th of December 2023, at 6pm00 (Athenian time) via Zoom, in Athens, Greece. information... more
This was a virtual public lecture at a conference, entitled as "Travelers to the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires (12th-17th c.)" which was held on 15th of December 2023, at 6pm00 (Athenian time) via Zoom, in Athens, Greece.
information about a certain geographical area and historical period he has visited. Travel books, campaigns and memoirs are important historical sources that have an important place in the recognition of a geography, a country or a city. The writers of these works convey their impressions by seeing the places they visit from their own perspectives, both historically, culturally and sociologically. The travelers who started to become widespread in Europe especially from the 16th century and wrote travel books about the East and the Ottoman Empire were historians, diplomats, scientists and people belonging to similar professions. The subject of this paper is Ibn-i Batuta, an Islamic traveler, and his Istanbul trip, which is of great interest to us.
Ibn Battuta is the greatest traveler of the Middle Ages and the author of the travel book known as "Rıhlet-ü İbn Battuta". His full name is Abu Abdullah Muhammed bin Abdullah bin Muhammed bin İbrahim Levâtî Tanci (أبو عبد الله محمد ابن عبد الله اللواتي الطنجي ابن بطوطة). Ibn Batuta, who lived in the 14th century, was a wealthy Moroccan Muslim who made a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1325. Meanwhile, the adventures he lived led him to travel farther. Ibn Battuta made brave journeys to Africa, the Middle East and the Far East, which were little known to Europeans at that time.
Since Ibn Battuta was determined to enter the service of the Sultan of Delhi in India, he decided to go to Anatolia, which was under the rule of the Seljuks, in order to find the translator he would need on the way. He went to Alanya with a Genoese ship from Damascus, and from there he went to Sinop via Konya. Later, he went to the Russian city of Astrakhan (Астрахань) with a caravan. A pregnant woman of Constantinopolitan origin in Astrakhan was allowed to return to her hometown of Constantinople to give birth, and Ibn Battuta was allowed to accompany her on this trip. Ibn Battuta went to Constantinople in 1332 and the Byzantine Emperor III. He met with Andronikos III Palaiologos. He saw Hagia Sophia, a church at that time, from the outside. After staying in Constantinople for a month, he set out to go to India via Astrakhan. In this paper Ibn-I Battuta’s impressions of Constantinople will be revealed.
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information about a certain geographical area and historical period he has visited. Travel books, campaigns and memoirs are important historical sources that have an important place in the recognition of a geography, a country or a city. The writers of these works convey their impressions by seeing the places they visit from their own perspectives, both historically, culturally and sociologically. The travelers who started to become widespread in Europe especially from the 16th century and wrote travel books about the East and the Ottoman Empire were historians, diplomats, scientists and people belonging to similar professions. The subject of this paper is Ibn-i Batuta, an Islamic traveler, and his Istanbul trip, which is of great interest to us.
Ibn Battuta is the greatest traveler of the Middle Ages and the author of the travel book known as "Rıhlet-ü İbn Battuta". His full name is Abu Abdullah Muhammed bin Abdullah bin Muhammed bin İbrahim Levâtî Tanci (أبو عبد الله محمد ابن عبد الله اللواتي الطنجي ابن بطوطة). Ibn Batuta, who lived in the 14th century, was a wealthy Moroccan Muslim who made a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1325. Meanwhile, the adventures he lived led him to travel farther. Ibn Battuta made brave journeys to Africa, the Middle East and the Far East, which were little known to Europeans at that time.
Since Ibn Battuta was determined to enter the service of the Sultan of Delhi in India, he decided to go to Anatolia, which was under the rule of the Seljuks, in order to find the translator he would need on the way. He went to Alanya with a Genoese ship from Damascus, and from there he went to Sinop via Konya. Later, he went to the Russian city of Astrakhan (Астрахань) with a caravan. A pregnant woman of Constantinopolitan origin in Astrakhan was allowed to return to her hometown of Constantinople to give birth, and Ibn Battuta was allowed to accompany her on this trip. Ibn Battuta went to Constantinople in 1332 and the Byzantine Emperor III. He met with Andronikos III Palaiologos. He saw Hagia Sophia, a church at that time, from the outside. After staying in Constantinople for a month, he set out to go to India via Astrakhan. In this paper Ibn-I Battuta’s impressions of Constantinople will be revealed.
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Research Interests: Medieval History, Anatolian Studies, Medieval Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Islam, and 15 moreAnatolian History, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine historiography, History of Istanbul, Historia Medieval, Istanbul, Ibn Battuta, Ottoman Anatolia (1200-1500) Comparative empire, İSTANBUL KENT TARİHİ, Ottoman İstanbul, and Urban Studies: Constantinople/Istanbul
This was a virtual public lecture at a conference, entitled as "War in Byzantine and Mediterranean Contexts (9th-16th centuries) - History, Archaeology, Philosophy" which was held on 8th of December 2023, at 2pm10 (Athenian time) via... more
This was a virtual public lecture at a conference, entitled as "War in Byzantine and Mediterranean Contexts (9th-16th centuries) - History, Archaeology, Philosophy" which was held on 8th of December 2023, at 2pm10 (Athenian time) via Zoom, in Athens, Greece.
In this paper six Roman funerary statues that were found in Edessa in ancient Oshroene in southeastern Turkey were presented which wear military costumes in "eastern" features. Our goal is to present military costumes in the eastern areas of the Roman Empire, i.e. in the peripherial region of Edessa, Hatra and Palmyra. These limestone male statues that belong to the elites of Late Roman Edessa, reflect a certain richness of ornaments and details.
Keywords: military costumes, Edessa, Şanlıurfa, Oshroene, south-eastern Turkey, Palmyra, eastern Syria, Late Roman East, Late Roman funerary sculpture.
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In this paper six Roman funerary statues that were found in Edessa in ancient Oshroene in southeastern Turkey were presented which wear military costumes in "eastern" features. Our goal is to present military costumes in the eastern areas of the Roman Empire, i.e. in the peripherial region of Edessa, Hatra and Palmyra. These limestone male statues that belong to the elites of Late Roman Edessa, reflect a certain richness of ornaments and details.
Keywords: military costumes, Edessa, Şanlıurfa, Oshroene, south-eastern Turkey, Palmyra, eastern Syria, Late Roman East, Late Roman funerary sculpture.
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Textile Archaeology, Death and Burial (Archaeology), and 15 moreRoman military archaeology, Roman Syria (Archaeology), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Roman military archaelogy, Roman Sculpture, Archaeological textiles, Roman military equipment, Archaeological textiles and clothing, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
This was a virtual public lecture at a conference, entitled as "At the Turn of an Era: Greek East contexts of Italian Art and Material Culture, 14th-16th Centuries" which was held on 24-26 November 2023, via Zoom, at the Istituto Ellenico... more
This was a virtual public lecture at a conference, entitled as "At the Turn of an Era: Greek East contexts of Italian Art and Material Culture, 14th-16th Centuries" which was held on 24-26 November 2023, via Zoom, at the Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini di Venezia, Italy.
Akhisar, ancient Thyatira, is a county district and its town centre in the province of Manisa, and located ca. 50 km north-west of Manisa in Aegean part of western Turkey corresponding to the north-western part of the classical region of Lydia. During the 13th-16th centuries Thyatira/Akhisar was an important centre of activity. It was on the ancient roads from Byzantium to Pergamum, Sardis, Magnesia ad Sipylum, Smyrna and Ephesus. Thyateira was at the centre of many small towns and villages which were administratively and politically bound to it. During the Late Medieval period cloth and pottery production was the main activity in town.
A group of 124 coins were found together conjointly with 22 Late Medieval Turkish-Islamic silver coins belonging to the Sarukhanids (Saruhanoğulları Beylik or Principality) on 10 October 2017 in level F-33/a- F-32/c, bag 1 at Hastane Höyük. These coins are made of an alloy of approximately 26-30% silver (or less, it declined) and copper. This hoard was found in a sealed context, indicating that it was certainly deposited in 1307. The coins in question, which most probably belong to a coin hoard, date to the period between the last quarter of the 13th century and the second quarter of the 14th century, and are so-called “denier tournois” above all of the Crusader Principality of Achaea, which controlled the Peloponnese in the Late Medieval period. These coins, most of which are billon, bear mostly a cross pattée and the name of the prince on the obverse, and a châtel tournois and indication of the mint on the reverse. Although most of the coins have been heavily damaged, the legend [DE] CLARENTIA on the reverse indicate that the most of the coins were minted in the mint of Clarencia, that is the city of Glarentza, in present-day south-western Greece. Such coin hoards which usually contain a mix of coins of Athens and Achaea, are known in Medieval literature in the eastern Mediterranean.
The first two decades of the 14th century are a very convoluted period in western Anatolia and the numismatic evidence is becoming more important. In this particular period there was basically an initial wave of imports which is related to the last Byzantine attempt of consolidation (gold hyperpyra) and then western-style silver related to the activities not just of the Catalans but also the Knights of St. John. The Akhisar hoard which seems to be a fascinatingly important hoard, especially in view of its location, composition, and dating, appears to be a unique combination of early beylik and medieval Greek in Anatolia dating to the early 1320s and the key to the hoard's interpretation lies in the very early history of the territories controlled by the Saruhanoğulları and their integration into Aegean trade in the 1320s.
Keywords: Hastane Höyük, Akhisar, Thyatira, Lydia, western Turkey, Principality of Achaea, denier, Clarencia, billons, silver coins, coin hoards, Late Medieval period, Crusaders, Early Ottoman period.
Akhisar, ancient Thyatira, is a county district and its town centre in the province of Manisa, and located ca. 50 km north-west of Manisa in Aegean part of western Turkey corresponding to the north-western part of the classical region of Lydia. During the 13th-16th centuries Thyatira/Akhisar was an important centre of activity. It was on the ancient roads from Byzantium to Pergamum, Sardis, Magnesia ad Sipylum, Smyrna and Ephesus. Thyateira was at the centre of many small towns and villages which were administratively and politically bound to it. During the Late Medieval period cloth and pottery production was the main activity in town.
A group of 124 coins were found together conjointly with 22 Late Medieval Turkish-Islamic silver coins belonging to the Sarukhanids (Saruhanoğulları Beylik or Principality) on 10 October 2017 in level F-33/a- F-32/c, bag 1 at Hastane Höyük. These coins are made of an alloy of approximately 26-30% silver (or less, it declined) and copper. This hoard was found in a sealed context, indicating that it was certainly deposited in 1307. The coins in question, which most probably belong to a coin hoard, date to the period between the last quarter of the 13th century and the second quarter of the 14th century, and are so-called “denier tournois” above all of the Crusader Principality of Achaea, which controlled the Peloponnese in the Late Medieval period. These coins, most of which are billon, bear mostly a cross pattée and the name of the prince on the obverse, and a châtel tournois and indication of the mint on the reverse. Although most of the coins have been heavily damaged, the legend [DE] CLARENTIA on the reverse indicate that the most of the coins were minted in the mint of Clarencia, that is the city of Glarentza, in present-day south-western Greece. Such coin hoards which usually contain a mix of coins of Athens and Achaea, are known in Medieval literature in the eastern Mediterranean.
The first two decades of the 14th century are a very convoluted period in western Anatolia and the numismatic evidence is becoming more important. In this particular period there was basically an initial wave of imports which is related to the last Byzantine attempt of consolidation (gold hyperpyra) and then western-style silver related to the activities not just of the Catalans but also the Knights of St. John. The Akhisar hoard which seems to be a fascinatingly important hoard, especially in view of its location, composition, and dating, appears to be a unique combination of early beylik and medieval Greek in Anatolia dating to the early 1320s and the key to the hoard's interpretation lies in the very early history of the territories controlled by the Saruhanoğulları and their integration into Aegean trade in the 1320s.
Keywords: Hastane Höyük, Akhisar, Thyatira, Lydia, western Turkey, Principality of Achaea, denier, Clarencia, billons, silver coins, coin hoards, Late Medieval period, Crusaders, Early Ottoman period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Crusader Archaeology, and 15 morePost Medieval Numismatics, Late Medieval Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Medieval Islamic Numismatics, Crusader States, Medieval numismatics, Byzantine and Medieval Numismatics, Archeologia medievale, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Crusaders, Numismatica medievale, Medieval and Modern Numismatics, Medieval and Early Modern Archaeology, Ottoman Numismatics, and Anadolu Beylikleri
During the Roman period Cratea-Flaviopolis, today's Gerede in the Turkish province of Bolu was an important knot of the crossroads leading to an access to the Black Sea area from Bithynia and Galatia through Paphlagonia. In this paper... more
During the Roman period Cratea-Flaviopolis, today's Gerede in the Turkish province of Bolu was an important knot of the crossroads leading to an access to the Black Sea area from Bithynia and Galatia through Paphlagonia. In this paper ancient written sources on Cratea-Flaviopolis, its localization, ancient roads and routes around it, its history during the classical antiquity as well as Byzantine period, its epigraphy and coinage as well as its peripherial countryside with main archaeological finds are presented. The most important epigraphic evidence from this Roman city is an honorary inscription for Caracalla from A.D. 210/211 which is fixed in the courtyard of the so-called Yeni Camii of Gerede. This is a large hexagonal white limestone statue base with round and flat top. Some scholars are willing to relate this inscription to Marcus Domitius Valerianus, the consul suffectus in A.D. 238/239, from Prusias on the Hypios who may well have originated in the area of Gerede. The dedication to Caracalla was completed thanks to a dedication to Septimius Severus which was previously known. Finally some further epigraphic evidences from and around Cratea-Flavopolis from former publications as are presented and evaluated in detail.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Bithynia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Inscriptions, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Epigrafía romana, and Roman Archaeology
This was a virtual lecture by Dr. Gülseren Kan Şahin at the congress, entitled as "The Scientific International Session PONTICA, 56th Edition: HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE WEST PONTIC REGION" which was held on 4 October 2023, via Zoom,... more
This was a virtual lecture by Dr. Gülseren Kan Şahin at the congress, entitled as "The Scientific International Session PONTICA, 56th Edition: HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE WEST PONTIC REGION" which was held on 4 October 2023, via Zoom, in Romania. The lecture was translated into English by E. Laflı.
In an archeological museum in north-western Turkey there is a large collection of terracotta figurines, belonging to the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods (late sixth century B.C. - late third century A.D.), some of which are found in situ. It seems that there was a coroplastic production in north-western Turkey during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Among others, a well-preserved example, which should be dated to the second century B.C., features a depiction of a young actor (fig. 1). The actor is raising a mask in the air with his left hand. Iconographically most of the examples in this collection is unique.
Keywords: Coroplastic, terracotta figurines, north-western Turkey, Hellenistic period, Roman period.
In an archeological museum in north-western Turkey there is a large collection of terracotta figurines, belonging to the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods (late sixth century B.C. - late third century A.D.), some of which are found in situ. It seems that there was a coroplastic production in north-western Turkey during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Among others, a well-preserved example, which should be dated to the second century B.C., features a depiction of a young actor (fig. 1). The actor is raising a mask in the air with his left hand. Iconographically most of the examples in this collection is unique.
Keywords: Coroplastic, terracotta figurines, north-western Turkey, Hellenistic period, Roman period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, and 15 moreHellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Terracotta Figurines, Greek Sculpture, Bithynia, Coroplastic Studies, Roman Sculpture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Roman Funerary Art, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Pontus, and Roman Archaeology
This is an abstract of an virtual seminar on Zoom which took place in Isperih, Bulgaria on 6 October 2023. In this paper the focus will be Roman milestones between Thrace and Bithynia (north-western Turkey) and the question of imitation... more
This is an abstract of an virtual seminar on Zoom which took place in Isperih, Bulgaria on 6 October 2023.
In this paper the focus will be Roman milestones between Thrace and Bithynia (north-western Turkey) and the question of imitation of models or independent developments. We therefore will present three milestones epigraphically and deepen on the impact of Roman emperors to Paphlagonia and Pontus during the second and third centuries A.D.
The Romans conquered Amisus in 71 B.C. during the Third Mithridatic War and Amisus became part of the Bithynia et Pontus province. Around 46 B.C., during the reign of Julius Caesar, Amisus became the capital of Roman Pontus. From the period of the Second Triumvirate up to Nero, Pontus was ruled by several client kings, as well as one client queen, Pythodorida of Pontus, a granddaughter of Marcus Antonius. From A.D. 62 it was directly ruled by Roman governors, most famously by Trajan’s appointee Pliny. The estimated population of the city around A.D. 150 is between 20,000 and 25,000 people, classifying it as a relatively large city for that time. The city functioned as the commercial capital for the province of Pontus; beating its rival Sinope (now Sinop) due to its position at the head of the trans-Anatolia highway. Therefore, several Roman roads were paved around Amisus, connecting this large coastal city with hinterland cities of Paphlagonia and Pontus.
KEYWORDS: Milestone, Roman road system, Roman rulers, Roman emperors, cult of Roman emperors, Paphlagonia, Pontus, northern Turkey, second century A.D., third century A.D., Roman epigraphy, Roman history.
In this paper the focus will be Roman milestones between Thrace and Bithynia (north-western Turkey) and the question of imitation of models or independent developments. We therefore will present three milestones epigraphically and deepen on the impact of Roman emperors to Paphlagonia and Pontus during the second and third centuries A.D.
The Romans conquered Amisus in 71 B.C. during the Third Mithridatic War and Amisus became part of the Bithynia et Pontus province. Around 46 B.C., during the reign of Julius Caesar, Amisus became the capital of Roman Pontus. From the period of the Second Triumvirate up to Nero, Pontus was ruled by several client kings, as well as one client queen, Pythodorida of Pontus, a granddaughter of Marcus Antonius. From A.D. 62 it was directly ruled by Roman governors, most famously by Trajan’s appointee Pliny. The estimated population of the city around A.D. 150 is between 20,000 and 25,000 people, classifying it as a relatively large city for that time. The city functioned as the commercial capital for the province of Pontus; beating its rival Sinope (now Sinop) due to its position at the head of the trans-Anatolia highway. Therefore, several Roman roads were paved around Amisus, connecting this large coastal city with hinterland cities of Paphlagonia and Pontus.
KEYWORDS: Milestone, Roman road system, Roman rulers, Roman emperors, cult of Roman emperors, Paphlagonia, Pontus, northern Turkey, second century A.D., third century A.D., Roman epigraphy, Roman history.
Research Interests: Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Roman roads, and 15 moreHellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Thrace, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Thrace, History of ancient Thrace, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Bithynia, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, Epigraphy, Epigrafia, Roman Archaeology, Carmina Latina Epigraphica, and Ancient and Roman Roads
This was a virtual lecture at the workshop, entitled as "Lists and Inventories of Textiles from Ancient to Modern Times" which was held on 9 October 2023, via Zoom, in Romania. As textile production was a key part of ancient... more
This was a virtual lecture at the workshop, entitled as "Lists and Inventories of Textiles from Ancient to Modern Times" which was held on 9 October 2023, via Zoom, in Romania.
As textile production was a key part of ancient Graeco-Roman societies and the ancient textile industry was one of the largest economic sector in these civilizations, there are some epigraphic sources which reflect these with their epigraphic contents. Two such major epigraphic sources exist in late antiquity: Edict on Maximum Prices and Expositio totius mundi et gentium both of which are from the fourth century AD. This lecture will conduct a study in order to understand what textile-related evidence can be drawn from these epigraphic texts, as they contain numerous valuable information on garments and their inventories from the Classical, Roman and Late Roman Mediterranean. At the end of this lecture there will also be an epigraphic review of the textile references in the epigraphic sources of the Graeco-Roman Asia Minor.
Keywords: Edict on Maximum Prices, Expositio totius mundi et gentium, epigraphy, Late Roman epigraphy, Late Antiquity, Asia Minor, Turkey, textile inventories, textile archaeology.
Main references on Greek epigraphy about ancient textiles (Slide 26)
M. Flohr, 'Textiles, trade and the urban economies of Roman Asia Minor', in: Katja Piesker (ed.), Wirtschaft als Machtbasis, Byzas 22 (Istanbul: DAI, 2016) 21–41.
A. Bresson, Greek Epigraphy and Ancient Economics, in: J. Davies and J. Wilkes (eds.), Epigraphy and the Historical Sciences, Proceedings of the British Academy (London 2012; online edition, British Academy Scholarship Online, 31 Jan. 2013).
C. Brøns, Gods and Garments: Textiles in Greek Sanctuaries in the 7th to the 1st Centuries BC, Ancient Textiles Series 28 (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2017).
M. Durand, Inscribed Fabrics from Egypt. A Study in Greek and Coptic Textile Epigraphy, Journal of Coptic Studies 11, 2009, 157-180.
Tibor Gryll, Expositio totius mundi et gentium. A peculiar work on the commerce of Roman Empire from the mid-fourth century – compiled by a Syrian textile dealer?, in: Csabai Zoltán (ed.), Studies in economic and social history of the ancient Near East in memory of Péter Vargyas, Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean Studies 2, Pécs–Budapest, Department of Ancient History (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2014), pp. 629-642.
M. Harlow and M.-L. Nosch, Greek and Roman Textiles and Dress: An Interdisciplinary Anthology (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2014).
As textile production was a key part of ancient Graeco-Roman societies and the ancient textile industry was one of the largest economic sector in these civilizations, there are some epigraphic sources which reflect these with their epigraphic contents. Two such major epigraphic sources exist in late antiquity: Edict on Maximum Prices and Expositio totius mundi et gentium both of which are from the fourth century AD. This lecture will conduct a study in order to understand what textile-related evidence can be drawn from these epigraphic texts, as they contain numerous valuable information on garments and their inventories from the Classical, Roman and Late Roman Mediterranean. At the end of this lecture there will also be an epigraphic review of the textile references in the epigraphic sources of the Graeco-Roman Asia Minor.
Keywords: Edict on Maximum Prices, Expositio totius mundi et gentium, epigraphy, Late Roman epigraphy, Late Antiquity, Asia Minor, Turkey, textile inventories, textile archaeology.
Main references on Greek epigraphy about ancient textiles (Slide 26)
M. Flohr, 'Textiles, trade and the urban economies of Roman Asia Minor', in: Katja Piesker (ed.), Wirtschaft als Machtbasis, Byzas 22 (Istanbul: DAI, 2016) 21–41.
A. Bresson, Greek Epigraphy and Ancient Economics, in: J. Davies and J. Wilkes (eds.), Epigraphy and the Historical Sciences, Proceedings of the British Academy (London 2012; online edition, British Academy Scholarship Online, 31 Jan. 2013).
C. Brøns, Gods and Garments: Textiles in Greek Sanctuaries in the 7th to the 1st Centuries BC, Ancient Textiles Series 28 (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2017).
M. Durand, Inscribed Fabrics from Egypt. A Study in Greek and Coptic Textile Epigraphy, Journal of Coptic Studies 11, 2009, 157-180.
Tibor Gryll, Expositio totius mundi et gentium. A peculiar work on the commerce of Roman Empire from the mid-fourth century – compiled by a Syrian textile dealer?, in: Csabai Zoltán (ed.), Studies in economic and social history of the ancient Near East in memory of Péter Vargyas, Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean Studies 2, Pécs–Budapest, Department of Ancient History (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2014), pp. 629-642.
M. Harlow and M.-L. Nosch, Greek and Roman Textiles and Dress: An Interdisciplinary Anthology (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2014).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Textile Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Ancient Textiles, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Textile Technology, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, Archaeological textiles, Epigraphy, Archaeological textiles and clothing, and Roman Archaeology
This is an abstract of a paper presented as a lecture in Turkish language at the Second International Turkology Congress on 30 October 2023 in Çankırı, Turkey. In this paper, the state of numismatics in the Turkish-Islamic world in the... more
This is an abstract of a paper presented as a lecture in Turkish language at the Second International Turkology Congress on 30 October 2023 in Çankırı, Turkey.
In this paper, the state of numismatics in the Turkish-Islamic world in the Late Middle Ages will be examined by examining the coin samples belonging to various principalities. The written languages of the examined samples will be deciphered and the details will be explained for the benefit of researchers and large audiences. Some unique examples that have never been seen so far will be discussed, their details will be shared and their importance will be emphasized for the period in which they were found. The specific points of each coin will be explained by expressing the points that distinguish the coins from the other coins of the period, not only in terms of content but also in terms of art. It is especially evident in archaeological excavations that the coin, which is valuable in terms of economic mobility, can also be used as a social indicator tool. In this paper, the current research has been tried to be presented by emphasizing the importance and detail of the Late Medieval period Turkish numismatics field, which is of great importance in terms of general Turkish history but has not been studied.
The material group to be discussed in the paper is a Late Medieval coin hoard found in the Hospital Mound in Akhisar District of Manisa Province. Silver coins belonging to Turkish Saruhanoğulları (Saruhanids) and Germiyanoğulları (Germiyanids) principalities in this treasure will be the subject of this report. At the end of the paper, some suggestions will be made to turn the Turkish world’s numismatics into an international field.
Keywords: Hastane Höyük, Akhisar, Thyatira, Lydia, western Turkey, Achaean dynasty, denie, Clarencia, silver coins, Late Medieval period, Crusaders, Saruhanids, Germiyanids, Early Ottoman period, numismatics.
Türk Dünyasında Geç Ortaçağ Nümizmatiği:
Bir Grup Saruhanoğulları ve Germiyanoğulları Sikkesi Üzerine
Ergün Laflı
Bu bildiride Türk-İslam dünyasında Geç Ortaçağ Dönemi’nde nümizmatik biliminin durumu, çeşitli beyliklere ait olan sikke örnekleri incelenerek irdelenecektir. İncelenen örneklerin yazı dilleri çözülerek, araştırmacıların ve geniş okuyucu kitlelerinin faydalanması için detayları açıklanacaktır. Bugüne kadar hiç görülmemiş olan bazı unik örnekler ele alınarak, detayları paylaşılıp bulundukları dönem açısından önemleri vurgulanacaktır. Sadece içerik olarak değil aynı zamanda sanatsal açıdan sikkeleri, dönemindeki diğer sikkelerden ayıran noktalar dile getirilerek her sikkenin spesifik noktaları izah edilecektir. Ekonomik hareketlilik açısından değerli olan sikkenin aslında bir sosyal gösterge aracı olarak da kullanılabileceği özellikle arkeolojik kazılarda belirgindir. Bu bildiride Genel Türk Tarihi açısından büyük önem taşıyan ama üzerinde çalışılmayan Geç Ortaçağ Dönemi Türk Nümizmatiği alanının ne türden önem ve detaya sahip olduğu vurgulanarak, mevcut araştırma sunulmaya çalışılmıştır.
Bildiride konu edilecek malzeme grubu Manisa İli, Akhisar İlçesi’de yer alan Hastane Höyüğü’nde ele geçmiş olan bir Geç Ortaçağ sikke definesidir. Bu define içindeki Saruhanoğulları ve Germiyanoğulları Beylikleri’ne ait gümüş sikkeler bu bildirinin konusu olacaktır. Bildirinin sonunda Türk Dünyasi Nümizmatiği’nin uluslararası bir disiplin haline dönüşmesi için bazı önerilerde bulunulacaktır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Hastane Höyük, Akhisar, Thyateira, Lidya, Türkiye'nin batısı, Akhaia Prensliği, denye, Clarencia, gümüş sikkeler, Geç Ortaçağ, Haçlılar, Saruhanoğulları, Germiyanoğulları, Erken Osmanlı dönemi, nümizmatik.
In this paper, the state of numismatics in the Turkish-Islamic world in the Late Middle Ages will be examined by examining the coin samples belonging to various principalities. The written languages of the examined samples will be deciphered and the details will be explained for the benefit of researchers and large audiences. Some unique examples that have never been seen so far will be discussed, their details will be shared and their importance will be emphasized for the period in which they were found. The specific points of each coin will be explained by expressing the points that distinguish the coins from the other coins of the period, not only in terms of content but also in terms of art. It is especially evident in archaeological excavations that the coin, which is valuable in terms of economic mobility, can also be used as a social indicator tool. In this paper, the current research has been tried to be presented by emphasizing the importance and detail of the Late Medieval period Turkish numismatics field, which is of great importance in terms of general Turkish history but has not been studied.
The material group to be discussed in the paper is a Late Medieval coin hoard found in the Hospital Mound in Akhisar District of Manisa Province. Silver coins belonging to Turkish Saruhanoğulları (Saruhanids) and Germiyanoğulları (Germiyanids) principalities in this treasure will be the subject of this report. At the end of the paper, some suggestions will be made to turn the Turkish world’s numismatics into an international field.
Keywords: Hastane Höyük, Akhisar, Thyatira, Lydia, western Turkey, Achaean dynasty, denie, Clarencia, silver coins, Late Medieval period, Crusaders, Saruhanids, Germiyanids, Early Ottoman period, numismatics.
Türk Dünyasında Geç Ortaçağ Nümizmatiği:
Bir Grup Saruhanoğulları ve Germiyanoğulları Sikkesi Üzerine
Ergün Laflı
Bu bildiride Türk-İslam dünyasında Geç Ortaçağ Dönemi’nde nümizmatik biliminin durumu, çeşitli beyliklere ait olan sikke örnekleri incelenerek irdelenecektir. İncelenen örneklerin yazı dilleri çözülerek, araştırmacıların ve geniş okuyucu kitlelerinin faydalanması için detayları açıklanacaktır. Bugüne kadar hiç görülmemiş olan bazı unik örnekler ele alınarak, detayları paylaşılıp bulundukları dönem açısından önemleri vurgulanacaktır. Sadece içerik olarak değil aynı zamanda sanatsal açıdan sikkeleri, dönemindeki diğer sikkelerden ayıran noktalar dile getirilerek her sikkenin spesifik noktaları izah edilecektir. Ekonomik hareketlilik açısından değerli olan sikkenin aslında bir sosyal gösterge aracı olarak da kullanılabileceği özellikle arkeolojik kazılarda belirgindir. Bu bildiride Genel Türk Tarihi açısından büyük önem taşıyan ama üzerinde çalışılmayan Geç Ortaçağ Dönemi Türk Nümizmatiği alanının ne türden önem ve detaya sahip olduğu vurgulanarak, mevcut araştırma sunulmaya çalışılmıştır.
Bildiride konu edilecek malzeme grubu Manisa İli, Akhisar İlçesi’de yer alan Hastane Höyüğü’nde ele geçmiş olan bir Geç Ortaçağ sikke definesidir. Bu define içindeki Saruhanoğulları ve Germiyanoğulları Beylikleri’ne ait gümüş sikkeler bu bildirinin konusu olacaktır. Bildirinin sonunda Türk Dünyasi Nümizmatiği’nin uluslararası bir disiplin haline dönüşmesi için bazı önerilerde bulunulacaktır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Hastane Höyük, Akhisar, Thyateira, Lidya, Türkiye'nin batısı, Akhaia Prensliği, denye, Clarencia, gümüş sikkeler, Geç Ortaçağ, Haçlılar, Saruhanoğulları, Germiyanoğulları, Erken Osmanlı dönemi, nümizmatik.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Islamic Archaeology, Crusades, Anatolian Archaeology, Numismatics, and 15 moreCrusader Archaeology, History of Crusades, Islamic Numismatics, Seljuks (Islamic History), Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Post Medieval Numismatics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Medieval Islamic Numismatics, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Medieval numismatics, Ancient Numismatics, History of the Crusades, Numismatica, Yoruks (The Nomads) of West Anatolian, and Anadolu Beylikleri
This is abstract of a lecture in Turkish language at the Symposium on Uludere in south-eastern Turkey. The paper was, however, not presented at this conference. In this paper, Syriac, Nestorian and Chaldean churches in Uludere District... more
This is abstract of a lecture in Turkish language at the Symposium on Uludere in south-eastern Turkey. The paper was, however, not presented at this conference.
In this paper, Syriac, Nestorian and Chaldean churches in Uludere District will be examined in terms of archeology, architecture and art history. Since many churches in the region were founded in mountainous areas, they remained quite isolated and are not recognized in the scientific literature.
Andaç (Elemûn) Assyrian Chaldean Church
Andaç (Elemûn) Village Assyrian Chaldean church is the first church to be examined in this paper. Although there is no document regarding the construction date, the construction technique and architectural features of the arched church are dated to A.D. 16th century shows the style. The church was used as a house for a while after 1915. It needs restoration immediately.
Nestorian Church of Geramon (Halmun)
Yarma District of Andaç Village, where the church is located, is an old Nestorian settlement and its real name is Geramon. The church is one km away from Andaç, which is within 3 km of the Hakkari-Şırnak Highway, very close to the Iraqi border. The church, which was built on a sloping land from north to south, has a square to the south, a garden to the north and west, and a road to the east. The church is 85 km from Şırnak and 48 km from Uludere, and it was established on a flat land in the village. There are village houses in the north and south. The church has a rectangular plan in the east-west direction and was built with the dimensions of 16.11 m x 21.80 m. The four rooms to the south of the church, which was built in two stages, were added to the main church later.
Onbudak Chaldean Church
The church in Onbudak (Işşi), Keldani District of Şenoba Town of Uludere District, was converted into a mosque in 1984. Little is known about the church located in the village centre. The history of Chaldeanism begins in the middle of the 16th century. Starting from 1553, a group of Nestorians, who are East Syriacs living in the Şırnak region, were to leave, joined the Pope in Italy, and became Catholic and took the name Chaldean. The Chaldean name comes from the Chaldean region in Southern Mesopotamia. This is why Onbudak Church is important in terms of regional archeology.
Keywords: Andaç, Geramon, Onbudak, Assyrians, Nestorians, Chaldeans, Ottoman archaeology, Ottoman art history.
In this paper, Syriac, Nestorian and Chaldean churches in Uludere District will be examined in terms of archeology, architecture and art history. Since many churches in the region were founded in mountainous areas, they remained quite isolated and are not recognized in the scientific literature.
Andaç (Elemûn) Assyrian Chaldean Church
Andaç (Elemûn) Village Assyrian Chaldean church is the first church to be examined in this paper. Although there is no document regarding the construction date, the construction technique and architectural features of the arched church are dated to A.D. 16th century shows the style. The church was used as a house for a while after 1915. It needs restoration immediately.
Nestorian Church of Geramon (Halmun)
Yarma District of Andaç Village, where the church is located, is an old Nestorian settlement and its real name is Geramon. The church is one km away from Andaç, which is within 3 km of the Hakkari-Şırnak Highway, very close to the Iraqi border. The church, which was built on a sloping land from north to south, has a square to the south, a garden to the north and west, and a road to the east. The church is 85 km from Şırnak and 48 km from Uludere, and it was established on a flat land in the village. There are village houses in the north and south. The church has a rectangular plan in the east-west direction and was built with the dimensions of 16.11 m x 21.80 m. The four rooms to the south of the church, which was built in two stages, were added to the main church later.
Onbudak Chaldean Church
The church in Onbudak (Işşi), Keldani District of Şenoba Town of Uludere District, was converted into a mosque in 1984. Little is known about the church located in the village centre. The history of Chaldeanism begins in the middle of the 16th century. Starting from 1553, a group of Nestorians, who are East Syriacs living in the Şırnak region, were to leave, joined the Pope in Italy, and became Catholic and took the name Chaldean. The Chaldean name comes from the Chaldean region in Southern Mesopotamia. This is why Onbudak Church is important in terms of regional archeology.
Keywords: Andaç, Geramon, Onbudak, Assyrians, Nestorians, Chaldeans, Ottoman archaeology, Ottoman art history.
Research Interests: Anatolian Archaeology, Christian Orthodoxy and Nationalism, Eastern Christianity, Syriac Studies, Anthropology of Eastern Christianity, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Orthodox Liturgical Theology, Middle Eastern Christianity, Syriac Christianity, Orthodox Christianity, Church architecture, Chaldean Oracles, Nestorianism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Eastern Orthodox Theology, Nestorian Christianity, Orthodox Church History, Eastern Orthodox Liturgy, and Eastern Catholic Churches
This was a virtual public lecture at the University of Graz which was held on 23-25 May 2022, via Zoom, in Graz, Austria. In this brief article we present a collection of bronze and lead weights of the Roman and Early Byzantine period... more
This was a virtual public lecture at the University of Graz which was held on 23-25 May 2022, via Zoom, in Graz, Austria.
In this brief article we present a collection of bronze and lead weights of the Roman and Early Byzantine period which are curated in a local museum in southeastern Turkey.
Keywords: weights, instrumenta inscripta, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Syria, Roman period, Early Byzantine period, Roman epigraphy, Byzantine epigraphy.
In this brief article we present a collection of bronze and lead weights of the Roman and Early Byzantine period which are curated in a local museum in southeastern Turkey.
Keywords: weights, instrumenta inscripta, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Syria, Roman period, Early Byzantine period, Roman epigraphy, Byzantine epigraphy.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Ancient Weights, Early Christian Archaeology, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Roman Small Finds, Ancient Antioch, Epigrafía romana, Small Finds, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, and Ancient lead weights
This was a virtual public lecture at the University of Graz which was held on 23-25 May 2022, via Zoom, in Graz, Austria. Early Byzantine bronze stamps from southeastern Turkey In this brief article we present a collection of 11 bronze... more
This was a virtual public lecture at the University of Graz which was held on 23-25 May 2022, via Zoom, in Graz, Austria.
Early Byzantine bronze stamps from southeastern Turkey
In this brief article we present a collection of 11 bronze bread stamps of the Early Byzantine period which are curated in a local museum in southeastern Turkey.
Keywords: bread stamps, instrumenta inscripta, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Syria, Early Byzantine period, Byzantine epigraphy.
Early Byzantine bronze stamps from southeastern Turkey
In this brief article we present a collection of 11 bronze bread stamps of the Early Byzantine period which are curated in a local museum in southeastern Turkey.
Keywords: bread stamps, instrumenta inscripta, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Syria, Early Byzantine period, Byzantine epigraphy.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Liturgy, Byzantine Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Ancient Antioch, Small Finds, and Roman Archaeology
This was a virtual public lecture at the Società friulana di archeologia which was held on 18 January 2022, via Zoom, in Udine, Italy. It was scheduled at 6pm00 (Italian time). Here were the Zoom links: ID: 91321997810 - PW: 366284... more
This was a virtual public lecture at the Società friulana di archeologia which was held on 18 January 2022, via Zoom, in Udine, Italy. It was scheduled at 6pm00 (Italian time).
Here were the Zoom links:
ID: 91321997810 - PW: 366284
Link:
https://zoom.us/j/91321997810?pwd=djAwaTFlRmtLeXNycFRXemNZZlBLZz09
Current problems and the future of Graeco-Roman epigraphy in Turkey (Ergün Laflı)
Asia Minor is one of the richest sources of the epigraphy of the Mediterranean area of the period between the fifth century BC and the fifth century AD. Since the nineteenth century, Greek, Roman and Byzantine inscriptions have been the subject of numerous and varied historical and archaeological studies. In particular, the period between the second and third centuries AD is the most fruitful era for Greek and Roman epigraphic texts in Anatolia. Despite the wide publication of epigraphical finds, there are important issues which must be engaged with. Among others:
1- The situation with Latin epigraphy in Asia Minor is quite problematic, as there are so few studies on these particular inscriptions in the Roman East. The best-studied Latin inscriptions in Turkey are the Roman milestones which were the focus of David H. French, who produced highly-regarded books and some still-valid articles. Very few studies compare Latin inscriptions from Asia Minor with those from other parts of the Roman Empire.
2- Even though there are numerous inscriptions from some excavation sites on the western coast of the Anatolian peninsula (such as Ephesus, Pergamum and Smyrna) and on the southern coast (such as Perge and Side), many of them have not been widely published.
3- After the fashion of “IGSK” (=Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien), it is necessary to produce Greek, Roman and Byzantine epigraphic catalogues for each Turkish museum, prefarably in the English language and with translations of each inscriptions into Turkish. This is owing to the fact that there is a large number of local museums Turkey, many of them holding an abundance of ancient inscriptions.
4- The epigraphic situation in the eastern, southeastern and northern parts of Turkey is unfavorable compared to that in the western and southern parts of the country. The number of finds is enormous, but these inscriptions are generally not considered as important as Aramaic and other contemporary inscriptions. They should be published site-by-site and museum-by-museum, as in the western and southern parts of Anatolia.
5- A neglected field in the classical studies of Anatolia is Byzantine epigraphy, even though there is abundant material from almost all parts of Asia Minor. Most of the material is still unknown, and it remains unpublished. Moreover, there are no general epigraphic guidelines for the publication of the Byzantine inscriptions of Turkey.
6- How can Turkish epigraphy can engage with the possibilities of digital publication? It is clear that the future of epigraphy lies in online publication. Eventually, digital publication will widen access to epigraphical texts and make it easier to update corpora. So what might the future look like for digital corpora of Anatolian inscriptions, and how can such an endeavour be supported? The online MAMA IX (http://mama.csad.ox.ac.uk/project/website.html) and Electronic Aphrodisias (http://insaph.kcl.ac.uk/) projects are exemplary, but how can they be imitated and improved upon?
Here were the Zoom links:
ID: 91321997810 - PW: 366284
Link:
https://zoom.us/j/91321997810?pwd=djAwaTFlRmtLeXNycFRXemNZZlBLZz09
Current problems and the future of Graeco-Roman epigraphy in Turkey (Ergün Laflı)
Asia Minor is one of the richest sources of the epigraphy of the Mediterranean area of the period between the fifth century BC and the fifth century AD. Since the nineteenth century, Greek, Roman and Byzantine inscriptions have been the subject of numerous and varied historical and archaeological studies. In particular, the period between the second and third centuries AD is the most fruitful era for Greek and Roman epigraphic texts in Anatolia. Despite the wide publication of epigraphical finds, there are important issues which must be engaged with. Among others:
1- The situation with Latin epigraphy in Asia Minor is quite problematic, as there are so few studies on these particular inscriptions in the Roman East. The best-studied Latin inscriptions in Turkey are the Roman milestones which were the focus of David H. French, who produced highly-regarded books and some still-valid articles. Very few studies compare Latin inscriptions from Asia Minor with those from other parts of the Roman Empire.
2- Even though there are numerous inscriptions from some excavation sites on the western coast of the Anatolian peninsula (such as Ephesus, Pergamum and Smyrna) and on the southern coast (such as Perge and Side), many of them have not been widely published.
3- After the fashion of “IGSK” (=Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien), it is necessary to produce Greek, Roman and Byzantine epigraphic catalogues for each Turkish museum, prefarably in the English language and with translations of each inscriptions into Turkish. This is owing to the fact that there is a large number of local museums Turkey, many of them holding an abundance of ancient inscriptions.
4- The epigraphic situation in the eastern, southeastern and northern parts of Turkey is unfavorable compared to that in the western and southern parts of the country. The number of finds is enormous, but these inscriptions are generally not considered as important as Aramaic and other contemporary inscriptions. They should be published site-by-site and museum-by-museum, as in the western and southern parts of Anatolia.
5- A neglected field in the classical studies of Anatolia is Byzantine epigraphy, even though there is abundant material from almost all parts of Asia Minor. Most of the material is still unknown, and it remains unpublished. Moreover, there are no general epigraphic guidelines for the publication of the Byzantine inscriptions of Turkey.
6- How can Turkish epigraphy can engage with the possibilities of digital publication? It is clear that the future of epigraphy lies in online publication. Eventually, digital publication will widen access to epigraphical texts and make it easier to update corpora. So what might the future look like for digital corpora of Anatolian inscriptions, and how can such an endeavour be supported? The online MAMA IX (http://mama.csad.ox.ac.uk/project/website.html) and Electronic Aphrodisias (http://insaph.kcl.ac.uk/) projects are exemplary, but how can they be imitated and improved upon?
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classics, Roman History, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Storia Romana, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Inscriptions, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Epigrafia, Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum, and Roman Archaeology
This PPT was presented at a virtual seminar at the seminar series of the Department of Classics of the University of Reading in the UK, on Teams which took place on 26th January 2022, at 4pm (British time). In this lecture I presented... more
This PPT was presented at a virtual seminar at the seminar series of the Department of Classics of the University of Reading in the UK, on Teams which took place on 26th January 2022, at 4pm (British time). In this lecture I presented some unpublished examples of clay lamps of the Roman and Late Roman periods from southern Turkey.
This seminar was held virtually on Teams. Please contact [email protected] with any queries.
The Seminar convenes on Wednesdays 4:00-5:30 PM CET (British time) via Team.
Link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzEyN2FlYWEtMDhiOC00MWZlLWI1ZDctOGI2YjJkOWQ3NjFk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224ffa3bc4-ecfc-48c0-9080-f5e43ff90e5f%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22ab142154-1453-4d9e-93ec-c6a8991e6c42%22%7d
This seminar was held virtually on Teams. Please contact [email protected] with any queries.
The Seminar convenes on Wednesdays 4:00-5:30 PM CET (British time) via Team.
Link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzEyN2FlYWEtMDhiOC00MWZlLWI1ZDctOGI2YjJkOWQ3NjFk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224ffa3bc4-ecfc-48c0-9080-f5e43ff90e5f%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22ab142154-1453-4d9e-93ec-c6a8991e6c42%22%7d
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classics, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Byzantine Pottery, Islamic pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Roman Lamps, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Ceramica Medievale, Pottery studies, Ceramica Romana, and Late Antique and Byzantine Lamps
This was a virtual lecture at the "Greek islands under the control of western rulers (13th-15th cent.). Searching for identities through patronage" conference which was held on 4 December 2021, via Zoom, in Athens, Greece. In the 13th... more
This was a virtual lecture at the "Greek islands under the control of western rulers (13th-15th cent.). Searching for identities through patronage" conference which was held on 4 December 2021, via Zoom, in Athens, Greece.
In the 13th century the old Roman state was in a constant state of war due to the numerous enemies on its borders; Muslims to the South and East, Slavs to the North and Franks to the West. The Byzantine Empire had to face Normans, Pechenegs and Turks within a few decades of each other at a time when the army was torn in by civil conflict. In time, the Crusaders would establish their own fiefs in the Holy Land, ruling with interests coinciding, but more often in conflict with, the Byzantine Empire, ultimately leading to a weakening of both the Crusader states and the Byzantine Empire. Matters were made worse for the Byzantine Empire due to the Latin presence in the Peloponnese and the rising power of the Bulgarians who continued to press hard against the borders of Byzantium. In time, the Byzantines would be forced to call on the aid of the Ottomans to head to the European mainland and fight the Bulgarians, giving the Ottoman Turks a firm grip on Europe. The close proximity of Osman's Beylik ensured that confrontation between the Byzantines and the Ottomans would be inevitable. The Byzantines were a match for the Ottomans but events west of Constantinople coupled with civil war and incompetent leadership in the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars led to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
In this paper we will concentrate on the archaeological results of field work carried out in western Turkey (in the eastern Aegean) between 1980 and 2020 in the regards ofcovering the 13th to 15th centuries, with the main focus on Crusaders and Western rulers. We will also focus on the Western rulers on the Greek island of Chios.
In the 13th century the old Roman state was in a constant state of war due to the numerous enemies on its borders; Muslims to the South and East, Slavs to the North and Franks to the West. The Byzantine Empire had to face Normans, Pechenegs and Turks within a few decades of each other at a time when the army was torn in by civil conflict. In time, the Crusaders would establish their own fiefs in the Holy Land, ruling with interests coinciding, but more often in conflict with, the Byzantine Empire, ultimately leading to a weakening of both the Crusader states and the Byzantine Empire. Matters were made worse for the Byzantine Empire due to the Latin presence in the Peloponnese and the rising power of the Bulgarians who continued to press hard against the borders of Byzantium. In time, the Byzantines would be forced to call on the aid of the Ottomans to head to the European mainland and fight the Bulgarians, giving the Ottoman Turks a firm grip on Europe. The close proximity of Osman's Beylik ensured that confrontation between the Byzantines and the Ottomans would be inevitable. The Byzantines were a match for the Ottomans but events west of Constantinople coupled with civil war and incompetent leadership in the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars led to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
In this paper we will concentrate on the archaeological results of field work carried out in western Turkey (in the eastern Aegean) between 1980 and 2020 in the regards ofcovering the 13th to 15th centuries, with the main focus on Crusaders and Western rulers. We will also focus on the Western rulers on the Greek island of Chios.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Crusades, Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreCrusader Archaeology, History of Crusades, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Byzantine history, Early Medieval And Medieval Settlement (Archaeology), Aegean Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Crusades and the Latin East, History of the Crusades, First Crusade, Later Crusades, Fourth Crusade, CRUSADER KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM, and Medieval and Early Modern Archaeology
This was a virtual lecture at the Sixth Symposium of Neohellenic Ecclesiastical Art which was held on 11 October 2020, via Zoom, in Athens, Greece. Ayvalık, Κυδωνίαi in Greek, is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey... more
This was a virtual lecture at the Sixth Symposium of Neohellenic Ecclesiastical Art which was held on 11 October 2020, via Zoom, in Athens, Greece.
Ayvalık, Κυδωνίαi in Greek, is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey and included today to the province of Balıkesir. In the 19th century the local Greek population of Ayvalık used indiscrimanantly its ancient name Kydoniai and its new Hellenized name to Aivali (Αϊβαλί) (Kiepert 1906, folio B1 “Aivalyk”). According to Vidal Cuinet the “Kaza” of Ayvalık was a dependant of the Vilayet of Bursa and the Sancak of Karesi, and 19.454 Greeks were living there (Cuinet 1895: 269-273). After Alexandris on the Greek census of 1910-1912, it was part of the Vilayet Hüdavendigâr (an Ottoman poetic circumscriptive name for the town of Bursa; cf. TAVO, folio B IX.13), which was reorganized as a new named province after an Ottoman administrative reform. Alexandris gives within the Sancak Balıkesir / Karesi a population number for the Kaza of Ayvalık showing a vast increase with 45.925 Greek inhabitants listed as in around 1912 (Alexandris 1999: 59). Furthermore Ayvalık had a Greek consulate (besides vice-consulates of Great-Britain, Italy and France; Cuinet 1895: 270) and was an Orthodox bishopric (Alexandris 1999: 51). As of 1920, the general population of Ayvalık was estimated at 60,000. It had a small harbour, exporting soap, olive oil, animal hides and flour. The British described Ayvalık and nearby Edremit as having the finest olive oil in Asia Minor. According to Cuinet a well-known, famous Greek “academy”, i.e. probably a high school and college (mentioned by August 1992: 53 with note 19) is said to have been located in Kemer-Adramit (Cuinet 1895: 272). More than 20 Ottoman Greek churches, mostly from the 19th century, are known in Ayvalık and will be presented in this paper. Typological groupings of the Greek churches in Ayvalık are as follows: Ottoman revival type (basilical) churches, neo-classical churches, i.e. domed buildings with porticoes and a temple-like church with Corinthian capitals, and Byzantine-planned churches (cross-domed churches). A special point of archaeological and art-historical interest for future research is the propable possibilty of indicating earlier church structures, which may come to light underneath some of the more recent and Early modern structures.
1- The holy well (ἁγίασμα) of Blessed Virgin Phaneromeni was built in 1890 in Ayvalık’s Kemal Paşa neighborhood. It has a neoclassical architecture and is perhaps the best known and most important structures in the center of Ayvalık. After the Turkey-Greece population exchange in the first decades of the 20th century, the church served as an olive oil factory. In 2005 it was handed to the Ayvalık Municipality to turn into the City’s Archival Museum. The Turkish National Forces - Kuvâ-yi Milliye Museum of Balıkesir carried out excavations at the church in 2011 under the direction of Professor Ömer Özyiğit.
2- The Saatlı Camii was built as a church, named Agios Ioannis and converted to a mosque after 1928. However, other than the plaster on the frescoes on the inner walls, and its thin and somewhat picknicky-looking minaret, no further additions made to the building. Its name translates “mosque with clock” in Turkish literally, referring to the clock located on one of its towers.
3- Çınarlı Camii (Çınarlı Mosque) which is close to Saatlı Camii was the former Agios Georgios church which is the second Neo-Classical Greek church turned to a mosque in town centre. This dome church (today with a minaret) has a Doric portico at the northern end of the building.
4- Some of the rest of Greek churches are Hayrettin Pasha Mosque (Kato Panagia Church), Küçükköy Central Mosque (Agios Athanasios Church), and the church of Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) which will also be presented in this paper.
5- Many churches and monasteries are located on the island of Alibey (Cunda). The most famous is the Taxiarchis (Archangel Michael) Church which is built in 1870s and attracts attention with its frescoes picturing the vita of Jesus, the portraits of the saints and interior marble design. The bell of this church is being exhibited in the garden of the museum of Bergama. The church of Agios Nikolaos is also located on Alibey Island where an emergency restoration work has been done, as well as “the Moonlight Monastery”.
6- The Leka Monastery situates on the left side of Dalyan Channel when entering the bay, amongst olive trees. Its architecture closely follows Greek traditional monastic architecture of 19th century.
Main references
A. Alexandris, The Greek census of Anatolia and Thrace (1910-1912): A contribution to Ottoman historical demography, in: D. Gondicas and C. Issawi, Ottoman Greeks in the age of nationalism: Politics, economy, and society in the 19th century (Princeton, NJ 1999), 45-76, p. 51, p. 58
G. Augustions, The Greeks of Asia Minor. Confession, community, and ethnictity in the 19th century (Kent, OH; London 1992).
V. Cuinet, La Turquie d'Asie: Géographie administrative, statistique, descriptive et raisonnée de chaque province de l'Asie Mineure, vol. 4 (Paris 1895).
R. Kiepert, Karte von Kleinasien in 24 Blättern (1:400.000) (Berlin 1906).
TAVO = Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, Blatt B IX.13, Osmanisches Reich. Die Provinzen am Ende des 19. Jh. (1:800.000) (Tübingen 1979).
Ayvalık, Κυδωνίαi in Greek, is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey and included today to the province of Balıkesir. In the 19th century the local Greek population of Ayvalık used indiscrimanantly its ancient name Kydoniai and its new Hellenized name to Aivali (Αϊβαλί) (Kiepert 1906, folio B1 “Aivalyk”). According to Vidal Cuinet the “Kaza” of Ayvalık was a dependant of the Vilayet of Bursa and the Sancak of Karesi, and 19.454 Greeks were living there (Cuinet 1895: 269-273). After Alexandris on the Greek census of 1910-1912, it was part of the Vilayet Hüdavendigâr (an Ottoman poetic circumscriptive name for the town of Bursa; cf. TAVO, folio B IX.13), which was reorganized as a new named province after an Ottoman administrative reform. Alexandris gives within the Sancak Balıkesir / Karesi a population number for the Kaza of Ayvalık showing a vast increase with 45.925 Greek inhabitants listed as in around 1912 (Alexandris 1999: 59). Furthermore Ayvalık had a Greek consulate (besides vice-consulates of Great-Britain, Italy and France; Cuinet 1895: 270) and was an Orthodox bishopric (Alexandris 1999: 51). As of 1920, the general population of Ayvalık was estimated at 60,000. It had a small harbour, exporting soap, olive oil, animal hides and flour. The British described Ayvalık and nearby Edremit as having the finest olive oil in Asia Minor. According to Cuinet a well-known, famous Greek “academy”, i.e. probably a high school and college (mentioned by August 1992: 53 with note 19) is said to have been located in Kemer-Adramit (Cuinet 1895: 272). More than 20 Ottoman Greek churches, mostly from the 19th century, are known in Ayvalık and will be presented in this paper. Typological groupings of the Greek churches in Ayvalık are as follows: Ottoman revival type (basilical) churches, neo-classical churches, i.e. domed buildings with porticoes and a temple-like church with Corinthian capitals, and Byzantine-planned churches (cross-domed churches). A special point of archaeological and art-historical interest for future research is the propable possibilty of indicating earlier church structures, which may come to light underneath some of the more recent and Early modern structures.
1- The holy well (ἁγίασμα) of Blessed Virgin Phaneromeni was built in 1890 in Ayvalık’s Kemal Paşa neighborhood. It has a neoclassical architecture and is perhaps the best known and most important structures in the center of Ayvalık. After the Turkey-Greece population exchange in the first decades of the 20th century, the church served as an olive oil factory. In 2005 it was handed to the Ayvalık Municipality to turn into the City’s Archival Museum. The Turkish National Forces - Kuvâ-yi Milliye Museum of Balıkesir carried out excavations at the church in 2011 under the direction of Professor Ömer Özyiğit.
2- The Saatlı Camii was built as a church, named Agios Ioannis and converted to a mosque after 1928. However, other than the plaster on the frescoes on the inner walls, and its thin and somewhat picknicky-looking minaret, no further additions made to the building. Its name translates “mosque with clock” in Turkish literally, referring to the clock located on one of its towers.
3- Çınarlı Camii (Çınarlı Mosque) which is close to Saatlı Camii was the former Agios Georgios church which is the second Neo-Classical Greek church turned to a mosque in town centre. This dome church (today with a minaret) has a Doric portico at the northern end of the building.
4- Some of the rest of Greek churches are Hayrettin Pasha Mosque (Kato Panagia Church), Küçükköy Central Mosque (Agios Athanasios Church), and the church of Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) which will also be presented in this paper.
5- Many churches and monasteries are located on the island of Alibey (Cunda). The most famous is the Taxiarchis (Archangel Michael) Church which is built in 1870s and attracts attention with its frescoes picturing the vita of Jesus, the portraits of the saints and interior marble design. The bell of this church is being exhibited in the garden of the museum of Bergama. The church of Agios Nikolaos is also located on Alibey Island where an emergency restoration work has been done, as well as “the Moonlight Monastery”.
6- The Leka Monastery situates on the left side of Dalyan Channel when entering the bay, amongst olive trees. Its architecture closely follows Greek traditional monastic architecture of 19th century.
Main references
A. Alexandris, The Greek census of Anatolia and Thrace (1910-1912): A contribution to Ottoman historical demography, in: D. Gondicas and C. Issawi, Ottoman Greeks in the age of nationalism: Politics, economy, and society in the 19th century (Princeton, NJ 1999), 45-76, p. 51, p. 58
G. Augustions, The Greeks of Asia Minor. Confession, community, and ethnictity in the 19th century (Kent, OH; London 1992).
V. Cuinet, La Turquie d'Asie: Géographie administrative, statistique, descriptive et raisonnée de chaque province de l'Asie Mineure, vol. 4 (Paris 1895).
R. Kiepert, Karte von Kleinasien in 24 Blättern (1:400.000) (Berlin 1906).
TAVO = Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, Blatt B IX.13, Osmanisches Reich. Die Provinzen am Ende des 19. Jh. (1:800.000) (Tübingen 1979).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Ottoman History, Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, and 15 moreOttoman Empire, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Ottoman Period, History of Ottoman Art and Architecture, Ottoman art and architecture, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Post Medieval Archaeology, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology, Post-byzantine art history, Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art, and Byzantine and post-byzantine icons and frescoes
This was a virtual lecture at the Sixth Symposium of Neohellenic Ecclesiastical Art which was held on 11 October 2020, via Zoom, in Athens, Greece. The former so-called Dutch Chapel and the current Agia Photini Greek Church in the... more
This was a virtual lecture at the Sixth Symposium of Neohellenic Ecclesiastical Art which was held on 11 October 2020, via Zoom, in Athens, Greece.
The former so-called Dutch Chapel and the current Agia Photini Greek Church in the Alsancak neighbourhood of Izmir dates from 1906. It is currently rented out as a Greek Orthodox church, since there are not enough protestant Dutchmen in the city anymore to sustain a continuous religious activity whereas the Dutch protestant community has been worshipping in Izmir since the beginning of the seventeenth century. In the beginning, this happened in the house of the Dutch consul; after the earthquake of 1678, a separate chapel was built adjacent to the consul”s residency. In the nineteenth century, a new chapel was integrated in the building of the nearby Dutch Hospital.
The aim of this paper is to describe the history and architecture of the subsequent spaces where the gatherings took place. As Philip Mansel describes in his Levant. Splendour and catastrophe in the Mediterranean (2010), foreign churches enjoyed a remarkable freedom in the Levantine trade cities like Aleppo, Smyrna and Beirut, a situation the Dutch protestants could also take advantage of. But the amount of tolerance that these churches were granted by the local authorities and the degree of visibility they could have, had to be negotiated. The notion of crossculturality, introduced by Merlijn Olnon in his dissertation “Brought under the law of the land”: The history, demography and geography of crossculturalism in Early Modern Izmir, and the Köprülü Project of 1678 may help us understand the nature of the subsequent buildings and their interiors.
The history of the Dutch protestant community and its vicars has been documented extensively by J. W. Samberg in his book about the Dutch Reformed community in Smyrna (Leiden 1928), but he did not devote many words to the church architecture itself; even the exact location and the layout of their interiors the subsequent spaces is not specified in his publication. Establishing those facts, as far as possible, will be one of the main building stones of this paper. The others are, as mentioned before, the general history of the Levantine communities and their religion as described by Mansel and others, and more specifically the interaction between Levantine tradespeople and the Ottoman authorities in Izmir; for this aspect, we will mostly rely on Olnon. Finally we will present the process of the transformation of this church from a Dutch chapel to a Greek basilica in the 20th century which is a unique case in the entire eastern Mediterranean.
Main references
ANDERSON, S.P., An English Consul in Turkey. Paul Rycaut at Smyrna, 1667-1678 (Oxford 1989).
M.H. van den Boogert en K. Fleet (red.), The Ottoman Capitulations. Text and Context, Rome 2004.
C. de Bruyn, Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de vermaardste deelen van Klein Asia, de eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus, Metelino, Stanchio, etc. Mitsgeders de voornaamste steden van Ægypten, Syrien en Palestina, verrijkt met meer als 200. kopere konstplaaten, vertoonende de beroemdste landschappen, steden, etc. Alles door den autheur selfs na het leven afgetekend (Delft, Hendrik van Kroonevelt, 1698) https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bruy004reiz03_01/
Colin, A., “Les Néerlandais et le marché monétaire levantin dans la seconde moitié du XVII e siècle (1648-1701)”, Histoire, Économie et Société, Vol. 27, No. 2 (2008), pp. 21-38.
EEN EN ANDER OMTRENT ONZE PREDIKANTEN TE SMIRNA IN DE 2 E HELFT DER 17 E EEUW Author(s): W. E. VAN DAM VAN ISSELT Source: Nederlands archief voor kerkgeschiedenis / Dutch Review of Church History, NIEUWE SERIE, Vol. 13, No. 1 (1916), pp. 81-112.
Droffelaar, J. van, “Flemish Fathers in the Levant. Dutch Protection of Three Fransiscan Missions in the 17th and 18th Centuries,” in: Van Gelder and De Moor 1994, pp. 81-113.
Geert Jan van Gelder and Ed de Moor, ed., Eastward Bound, Amsterdam and Atlanta: Editions 6 Rodopi B.V., 1994.
Goffmann, D., Izmir and the Levantine World, Seattle and London 1990.
Groot, A.H. de, The Ottoman Empire and The Dutch Republic. A History of the Earliest Diplomatic Relations 1610 – 1630 (Leiden 1978).
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Hayden, J.A., “Cornelis de Bruyn: Painter, Traveler, Curiosity Collector—Spy?”, in: J. A. Hayden and N. I. Matar (eds.), Through the Eyes of the Beholder : The Holy Land, 1517-1713, Leiden (Brill) 2002, 141-164.
Heylen, S., Kunst in de Levant : de collecties van de Nederlandse families De Hochepied en Van Lennep in Smyrna, (2007) Faculty of Humanities Theses.
Hoenkamp-Mazgon, M., Palais de Hollande in Istanbul. The Embassy and Envoys of the Netherlands since 1612, Amsterdam 2002.
Mansel, P., Levant. Splendour and Catastrophe in the Mediterranean, New Haven and London, 2010.
Du Mont, Reyzen van de heer Du Mont door de grootste gedeeltens van Europa en Asia. (Utrecht, A. Schouten, 1699) 380-381.
Olnon, M., “Nederland-Turkije, 1675-1678. Vier jaar op het snijpunt van Gouden Eeuw en moderniteit,” De Zeventiende Eeuw 29 (2013), 3-18.
Olnon, M., “Brought under the Law of the Land”: The History, Demography and Geography of Crossculturalism in Early Modern Izmir, and the Köprülü Project of 1678, 2014.
M.A. Perk, De Nederlandsche Protestantsche Gemeente te Smyrna, Leiden 1910.
Samberg, J.W., De Hollandsche gereformeerde gemeente te Smirna. De geschiedenis van eener handelskerk, Leiden 1928.
Schmidt, J. (ed.), Nederland in Turkije/ Turkije in Nederland, Leiden 2012.
Yılmaz, F (ed.), Levantines. From Past to Present, Izmir 2011.
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http://www.levantineheritage.com/pdf/Consuls-of-Smyrna-Their-Place-in-the-City.pdf
The former so-called Dutch Chapel and the current Agia Photini Greek Church in the Alsancak neighbourhood of Izmir dates from 1906. It is currently rented out as a Greek Orthodox church, since there are not enough protestant Dutchmen in the city anymore to sustain a continuous religious activity whereas the Dutch protestant community has been worshipping in Izmir since the beginning of the seventeenth century. In the beginning, this happened in the house of the Dutch consul; after the earthquake of 1678, a separate chapel was built adjacent to the consul”s residency. In the nineteenth century, a new chapel was integrated in the building of the nearby Dutch Hospital.
The aim of this paper is to describe the history and architecture of the subsequent spaces where the gatherings took place. As Philip Mansel describes in his Levant. Splendour and catastrophe in the Mediterranean (2010), foreign churches enjoyed a remarkable freedom in the Levantine trade cities like Aleppo, Smyrna and Beirut, a situation the Dutch protestants could also take advantage of. But the amount of tolerance that these churches were granted by the local authorities and the degree of visibility they could have, had to be negotiated. The notion of crossculturality, introduced by Merlijn Olnon in his dissertation “Brought under the law of the land”: The history, demography and geography of crossculturalism in Early Modern Izmir, and the Köprülü Project of 1678 may help us understand the nature of the subsequent buildings and their interiors.
The history of the Dutch protestant community and its vicars has been documented extensively by J. W. Samberg in his book about the Dutch Reformed community in Smyrna (Leiden 1928), but he did not devote many words to the church architecture itself; even the exact location and the layout of their interiors the subsequent spaces is not specified in his publication. Establishing those facts, as far as possible, will be one of the main building stones of this paper. The others are, as mentioned before, the general history of the Levantine communities and their religion as described by Mansel and others, and more specifically the interaction between Levantine tradespeople and the Ottoman authorities in Izmir; for this aspect, we will mostly rely on Olnon. Finally we will present the process of the transformation of this church from a Dutch chapel to a Greek basilica in the 20th century which is a unique case in the entire eastern Mediterranean.
Main references
ANDERSON, S.P., An English Consul in Turkey. Paul Rycaut at Smyrna, 1667-1678 (Oxford 1989).
M.H. van den Boogert en K. Fleet (red.), The Ottoman Capitulations. Text and Context, Rome 2004.
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Research Interests: Art History, Anatolian Archaeology, Architectural History, History of The Netherlands, History of Art, and 15 more16th Century Netherlandish Art, History of Ottoman Art and Architecture, 17th Century Netherlandish Art, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of architecture, Church architecture, Dutch History, History and theory of architecture, History of Art and Architecture, Dutch Studies, İzmir, Dutch overseas history, Medieval church architecture, History of Architecture, and History of İzmir
This was a virtual lecture at the Sixth Symposium of Neohellenic Ecclesiastical Art which was held on 11 October 2020, via Zoom, in Athens, Greece. In the 19th century there were more than 50 Greek Orthodox churches in the greater... more
This was a virtual lecture at the Sixth Symposium of Neohellenic Ecclesiastical Art which was held on 11 October 2020, via Zoom, in Athens, Greece.
In the 19th century there were more than 50 Greek Orthodox churches in the greater metropolitan area of today’s Izmir, including suburbean hamlets of Buca (Βουτζάς), Bornova (Μπουρνόβας), Bayraklı (Μπαϊρακλί) and Karşıyaka (Κορδελιό). In the “Former and current churches of Smyrna“ listing of the website of the “Levantine Heritage“ where all churches of Izmir were listed, almost 45 “Greek Orthodox“ churches in forms of basilicas, churches and chapels are known. Today 12 of these Greek Orthodox churches exist in various states of preservation. In this paper the focus will be these 11 Greek churches in various parts of today’s Izmir which are at least partially visible. Churches presented in Laflı and Zäh 2015 are excluded in this paper.
Existing 19th century Greek churches in Izmir/Smyrna
1- The church of Metochion Panagia Kykkou in İkiçeşmelik (Apano Machalas or Juderia) is only preserved with its gate.
2- The church of Agios Ioannis Theologos in the Upper Town (Pano Machalas), south of Juderia was built in c. 1700, burned in 1773, rebuilt after that and rebuilt larger in 1804. This church does not exist anymore and there is a new school building in its place; but some traces of the church can still be seen.
3- The church of Agios Voukolos and Polykarpos in Agios Vouklas, south of Basmahane was built in 1866 on site of an ancient church. The building of the chuch has served as the main archaeological museum of Izmir for several decades after 1922 and it finally restored in 2010 to serve as a cultural centre.
4- The church of Metamorfosis Sotiros (Transfiguration of Christ) in Karantina or Göztepe was built in 1862 and converted today to Hüsnü Ataberk Mosque.
5- The church of Agia Paraskevi in Karataş (Melantia): Possible remains of the Agia Paraskevi exist in the Adile Naşit Park of the Karataş area. The gateway seems original, and the possible priest’s house viewable on the left is all that remains. The lower levels of its steps are marble and are possibly leading up to the former platform of the church. Possible outer wall of the church now forming part of a later house.
6- The church of Agios Ioannis stin Alygaria Paraxysmou (Malaria-healer) church in Alygaria (south of Darağaç), Tenekeciler quarter, near Mortakia is mostly standing. The remains of this church is located today commonly known as Tenekeciler quarter - officially known as Ege Mahallesi, east of the Smyrna-Aidin (Izmir-Aydın) railway tracks, south of Darağaç, (close to Mortakia), outside the 1922 fire zone. It was built in 1910 and a certain green stone (serpentine?) from Soma, Manisa has been used in its structure. The current status of the church is partially a coffee house (kahvehane) with two of the side walls that are still visible.
7- The church pf Agios Konstantinos kai Agia Eleni in 1215 Street of Tepecik, today Hilal Mahallesi; between the höyük site of Tepecik and Caravan Brige over river Meles. It was built in 1888 or in some sources in 1866. The building was demolished c. 1963 and the school belonging to the former church and the garden walls are still standing. The site now being used as a school called as Şehit Fazılbey Ortaokulu (literally the Şehit Fazıl Bey Middle School). The location of the church should roughly be in the school courtyard and and the current school building belonging to the priests.
8- The Monastery of Profitis Elias locates in Kamares where Early Byzantine aquaeducts are visible, on the road to Buca - St. Anne’s Valley, today Yeşildere which was built between 1844 and 1846.
Existing 19th century Greek churches in the hamlets of Izmir/Smyrna
At the beginning of the 20th century in Buca in southeastern part of Izmir there were three Greek Orthodox churches, two Greek community schools (one for males, one for females) as well as some private Greek schools, while there were two private English schools, one Catholic nunes' school and one Capuchin monks school. Today there are only a Catholic and a Baptist church in service in Buca.
9- The church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos in the upper town of Buca was built in 1796, rebuilt in 1854 and converted into Murdaiye Mosque.
10- The church of Evangelismos Theotokou (Annunciation of Virgin Mary) in the lower town of Buca was built in 1903.
11- The church of Analipsis Sotiros (Ascension of Christ) in Bayraklı was built in 1845 and converted into the Central Mosque of Bayraklı.
12- The small church of Timios Stavros locates Narlıköy (now Doğanlar), near Bornova which is restored in 2014.
Reference work
E. Laflı and A. Zäh, Beiträge zur Kenntnis der osmanischen Kirchenarchitektur im Großraum İzmir-Smyrna (19. Jh.–1922), Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 165/1, 2015, 125-154.
Acknowledgement
I am grateful to Mr Achilleas Chatziconstantinou (Athens) and Mr Kleanthis Sidiropoulos (Heraklion) for their critical reading of this text.
In the 19th century there were more than 50 Greek Orthodox churches in the greater metropolitan area of today’s Izmir, including suburbean hamlets of Buca (Βουτζάς), Bornova (Μπουρνόβας), Bayraklı (Μπαϊρακλί) and Karşıyaka (Κορδελιό). In the “Former and current churches of Smyrna“ listing of the website of the “Levantine Heritage“ where all churches of Izmir were listed, almost 45 “Greek Orthodox“ churches in forms of basilicas, churches and chapels are known. Today 12 of these Greek Orthodox churches exist in various states of preservation. In this paper the focus will be these 11 Greek churches in various parts of today’s Izmir which are at least partially visible. Churches presented in Laflı and Zäh 2015 are excluded in this paper.
Existing 19th century Greek churches in Izmir/Smyrna
1- The church of Metochion Panagia Kykkou in İkiçeşmelik (Apano Machalas or Juderia) is only preserved with its gate.
2- The church of Agios Ioannis Theologos in the Upper Town (Pano Machalas), south of Juderia was built in c. 1700, burned in 1773, rebuilt after that and rebuilt larger in 1804. This church does not exist anymore and there is a new school building in its place; but some traces of the church can still be seen.
3- The church of Agios Voukolos and Polykarpos in Agios Vouklas, south of Basmahane was built in 1866 on site of an ancient church. The building of the chuch has served as the main archaeological museum of Izmir for several decades after 1922 and it finally restored in 2010 to serve as a cultural centre.
4- The church of Metamorfosis Sotiros (Transfiguration of Christ) in Karantina or Göztepe was built in 1862 and converted today to Hüsnü Ataberk Mosque.
5- The church of Agia Paraskevi in Karataş (Melantia): Possible remains of the Agia Paraskevi exist in the Adile Naşit Park of the Karataş area. The gateway seems original, and the possible priest’s house viewable on the left is all that remains. The lower levels of its steps are marble and are possibly leading up to the former platform of the church. Possible outer wall of the church now forming part of a later house.
6- The church of Agios Ioannis stin Alygaria Paraxysmou (Malaria-healer) church in Alygaria (south of Darağaç), Tenekeciler quarter, near Mortakia is mostly standing. The remains of this church is located today commonly known as Tenekeciler quarter - officially known as Ege Mahallesi, east of the Smyrna-Aidin (Izmir-Aydın) railway tracks, south of Darağaç, (close to Mortakia), outside the 1922 fire zone. It was built in 1910 and a certain green stone (serpentine?) from Soma, Manisa has been used in its structure. The current status of the church is partially a coffee house (kahvehane) with two of the side walls that are still visible.
7- The church pf Agios Konstantinos kai Agia Eleni in 1215 Street of Tepecik, today Hilal Mahallesi; between the höyük site of Tepecik and Caravan Brige over river Meles. It was built in 1888 or in some sources in 1866. The building was demolished c. 1963 and the school belonging to the former church and the garden walls are still standing. The site now being used as a school called as Şehit Fazılbey Ortaokulu (literally the Şehit Fazıl Bey Middle School). The location of the church should roughly be in the school courtyard and and the current school building belonging to the priests.
8- The Monastery of Profitis Elias locates in Kamares where Early Byzantine aquaeducts are visible, on the road to Buca - St. Anne’s Valley, today Yeşildere which was built between 1844 and 1846.
Existing 19th century Greek churches in the hamlets of Izmir/Smyrna
At the beginning of the 20th century in Buca in southeastern part of Izmir there were three Greek Orthodox churches, two Greek community schools (one for males, one for females) as well as some private Greek schools, while there were two private English schools, one Catholic nunes' school and one Capuchin monks school. Today there are only a Catholic and a Baptist church in service in Buca.
9- The church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos in the upper town of Buca was built in 1796, rebuilt in 1854 and converted into Murdaiye Mosque.
10- The church of Evangelismos Theotokou (Annunciation of Virgin Mary) in the lower town of Buca was built in 1903.
11- The church of Analipsis Sotiros (Ascension of Christ) in Bayraklı was built in 1845 and converted into the Central Mosque of Bayraklı.
12- The small church of Timios Stavros locates Narlıköy (now Doğanlar), near Bornova which is restored in 2014.
Reference work
E. Laflı and A. Zäh, Beiträge zur Kenntnis der osmanischen Kirchenarchitektur im Großraum İzmir-Smyrna (19. Jh.–1922), Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 165/1, 2015, 125-154.
Acknowledgement
I am grateful to Mr Achilleas Chatziconstantinou (Athens) and Mr Kleanthis Sidiropoulos (Heraklion) for their critical reading of this text.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Ottoman History, Anatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, and 15 moreByzantine Studies, Ottoman Empire, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Ottoman Period, Church Archaeology, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Church architecture, Archaeology of churches, Byzantine art, Post-byzantine art history, Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art, Medieval church architecture, and Byzantine history and archaeology
This was a virtual lecture at the Sixth Symposium of Neohellenic Ecclesiastical Art which was held on 11 October 2020, via Zoom, in Athens, Greece. The focus of this paper is on the post-medieval Greek ecclesiastical heritage in rural... more
This was a virtual lecture at the Sixth Symposium of Neohellenic Ecclesiastical Art which was held on 11 October 2020, via Zoom, in Athens, Greece.
The focus of this paper is on the post-medieval Greek ecclesiastical heritage in rural parts of of western Anatolia, especially during the 19th century. The material selected consists of Greek churches from the countryside of Izmir and its close environs in the rest of western Asia Minor, since there is a paucity of archaeological scholarship for the Greek community of the Late Ottoman Period. The paper is based on the survey of several Greek churches across 14 locations in and around Izmir, with discussion of the post-medieval Greek heritage, although a history of western Asia Minor in general is outside the scope of the paper. As post-medieval Greek churches can be taken as active interventions in social relations, this paper offers a potential for reconstructing the social complexities of Late Ottoman western Anatolia, although building a church can represent many things, most commonly an act of piety and symbol of prosperity of the donour (person or guild) or of the entire community. I am therefore going to present more on the circumstances around which these churches were built and functioned. Churches presented in Laflı and Zäh 2015 are excluded in this paper.
19th century Greek churches in small towns in the countryside of Izmir/Smyrna
1- Urla is a town and the center of the district of the same name that is located in the middle of a small peninsula which protrudes northwards in the Gulf of Izmir. The name “Urla” is derived from Bryela, meaning Woman of God i.e. St Mary, and Βουρλά (“Vourla”) meaning marshlands, and the town was cited as such in western sources until the 20th century. Several rural churches in the countryside as well as a central Late Ottoman Greek church are known in Urla.
2- Gülbahçe is a small district near Urla which is located in the Gulf of Gülbahçe. Obviously it was a Greek village in the 19th century. A monumental basilica was already documented by Georg Weber. The small Greek church that is converted to the district’s main mosque today is not known in scholarly literature.
3- Alaçatı (Αλάτσατα) is a town on Çeşme Peninsula, on the Aegean Sea. A church was built at there in 1874, dedicated to Εισόδια της Θεοτόκου and converted into the Marketplace Mosque in 1924. This church is very well known in scholarly literature, but a second Late Ottoman Greek church was excavated by Candan Kozanlı in 2000s which will be presented here.
4- Beside the Greek basilicia of Agios Charalambos (Ἅγιος Χαράλαμπος) which is built in 1832 and is documented extensively, there are some smaller churches and chapels in Çeşme, Κρήνη in Greek and its close enviorns which are not known in art historical literature.
5- Aliağa is situated at about 50 km north of Izmir. The so-called „Central Mosque” of Aliağa is a converted mid-19th century Greek church which is not well-known in art historical sources.
6- The town of Foça is situated at about 69 km northwest of Izmir. It is locally often called as Eskifoça (“Old Foça”) and Φώκαια in Greek sources. There are several Greek churches in Foça, but concentration will be given to the main church in Foça which was built in the 19th century.
19th century Greek churches in small towns in the Turkish province of Manisa (Magnesia)
7- Turgutlu, also known as Kasaba (Cassaba or Casaba), meaning „small town“, is a large township in the province of Manisa. During the 1910s, Kasaba was recorded by sources such as G. Sotiriadis (1918) and S. Anagnostopoulou (1997) as having a Greek population averaging at around one sixth of the total, between 3500 and 6000, in a subdistrict aggregate of thirty-five thousand and a center town population of around fourteen thousand. In Turgutlu it is known that there was a church of the Holy Apostles, which was built in 1772 and destroyed between 1922 and 1940. While the French historian Félix Marie Charles Texier (1802-1871) illustrated an obviously Greek church in Kasaba with the subtitle „the plan and section of a Byzantine church in Kasaba”, he did not quote the name of his church. A 180-page book on Turgutlu, printed in Greek in Nea Smyrna near Athens in 1934 contains a picture of this church where the subtitle “Ιερός Ναός των Αγίων Αποστόλων” (The Holy Church of the Apostles) was quoted. In the light of these evidences, the Greek church that was existing until 1939 at the same location of the Turkish Governmental House in Turgutlu, should be the Holy Church of the Apostles. It is said that there was a large cemetery in the garden of this church, as these “Apostle Churches” in Istanbul were known with the tombs around them and Byzantine Emperor Constantine the Great had built such a church in Constantinople with the same name for his own burial. The building next to this church that is being used as a part of the Governmental House should belong to the Greek Primary School of the 19th century. The second Greek church in Turgutlu was Agios Nikolaos (Άγιος Νικόλαος) which is less known. There was also a Surp Asdvadzadzin (St Mary) Armenian Apostolic Church in the town center of Turgutlu which was used as a cinema in the 1930s and restored in the recent years as a cultural centre. This paper will also include these two less known churches.
8- In the township of Kula east of Manisa two 19th century Greek churches exist, i.e. Panagia and Agios Stephanos, both of which are restored recently, but not published extensively.
9- Gördes in the northern part of Manisa there is a site oft he former town (so-called Eski Gördes) which is abondened in the 1920s where a 19th century Greek church with an extensive inscription situates.
19th century Greek churches in small towns in the Turkish provinces of Aydın and Muğla
10- In the town centre of Aydın (Αϊδίνιο), ancient Tralles, there is a standing Greek chapel of the 19th century in the old town which is not known previously.
The Armenian Catholic church of Aydın is located in the center of Aydın which was built in 1888 on the road leading to Kepez (continuation of the road passing in front of today's Trade High School) and damaged seriously through the earthquake in 1899.
11- The church of Agios Nikolaos, built in Söke in 1821, is located in the Güllübahçe neighborhood of Gelebeç, and this very old and magnificent church is not well known in scholarly literature.
12- A 19th century Greek chapel has recently being restored in Didim and services today as a parish church for the local English residents.
13- Two 19th century Greek churches are restored in Bodrum, ancient Halicarnassus: the first one is the main Agios Nikolaos church of Bodrum, and the second one is known as „Ayazma”, but it is basically a chapel, close to the Bardakçı Bay.
14- Fethiye, Greek Μάκρη, grew considerably in the 19th century, and had a large Greek population at this time. A forgotten church is found in the town centre of Fethiye which will be presented here.
Reference work
E. Laflı and A. Zäh, Beiträge zur Kenntnis der osmanischen Kirchenarchitektur im Großraum İzmir-Smyrna (19. Jh.–1922), Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 165/1, 2015, 125-154.
Acknowledgement
I am grateful to Mr Achilleas Chatziconstantinou (Athens) and Mr Kleanthis Sidiropoulos (Heraklion) for their critical reading of this text.
A rural church exists in a village of Turgutlu (personal communication with Mr Ali Uçan, Manisa in November 2019).
The focus of this paper is on the post-medieval Greek ecclesiastical heritage in rural parts of of western Anatolia, especially during the 19th century. The material selected consists of Greek churches from the countryside of Izmir and its close environs in the rest of western Asia Minor, since there is a paucity of archaeological scholarship for the Greek community of the Late Ottoman Period. The paper is based on the survey of several Greek churches across 14 locations in and around Izmir, with discussion of the post-medieval Greek heritage, although a history of western Asia Minor in general is outside the scope of the paper. As post-medieval Greek churches can be taken as active interventions in social relations, this paper offers a potential for reconstructing the social complexities of Late Ottoman western Anatolia, although building a church can represent many things, most commonly an act of piety and symbol of prosperity of the donour (person or guild) or of the entire community. I am therefore going to present more on the circumstances around which these churches were built and functioned. Churches presented in Laflı and Zäh 2015 are excluded in this paper.
19th century Greek churches in small towns in the countryside of Izmir/Smyrna
1- Urla is a town and the center of the district of the same name that is located in the middle of a small peninsula which protrudes northwards in the Gulf of Izmir. The name “Urla” is derived from Bryela, meaning Woman of God i.e. St Mary, and Βουρλά (“Vourla”) meaning marshlands, and the town was cited as such in western sources until the 20th century. Several rural churches in the countryside as well as a central Late Ottoman Greek church are known in Urla.
2- Gülbahçe is a small district near Urla which is located in the Gulf of Gülbahçe. Obviously it was a Greek village in the 19th century. A monumental basilica was already documented by Georg Weber. The small Greek church that is converted to the district’s main mosque today is not known in scholarly literature.
3- Alaçatı (Αλάτσατα) is a town on Çeşme Peninsula, on the Aegean Sea. A church was built at there in 1874, dedicated to Εισόδια της Θεοτόκου and converted into the Marketplace Mosque in 1924. This church is very well known in scholarly literature, but a second Late Ottoman Greek church was excavated by Candan Kozanlı in 2000s which will be presented here.
4- Beside the Greek basilicia of Agios Charalambos (Ἅγιος Χαράλαμπος) which is built in 1832 and is documented extensively, there are some smaller churches and chapels in Çeşme, Κρήνη in Greek and its close enviorns which are not known in art historical literature.
5- Aliağa is situated at about 50 km north of Izmir. The so-called „Central Mosque” of Aliağa is a converted mid-19th century Greek church which is not well-known in art historical sources.
6- The town of Foça is situated at about 69 km northwest of Izmir. It is locally often called as Eskifoça (“Old Foça”) and Φώκαια in Greek sources. There are several Greek churches in Foça, but concentration will be given to the main church in Foça which was built in the 19th century.
19th century Greek churches in small towns in the Turkish province of Manisa (Magnesia)
7- Turgutlu, also known as Kasaba (Cassaba or Casaba), meaning „small town“, is a large township in the province of Manisa. During the 1910s, Kasaba was recorded by sources such as G. Sotiriadis (1918) and S. Anagnostopoulou (1997) as having a Greek population averaging at around one sixth of the total, between 3500 and 6000, in a subdistrict aggregate of thirty-five thousand and a center town population of around fourteen thousand. In Turgutlu it is known that there was a church of the Holy Apostles, which was built in 1772 and destroyed between 1922 and 1940. While the French historian Félix Marie Charles Texier (1802-1871) illustrated an obviously Greek church in Kasaba with the subtitle „the plan and section of a Byzantine church in Kasaba”, he did not quote the name of his church. A 180-page book on Turgutlu, printed in Greek in Nea Smyrna near Athens in 1934 contains a picture of this church where the subtitle “Ιερός Ναός των Αγίων Αποστόλων” (The Holy Church of the Apostles) was quoted. In the light of these evidences, the Greek church that was existing until 1939 at the same location of the Turkish Governmental House in Turgutlu, should be the Holy Church of the Apostles. It is said that there was a large cemetery in the garden of this church, as these “Apostle Churches” in Istanbul were known with the tombs around them and Byzantine Emperor Constantine the Great had built such a church in Constantinople with the same name for his own burial. The building next to this church that is being used as a part of the Governmental House should belong to the Greek Primary School of the 19th century. The second Greek church in Turgutlu was Agios Nikolaos (Άγιος Νικόλαος) which is less known. There was also a Surp Asdvadzadzin (St Mary) Armenian Apostolic Church in the town center of Turgutlu which was used as a cinema in the 1930s and restored in the recent years as a cultural centre. This paper will also include these two less known churches.
8- In the township of Kula east of Manisa two 19th century Greek churches exist, i.e. Panagia and Agios Stephanos, both of which are restored recently, but not published extensively.
9- Gördes in the northern part of Manisa there is a site oft he former town (so-called Eski Gördes) which is abondened in the 1920s where a 19th century Greek church with an extensive inscription situates.
19th century Greek churches in small towns in the Turkish provinces of Aydın and Muğla
10- In the town centre of Aydın (Αϊδίνιο), ancient Tralles, there is a standing Greek chapel of the 19th century in the old town which is not known previously.
The Armenian Catholic church of Aydın is located in the center of Aydın which was built in 1888 on the road leading to Kepez (continuation of the road passing in front of today's Trade High School) and damaged seriously through the earthquake in 1899.
11- The church of Agios Nikolaos, built in Söke in 1821, is located in the Güllübahçe neighborhood of Gelebeç, and this very old and magnificent church is not well known in scholarly literature.
12- A 19th century Greek chapel has recently being restored in Didim and services today as a parish church for the local English residents.
13- Two 19th century Greek churches are restored in Bodrum, ancient Halicarnassus: the first one is the main Agios Nikolaos church of Bodrum, and the second one is known as „Ayazma”, but it is basically a chapel, close to the Bardakçı Bay.
14- Fethiye, Greek Μάκρη, grew considerably in the 19th century, and had a large Greek population at this time. A forgotten church is found in the town centre of Fethiye which will be presented here.
Reference work
E. Laflı and A. Zäh, Beiträge zur Kenntnis der osmanischen Kirchenarchitektur im Großraum İzmir-Smyrna (19. Jh.–1922), Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 165/1, 2015, 125-154.
Acknowledgement
I am grateful to Mr Achilleas Chatziconstantinou (Athens) and Mr Kleanthis Sidiropoulos (Heraklion) for their critical reading of this text.
A rural church exists in a village of Turgutlu (personal communication with Mr Ali Uçan, Manisa in November 2019).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Ottoman History, Anatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, and 15 moreOttoman Empire, Church History, Late Ottoman Period, History of Ottoman Art and Architecture, Church Archaeology, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Post Medieval Archaeology, Church architecture, Archaeology of churches, Post-Medieval Archaeology, İzmir, Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology, Post-byzantine art history, and Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art
This PPT was presented at a virtual seminar at the postgraduate course, entitled "Analytical tools, approaches, concepts used to study the Middle or Late Roman Republic" at the Centre for Classical and Medieval Studies of Peking... more
This PPT was presented at a virtual seminar at the postgraduate course, entitled "Analytical tools, approaches, concepts used to study the Middle or Late Roman Republic" at the Centre for Classical and Medieval Studies of Peking University, China, on Zoom which took place on 4th March 2022, at 1pm (Turkish time). In this lecture I presented recent finds in the regards of archaeology of Constantinople (Istanbul) during the long fourth century A.D.
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This PPT was presented at a virtual seminar at the postgraduate course, entitled "The Newman Institute Research Seminar in Late Ancient and Byzantine Cultures" at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, on Zoom which took place on 9th March... more
This PPT was presented at a virtual seminar at the postgraduate course, entitled "The Newman Institute Research Seminar in Late Ancient and Byzantine Cultures" at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, on Zoom which took place on 9th March 2022, at 4pm (Swedish time). In this lecture I presented some unpublished examples of clay lamps of the Roman and Late Roman periods from southern Turkey.
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval Pottery, Greek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Roman Lamps, Ceramica Medievale, Pottery studies, Ceramica Romana, and Late Antique and Byzantine Lamps
This PPT was presented at a virtual reading class at the postgraduate course, entitled "Metropolitanism in the premodernity" at the University of Regensburg, Germany, on Zoom which took place on 15th December 2021, at 10am (German time).... more
This PPT was presented at a virtual reading class at the postgraduate course, entitled "Metropolitanism in the premodernity" at the University of Regensburg, Germany, on Zoom which took place on 15th December 2021, at 10am (German time). In this lecture I presented recent finds in the regards of archaeology of Roman and Byzantine Constantinople (Istanbul).
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This seminar was held virtually on Zoom. Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] with any queries.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine History, and 15 moreByzantine Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantium, Constantinople, History of Istanbul, Late Antiquity and Byzantium (History and Art), Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Daily Life in Byzantium, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, Byzantine history and archaeology, İSTANBUL KENT TARİHİ, Urban Studies: Constantinople/Istanbul, and Classics and Ancient History
This PPT that is abridged hereby was presented at a virtual seminar at the Oxford Epigraphy Workshop which took place on 22nd November 2021, at 1pm GMT until 2pm GMT. In this lecture we presented some new inscriptions from local museums... more
This PPT that is abridged hereby was presented at a virtual seminar at the Oxford Epigraphy Workshop which took place on 22nd November 2021, at 1pm GMT until 2pm GMT. In this lecture we presented some new inscriptions from local museums in eastern Turkey.
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Arkeoloji Müzesi’ndeki Antik Yunanca yazıtlar ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü’nün 3 Haziran 2021 tarih ve E-28262782-806.01.03-1429753 sayılı izinleri ile çalışılmıştır.
Müze’deki gerekli belgeleme işlemi Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi’nden Arkeolog Alev Çetingöz tarafından Ağustos 2021 tarihinde gerçekleştirilmiştir.
The Greek inscriptions in the Archaeological Museum were studied with an authorisation granted by the Directorship of this museum issued on 3th June 2021 and registered as E-28262782-806.01.03-1429753.
The necessary documentation was assembled in August 2021 by Ms Alev Çetingöz (Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir).
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Arkeoloji Müzesi’ndeki Antik Yunanca yazıtlar ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü’nün 3 Haziran 2021 tarih ve E-28262782-806.01.03-1429753 sayılı izinleri ile çalışılmıştır.
Müze’deki gerekli belgeleme işlemi Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi’nden Arkeolog Alev Çetingöz tarafından Ağustos 2021 tarihinde gerçekleştirilmiştir.
The Greek inscriptions in the Archaeological Museum were studied with an authorisation granted by the Directorship of this museum issued on 3th June 2021 and registered as E-28262782-806.01.03-1429753.
The necessary documentation was assembled in August 2021 by Ms Alev Çetingöz (Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreRoman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Epigram (Classics), Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Greek Epigram, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Epigrafia, Roman Archaeology, and Classics and Ancient History
This is a PPT of an online lecture at the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC), Northeast Normal University, which took place on 11 October 2021 in Changchun, China, on Zoom.us. Paphlagonia was the ancient name of a... more
This is a PPT of an online lecture at the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC), Northeast Normal University, which took place on 11 October 2021 in Changchun, China, on Zoom.us.
Paphlagonia was the ancient name of a Graeco-Roman and Byzantine landscape on the western Black Sea, on the central north coast of Asia Minor. This region is generally located in north-central Anatolia. It bordered by ancient regions of Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east, and Phrygia and Cappadocia to the south. The historical landscape of Paphlagonia occupies almost half of northern Anatolia and thus the Anatolian Black Sea coastline, which is covered in the south by the chains of the Pontic Mountains (today Köroğlu Dağları and Ilgaz Dağları) and in the west by the Sangarius (today Sakarya). Apart from Sangarius, the boundaries between the immediate neighbouring areas, such as Bithynia and Galatia, and Paphlagonia were determined by some rivers, although the boundaries of Paphlagonia were drawn differently by the ancient writers at various times: in the north Paphlagonia extended to the Pontos Euxeinos, i.e. Black Sea. The borders between the regions Paphlagonia and Pontus were essentially formed by the Halys (today Kızılırmak), which became famous in ancient sources through the victory of Cyrus over Croesus in the sixth century B.C. This paper is devoted to the ancient rivers of Paphlagonia, their impact on the settlement patterns, histories, population, trade and social life in general.
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Paphlagonia was the ancient name of a Graeco-Roman and Byzantine landscape on the western Black Sea, on the central north coast of Asia Minor. This region is generally located in north-central Anatolia. It bordered by ancient regions of Bithynia to the west, Pontus to the east, and Phrygia and Cappadocia to the south. The historical landscape of Paphlagonia occupies almost half of northern Anatolia and thus the Anatolian Black Sea coastline, which is covered in the south by the chains of the Pontic Mountains (today Köroğlu Dağları and Ilgaz Dağları) and in the west by the Sangarius (today Sakarya). Apart from Sangarius, the boundaries between the immediate neighbouring areas, such as Bithynia and Galatia, and Paphlagonia were determined by some rivers, although the boundaries of Paphlagonia were drawn differently by the ancient writers at various times: in the north Paphlagonia extended to the Pontos Euxeinos, i.e. Black Sea. The borders between the regions Paphlagonia and Pontus were essentially formed by the Halys (today Kızılırmak), which became famous in ancient sources through the victory of Cyrus over Croesus in the sixth century B.C. This paper is devoted to the ancient rivers of Paphlagonia, their impact on the settlement patterns, histories, population, trade and social life in general.
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Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreRivers, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Black Sea Studies, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Ancient Topography, Black Sea, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Ancient Greek Colonies of the Northern Black Sea Shore, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Archaeology and Ancient History, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Archaeology, and Classics and Ancient History
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This is an abridged version of the Powerpoint presentation of my lecture in an awareness meeting on International Mountain Day (11 December), entitled “Sustainable effective management of mountainous areas and community 5.0” which took... more
This is an abridged version of the Powerpoint presentation of my lecture in an awareness meeting on International Mountain Day (11 December), entitled “Sustainable effective management of mountainous areas and community 5.0” which took place on December 12, 2019 in Izmir, Turkey. This lecture focuses on some examples of destruction of archaeological heritage in the mountainous areas of Izmir in western Turkey. Two questions were important: How to take precautions and what should be done?
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Cultural Heritage, Heritage Studies, and 15 moreLandscape Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, Cultural Heritage Management, Heritage Management, Archaeological Heritage Management, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Settlement archaeology, Ancient Anatolia, Protection of cultural heritage, Archaeological Site Formation Processes, Mountain Tourism, İzmir, High Mountain Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
I have been a panel coordinator at the international conference, entitled "Troy-Tenea-Rome. Mythological and historical itineraries meet for the first time" which was held on December 5, 2019 in Corinth, Greece. Other coordinators of the... more
I have been a panel coordinator at the international conference, entitled "Troy-Tenea-Rome. Mythological and historical itineraries meet for the first time" which was held on December 5, 2019 in Corinth, Greece. Other coordinators of the panel 3 were Anastasia Gadolou, P. Panagiotis Iossif, Christina Papageorgopoulou and N. Grigorios Tsokas. The conference was organized by the Tenea Project, headed by Elena Korka.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Greek History, Roman History, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Greek colonies in Magna Graecia, Greek Colonisation, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek History, Greek religion (Classics), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greece (History), Ancient Greece, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Ancient Greece and Rome, Excavations, and Roman Archaeology
This is an abridged version of the Powerpoint presentation of our lecture in a conference, entitled "Der Alpen-Adria-Raum und das Imperium Romanum in der hohen Kaiserzeit: Neue wirtschafts- und sozialgeschichtliche Forschungen im Spiegel... more
This is an abridged version of the Powerpoint presentation of our lecture in a conference, entitled "Der Alpen-Adria-Raum und das Imperium Romanum in der hohen Kaiserzeit: Neue wirtschafts- und sozialgeschichtliche Forschungen im Spiegel archäologischer, epigraphischer, numismatischer und papyrologischer Quellen" (=The Alps-Adriatic region and the Imperium Romanum in the High Empire: New economic and socio-historical research in the mirror of archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic and papyrological source) which took place on November 27-29, 2019 in Klagenfurt, Austria. This lecture focuses on our publication project of an early fourth century A.D. bronze coin hoard from northern Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Numismatics, and 15 moreAncient numismatics (Archaeology), Late Roman Empire, Late Roman Archaeology, Roman numismatics and archaeology, Ancient Roman Numismatics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman coins, Ancient Numismatics, Coin Hoards, Ancient Coins, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Roman Imperial Coins, Hoard finds, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
This is an abridged version of the Powerpoint presentation of our lecture in a conference, entitled "Der Alpen-Adria-Raum und das Imperium Romanum in der hohen Kaiserzeit: Neue wirtschafts- und sozialgeschichtliche Forschungen im Spiegel... more
This is an abridged version of the Powerpoint presentation of our lecture in a conference, entitled "Der Alpen-Adria-Raum und das Imperium Romanum in der hohen Kaiserzeit: Neue wirtschafts- und sozialgeschichtliche Forschungen im Spiegel archäologischer, epigraphischer, numismatischer und papyrologischer Quellen" (=The Alps-Adriatic region and the Imperium Romanum in the High Empire: New economic and socio-historical research in the mirror of archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic and papyrological source) which took place on November 27-29, 2019 in Klagenfurt, Austria. This lecture focuses on our publication project of some Roman and Byzantine funerary and votive monuments from Cappadocia.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Medieval Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Cappadocians, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Epigraphy, Epigrafia, and Roman Archaeology
This conference on engineering in archaeology was held on November 7, 2019, at the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, Turkey, with some scholars, discussing about common interests, applications and working areas between engineering and... more
This conference on engineering in archaeology was held on November 7, 2019, at the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, Turkey, with some scholars, discussing about common interests, applications and working areas between engineering and archaeology. My presentation was about the past applications of engineering in archaeology in North America where I offered some examples of the 20th century. The co-organizer of the conference was Dr Egemen Teomete of the Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering.
Research Interests: Engineering, Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Landscape Archaeology, and 15 moreArchaeological Science, Anatolian Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, History of Archaeological Praxis, Archaeological GIS, Survey (Archaeological Method & Theory), Archaeometry, Archaeological Theory, Archaeological Prospection, Archaeological Geophysics, Archaeological Chemistry, Archaeological Fieldwork, Archaeological Methodology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), and Archaeological Sciences
This paper covers many aspects of military textile and clothing research from detailed analyses of specific cloths, weaves or dyes to discussions of technological developments in textile manufacture and production through the figures on... more
This paper covers many aspects of military textile and clothing research from detailed analyses of specific cloths, weaves or dyes to discussions of technological developments in textile manufacture and production through the figures on Roman sarcophagi in southern and south-eastern Turkey.. The aim of the paper is to report Roman military garments in such a specific context, and their techniques in Roman Asia Minor. So far not much efforts was given to the textile research in Asia Minor. Thus, this presentation will be a new approach on this subject with some examples.
Keywords: Roman art, textiles, military garments, sarcophagi, iconography, materiality, Asia Minor.
Keywords: Roman art, textiles, military garments, sarcophagi, iconography, materiality, Asia Minor.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Textile Archaeology, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Roman military archaeology, Ancient Textiles, Roman Iconography, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Military Archaeology, Roman Sculpture, Archaeological textiles, Archaeological textiles and clothing, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Roman Funerary Art, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Roman Archaeology, and Anatolian and the Near Eastern Archaeology
This is abstract of a lecture at the 7th symposium of Neohellenic ecclesiastical art that was held on March 31-April 2, 2023, in the Department of Theology of the School of Theology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,... more
This is abstract of a lecture at the 7th symposium of Neohellenic ecclesiastical art that was held on March 31-April 2, 2023, in the Department of Theology of the School of Theology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
In this paper the focus was given to ecclestiastical architectural and interior decorative elements from Ottoman Greek and Armenian churches which are curated in Turkish museums. The design of space inside Ottoman Orthodox churches such as choice of decor and furnishings will be presented here with several examples kept in some Turkish museums. Design criteria include harmony of colour, texture, lighting, scale and proportion. These elements are mostly by marble or wooden, and belong to outside or interior architecture of churches. They include elements belonging to narthex, naves, iconostasis and sanctuary sections of the churches. The origin of most of the elements are not known; but they must have been acquired from the local Greek or Armenian churches in their regions. It seems that most of the elements belong to the period between circa 1850 and 1910. It is almost impossible to determine artists of these pieces, as most of them remained anonymous; but they were local Ottoman Greek or Armenian masters from rural areas of Post-Medieval Asia Minor. Beside these elements there are also numerous gravestones in Greek and Armenian languages as well as Late Ottoman Orthodox liturgical objects (including a large number of icons both in Greek and Armenian painting traditions) in Turkish museums which are excluded from this presentation.
In this paper the focus was given to ecclestiastical architectural and interior decorative elements from Ottoman Greek and Armenian churches which are curated in Turkish museums. The design of space inside Ottoman Orthodox churches such as choice of decor and furnishings will be presented here with several examples kept in some Turkish museums. Design criteria include harmony of colour, texture, lighting, scale and proportion. These elements are mostly by marble or wooden, and belong to outside or interior architecture of churches. They include elements belonging to narthex, naves, iconostasis and sanctuary sections of the churches. The origin of most of the elements are not known; but they must have been acquired from the local Greek or Armenian churches in their regions. It seems that most of the elements belong to the period between circa 1850 and 1910. It is almost impossible to determine artists of these pieces, as most of them remained anonymous; but they were local Ottoman Greek or Armenian masters from rural areas of Post-Medieval Asia Minor. Beside these elements there are also numerous gravestones in Greek and Armenian languages as well as Late Ottoman Orthodox liturgical objects (including a large number of icons both in Greek and Armenian painting traditions) in Turkish museums which are excluded from this presentation.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Art History, Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreHistory of Art, Byzantine Iconography, Byzantine Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Post Medieval Archaeology, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Historia del Arte, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Byzantine art, Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology, Post-byzantine art history, Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art, Byzantine and post-byzantine icons and frescoes, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Byzantine and Postbyzantine icon-painting
This is an online lecture on Zoom on April 20th, 2023, in Italy, in a virtual meeting, called as "Dialoghi sulla scultura in bronzo: materiali, tecniche e vocabolario". Hermes, the Greek messenger god, with his Roman equivalent, Mercure,... more
This is an online lecture on Zoom on April 20th, 2023, in Italy, in a virtual meeting, called as "Dialoghi sulla scultura in bronzo: materiali, tecniche e vocabolario".
Hermes, the Greek messenger god, with his Roman equivalent, Mercure, is identified by his short cloak and the remains of a herald’s staff that is visible along his left upper arm. Statues like this one, based on Classical Greek prototypes, served as attractive decorative objects in Roman villas as well as in Roman shops while also creating an atmosphere of cultural refinement. Hermes—messenger of the gods, the cattle rustler, the inventor of the lyre, the guider of souls across the River Styx, the manly god of boundaries—stands gracefully here rather than moving purposefully. He likely originally held his kerykeion (herald's staff) in his left hand. A pair of wings are strapped to his feet, and the small rectangular cuttings at the top of his head once held wings that sprang from his laurel-crown.
The lack of interest in the specific delineation of the anatomy and the listless elegance of the pose attest to the decorative quality of this highly refined bronze. In Asia Minor more than 20 type of Hermes bronzes are known. The most common one is the nude god but for a chlamys draped around neck and left arm, wings emerging from his wavy locks, with articulated eyes, holding money bag in right hand, wearing wings on his ankles, in which his association with merchants are expressed. Most of Hermes figurines are sophisticated works, executed in a mannered, classicizing style that sets the god apart from the mundane world of the statuette's human owner and invites contemplation of the divine. Such bronze copies or adaptations of Greek statues of the late fifth or fourth century B.C. (especially the Greek original by Lysippus) are very popular in Roman Asia Minor in the second and third centuries A.D. In this paper focus will be given to these bronze figurines in entire Asia Minor with the following questions:
1- Their production,
2- Distribution,
3- Modelling and rendering,
4- Function,
5- Context,
6- Chronology.
Our work material will mostly be Turkish local museums, as only a few of these Hermes figurines are excavated in archaeological contexts in Turkey.
Main references
E. Laflı/M. Feugère, Statues et statuettes en bronze de Cilicie avec deux annexes sur une main dolichénnienne de Commagène et les figurines en bronze du Musée de Hatay. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 1584 (Oxford 2006).
E. Laflı (ed.), Greek, Roman, and Byzantine bronzes from Anatolia and neighbouring regions, BAR International Series 3038 (Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2021).
Hermes, the Greek messenger god, with his Roman equivalent, Mercure, is identified by his short cloak and the remains of a herald’s staff that is visible along his left upper arm. Statues like this one, based on Classical Greek prototypes, served as attractive decorative objects in Roman villas as well as in Roman shops while also creating an atmosphere of cultural refinement. Hermes—messenger of the gods, the cattle rustler, the inventor of the lyre, the guider of souls across the River Styx, the manly god of boundaries—stands gracefully here rather than moving purposefully. He likely originally held his kerykeion (herald's staff) in his left hand. A pair of wings are strapped to his feet, and the small rectangular cuttings at the top of his head once held wings that sprang from his laurel-crown.
The lack of interest in the specific delineation of the anatomy and the listless elegance of the pose attest to the decorative quality of this highly refined bronze. In Asia Minor more than 20 type of Hermes bronzes are known. The most common one is the nude god but for a chlamys draped around neck and left arm, wings emerging from his wavy locks, with articulated eyes, holding money bag in right hand, wearing wings on his ankles, in which his association with merchants are expressed. Most of Hermes figurines are sophisticated works, executed in a mannered, classicizing style that sets the god apart from the mundane world of the statuette's human owner and invites contemplation of the divine. Such bronze copies or adaptations of Greek statues of the late fifth or fourth century B.C. (especially the Greek original by Lysippus) are very popular in Roman Asia Minor in the second and third centuries A.D. In this paper focus will be given to these bronze figurines in entire Asia Minor with the following questions:
1- Their production,
2- Distribution,
3- Modelling and rendering,
4- Function,
5- Context,
6- Chronology.
Our work material will mostly be Turkish local museums, as only a few of these Hermes figurines are excavated in archaeological contexts in Turkey.
Main references
E. Laflı/M. Feugère, Statues et statuettes en bronze de Cilicie avec deux annexes sur une main dolichénnienne de Commagène et les figurines en bronze du Musée de Hatay. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 1584 (Oxford 2006).
E. Laflı (ed.), Greek, Roman, and Byzantine bronzes from Anatolia and neighbouring regions, BAR International Series 3038 (Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2021).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman Religion, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, and 15 moreGreco-Roman Mythology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Archaeology of Roman Religion, Ancient Anatolia, Religions of the Roman Empire, Greek Sculpture, Roman Sculpture, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Hermes, Roman Bronzes, Ancient Bronzes, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Roman Archaeology, and Graeco-Roman Religion
In this paper the focus is seven 19th century inscriptions from Izmir (western Turkey).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Ottoman History, Anatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, Minority Studies, and 15 moreOttoman Empire, Late Ottoman Period, Minorities in Turkey, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Medieval Epigraphy, Post Medieval Archaeology, Late Ottoman History, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Asia Minor, Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology, Smyrna, Post-byzantine art history, Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art, and Greeks in Asia Minor
In this paper the focus is the Roman road system in northern Anatolia through epigraphic sources. We therefore presented three milestones epigraphically and deepened on the impact of Roman emperors to Paphlagonia and Pontus during the... more
In this paper the focus is the Roman road system in northern Anatolia through epigraphic sources. We therefore presented three milestones epigraphically and deepened on the impact of Roman emperors to Paphlagonia and Pontus during the second and third centuries A.D.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Latin Epigraphy, Roman military archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, and Roman Archaeology
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir. This brief article will be displayed in... more
Bu kısa makalede konu edilen eserlerin incelenmesi, ilgili Müze Müdürlüğü tarafından 23 Aralık 2019 tarih ve 36840858-155.01-E.1062933 sayı ile verilen yazılı bir izin sayesinde gerçekleşmiştir.
This brief article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2025, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2025: [email protected]
In this paper the focus will be given to ecclesiastical architectural and interior decorative elements from Ottoman Greek and Armenian churches which are curated in Turkey. The design of space inside Ottoman Orthodox churches such as choice of decor and furnishings will be presented here with several examples. Design criteria include harmony of colour, texture, lighting, scale and proportion. These elements are mostly by marble or wooden, and belong to outside or interior architecture of churches. They include elements belonging to narthex, naves, iconostasis and sanctuary sections of the churches. The origin of most of the elements are not known; but they must have been acquired from the local Greek or Armenian churches in their regions. It seems that most of the elements belong to the period between circa 1850 and 1910. It is almost impossible to determine artists of these pieces, as most of them remained anonymous; but they were local Ottoman Greek or Armenian masters from rural areas of Post-Medieval Asia Minor. Beside these elements there are also numerous gravestones in Greek and Armenian languages as well as Late Ottoman Orthodox liturgical objects (including a large number of icons both in Greek and Armenian painting traditions) in Turkey which are excluded from this presentation.
This brief article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2025, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2025: [email protected]
In this paper the focus will be given to ecclesiastical architectural and interior decorative elements from Ottoman Greek and Armenian churches which are curated in Turkey. The design of space inside Ottoman Orthodox churches such as choice of decor and furnishings will be presented here with several examples. Design criteria include harmony of colour, texture, lighting, scale and proportion. These elements are mostly by marble or wooden, and belong to outside or interior architecture of churches. They include elements belonging to narthex, naves, iconostasis and sanctuary sections of the churches. The origin of most of the elements are not known; but they must have been acquired from the local Greek or Armenian churches in their regions. It seems that most of the elements belong to the period between circa 1850 and 1910. It is almost impossible to determine artists of these pieces, as most of them remained anonymous; but they were local Ottoman Greek or Armenian masters from rural areas of Post-Medieval Asia Minor. Beside these elements there are also numerous gravestones in Greek and Armenian languages as well as Late Ottoman Orthodox liturgical objects (including a large number of icons both in Greek and Armenian painting traditions) in Turkey which are excluded from this presentation.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Art History, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreByzantine Architecture, Byzantine Liturgy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Architectural Sculpture, Post Medieval Archaeology, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Byzantine art, Byzantine and Postbyzantine Murals, Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology, Post-byzantine art history, Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art, Archaeology and Art History, Byzantine and post-byzantine icons and frescoes, and Byzantine and Postbyzantine icon-painting
This is abstract of an online lecture at a symposium that was held in September, 2022 in Turkey. Located in Baklalı or Dutlu Kuyu (or Çeşme) Mevkii, 2.5 km northeast of Büknüş Mahallesi, in the province of Manisa Province, on a plain... more
This is abstract of an online lecture at a symposium that was held in September, 2022 in Turkey.
Located in Baklalı or Dutlu Kuyu (or Çeşme) Mevkii, 2.5 km northeast of Büknüş Mahallesi, in the province of Manisa Province, on a plain between Cingören Tepe, Beşiktepe, Dolapçıtepe and Höyüktepe, 1.5 km southwest of Süleymanköy and 14 km northwest of Akhisar Hermokapeleia (Ἑρμοκαπέλια) or Hermokapeleiai (Latin Hermocapelea) is in a location called "Sırtköy" or "Beşiktepe" in epigraphic publications, near Zeytinliova (formerly Yayaköy). In ancient times, the city of Hermokapeleia was within the borders of the northwest Lydia, west of the city of Apollonia, next to the small Büknuş Plain, which is almost completely surrounded by mountains, and near the Gediz (Hermos) River. The name of the city is also known as Thyessos. Pliny the Elder and Hierocles mention the city. While Hermokapeleia was administratively affiliated to the Pergamon Conventus in the Roman period, it was moved to this region when the metropolis of the region became a conventus center during the era of Caracalla (AD 198-217). During this period, the city had a kataikia. The fact that Hermokapeleia has kataikia meaning "military colonies" indicates that the city was a relatively large city during the Roman Period; however, no large building remains are observed on the surface of the city and the boundaries of the city are not known at all. Some of the blocks belonging to the city are located in the mosque in the village center of Süleymanköy. In addition, marble resources are known near the city today and perhaps in the Ancient Age, which are still used. In the Byzantine Period, some bishops of the city are known. However, it is not fully understood when the region became Turkic.
No archaeological salvage excavations have been carried out at the Hermokapeleia Ruins, and the site is little known in the archaeological literature. A statue base, a milestone and other inscriptions and some coins have been published in the area. In addition, a small number of bronze coins from the Domitian and Hadrianic Periods are known.
Many small settlements are known in northwestern Lydia and in Hermokapeleia and its surroundings; however, these settlements are not very well known. The agricultural periphery of the city has not been adequately explored. The surrounding settlements of Hermokapeleia and Northwestern Lydia, located on some trade routes, must have survived in the Roman and Byzantine periods, thanks to both trade and fertile lands.
In this paper, all information about this ancient city of Manisa, which has been completely erased from memory, will be compiled.
Located in Baklalı or Dutlu Kuyu (or Çeşme) Mevkii, 2.5 km northeast of Büknüş Mahallesi, in the province of Manisa Province, on a plain between Cingören Tepe, Beşiktepe, Dolapçıtepe and Höyüktepe, 1.5 km southwest of Süleymanköy and 14 km northwest of Akhisar Hermokapeleia (Ἑρμοκαπέλια) or Hermokapeleiai (Latin Hermocapelea) is in a location called "Sırtköy" or "Beşiktepe" in epigraphic publications, near Zeytinliova (formerly Yayaköy). In ancient times, the city of Hermokapeleia was within the borders of the northwest Lydia, west of the city of Apollonia, next to the small Büknuş Plain, which is almost completely surrounded by mountains, and near the Gediz (Hermos) River. The name of the city is also known as Thyessos. Pliny the Elder and Hierocles mention the city. While Hermokapeleia was administratively affiliated to the Pergamon Conventus in the Roman period, it was moved to this region when the metropolis of the region became a conventus center during the era of Caracalla (AD 198-217). During this period, the city had a kataikia. The fact that Hermokapeleia has kataikia meaning "military colonies" indicates that the city was a relatively large city during the Roman Period; however, no large building remains are observed on the surface of the city and the boundaries of the city are not known at all. Some of the blocks belonging to the city are located in the mosque in the village center of Süleymanköy. In addition, marble resources are known near the city today and perhaps in the Ancient Age, which are still used. In the Byzantine Period, some bishops of the city are known. However, it is not fully understood when the region became Turkic.
No archaeological salvage excavations have been carried out at the Hermokapeleia Ruins, and the site is little known in the archaeological literature. A statue base, a milestone and other inscriptions and some coins have been published in the area. In addition, a small number of bronze coins from the Domitian and Hadrianic Periods are known.
Many small settlements are known in northwestern Lydia and in Hermokapeleia and its surroundings; however, these settlements are not very well known. The agricultural periphery of the city has not been adequately explored. The surrounding settlements of Hermokapeleia and Northwestern Lydia, located on some trade routes, must have survived in the Roman and Byzantine periods, thanks to both trade and fertile lands.
In this paper, all information about this ancient city of Manisa, which has been completely erased from memory, will be compiled.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, and 13 moreGreek Epigraphy, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Ancient Roman Numismatics, Settlement archaeology, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Archeologia Romana, Lydia, Archaeology of settlements, and Roman Archaeology
In Cilicia, an ancient region on the southeastern coast of Turkish Mediterranean, there were certainly more than one coroplastic workshop that concentrated on the production of terracotta figurines, either of divinities or as ornaments or... more
In Cilicia, an ancient region on the southeastern coast of Turkish Mediterranean, there were certainly more than one coroplastic workshop that concentrated on the production of terracotta figurines, either of divinities or as ornaments or toys, as Jaimee Uhlenbrock has pointed out several times. The protracted use of the same moulds over time favoured the conservation of manufacturers and clients. At the temples and sanctuaries of the ancient Greek or Hellenized world in the eastern Mediterranean there were certainly deposits of thousands of statuettes, as revealed by the ninety thousand of figurines found in a cave near Delphi dedicated to Pan and the Nymphs or the tens of thousands at the Heraion at the mouth of the Sele River, Paestum or the 4,500 figurines dedicated to the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore in Cyrene, but also the thousands of figurines brought to light by the Swedish expedition to Cyprus.
A large number of figurines, both intact and fragments, coming from the excavations at Antioch-on-the-Orontes and Tarsus were published in the volumes dedicated to the archaeological investigations on these sites (e.g. Goldman 1943) and were then published as a whole (Goldman 1950). At the same years terracottas in large numbers were published from Cyprus, such as e.g. from Kourion (Young, Young 1955). Since these publications, the coroplastic production of Tarsus is well known and the recent Italian investigations in Elaiussa Sebaste in eastern Rough Cilicia have confirmed the great abundance of models and the commercialization capacity of the Tarsian workshops during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. In addition to the mixture of oriental themes, personalities and features typical of Tarsian coroplastic production are some characteristic iconographic motifs and certain compositional or typological details, including the high base.
The limited choice of about fifty figurines presented in this paper are collected from the Turkish local museums in ancient Cilicia, from west to east, Alanya, Anamur, Silifke, Mersin, Tarsus, Adana and Osmaniye, and consists of some formerly published examples as well as some unpublished specimens (pl. 1). More than half come from the Museum of Tarsus and a fifth of the total are curated at the Archaeological Museum of Mersin. The choice ranges from the seventh century BC to the late third century AD. Initially the Cypriot influences are clearly visible, which is even not lacking in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Some Cypriot figurines certainly originated from Cyprus from the fifth century BC, in limestone or plaster, are votive objects and present in the Archaeological Museum of Adana. It seems strange that only a few of such examples have been discovered in archaeological contexts in Cilicia.
Some female figurines, often bearing offerings, or male figurines, exclusively representing warriors, on horseback or standing, have been found in the necropolis sites, especially at Nagidus in western Rough Cilicia. Pre-Hellenistic coroplastic finds from Rough Cilicia were studied in a doctoral dissertation at the Akdeniz University in Antalya. Recently Tarsian figurines kept in the Musée du Louvre and collected by Victor Langlois in the 1850s were studied by Isabelle Hasselin Rous.
Keywords: Tarsus, Antioch-on-the-Orontes, Cilicia, Turkey, Cyprus, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Archaic period, Classical period.
A large number of figurines, both intact and fragments, coming from the excavations at Antioch-on-the-Orontes and Tarsus were published in the volumes dedicated to the archaeological investigations on these sites (e.g. Goldman 1943) and were then published as a whole (Goldman 1950). At the same years terracottas in large numbers were published from Cyprus, such as e.g. from Kourion (Young, Young 1955). Since these publications, the coroplastic production of Tarsus is well known and the recent Italian investigations in Elaiussa Sebaste in eastern Rough Cilicia have confirmed the great abundance of models and the commercialization capacity of the Tarsian workshops during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. In addition to the mixture of oriental themes, personalities and features typical of Tarsian coroplastic production are some characteristic iconographic motifs and certain compositional or typological details, including the high base.
The limited choice of about fifty figurines presented in this paper are collected from the Turkish local museums in ancient Cilicia, from west to east, Alanya, Anamur, Silifke, Mersin, Tarsus, Adana and Osmaniye, and consists of some formerly published examples as well as some unpublished specimens (pl. 1). More than half come from the Museum of Tarsus and a fifth of the total are curated at the Archaeological Museum of Mersin. The choice ranges from the seventh century BC to the late third century AD. Initially the Cypriot influences are clearly visible, which is even not lacking in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Some Cypriot figurines certainly originated from Cyprus from the fifth century BC, in limestone or plaster, are votive objects and present in the Archaeological Museum of Adana. It seems strange that only a few of such examples have been discovered in archaeological contexts in Cilicia.
Some female figurines, often bearing offerings, or male figurines, exclusively representing warriors, on horseback or standing, have been found in the necropolis sites, especially at Nagidus in western Rough Cilicia. Pre-Hellenistic coroplastic finds from Rough Cilicia were studied in a doctoral dissertation at the Akdeniz University in Antalya. Recently Tarsian figurines kept in the Musée du Louvre and collected by Victor Langlois in the 1850s were studied by Isabelle Hasselin Rous.
Keywords: Tarsus, Antioch-on-the-Orontes, Cilicia, Turkey, Cyprus, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Archaic period, Classical period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Cypriot Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman Pottery, and 15 moreCilicia, Roman Syria (Archaeology), Roman Iconography, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Hellenistic Pottery, Roman Near East, Terracotta Figurines, Greek Sculpture, Coroplastic Studies, Archeologia Romana, Archaeology of Cyprus, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
Nicomedia, modern İzmit or Kocaeli, was located in the south-eastern edge of the Marmara Sea in northwestern Turkey. In A.D. 286 Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire. It was founded in 712/11 B.C.... more
Nicomedia, modern İzmit or Kocaeli, was located in the south-eastern edge of the Marmara Sea in northwestern Turkey. In A.D. 286 Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire. It was founded in 712/11 B.C. and was of the most important cities in northwestern Asia Minor. Nicomedia was the metropolis and capital of the Roman province of Bithynia under the Roman Empire. Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the north-west of Asia Minor, adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. Very little is known about the material culture of Graeco-Roman Nicomedia or Bithynia.
In the Archeological and Ethnographic Museum of Kocaeli there is a large collection of terracotta figurines, belonging to the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods (late sixth century B.C. - late third century A.D.), some of which are found in Nicomedia. It seems that there was a coroplastic production in Nicomedia and/or in Bithynia during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Among others, a well-preserved example found in Nicomedia, which should be dated to the second century B.C., features a depiction of a young actor (fig. 1). The actor is raising a mask in the air with his left hand. Iconographically most of the examples in this collection is unique.
In this paper, previously unpublished examples of terracottas from Nicomedia and Bithynia, which are exhibited in the Archeological and Ethnographic Museum of Kocaeli, will be presented in detail.
Keywords: Nicomedia, Bithynia, north-western Turkey, Hellenistic period, Roman period.
In the Archeological and Ethnographic Museum of Kocaeli there is a large collection of terracotta figurines, belonging to the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods (late sixth century B.C. - late third century A.D.), some of which are found in Nicomedia. It seems that there was a coroplastic production in Nicomedia and/or in Bithynia during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Among others, a well-preserved example found in Nicomedia, which should be dated to the second century B.C., features a depiction of a young actor (fig. 1). The actor is raising a mask in the air with his left hand. Iconographically most of the examples in this collection is unique.
In this paper, previously unpublished examples of terracottas from Nicomedia and Bithynia, which are exhibited in the Archeological and Ethnographic Museum of Kocaeli, will be presented in detail.
Keywords: Nicomedia, Bithynia, north-western Turkey, Hellenistic period, Roman period.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Roman Iconography, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Ancient Anatolia, Hellenistic Pottery, Terracotta Figurines, Roman ceramics, Bithynia, Coroplastic Studies, Roman Sculpture, Roman Art, Archeologia Romana, Ceramica Romana, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Roman Archaeology, and Greek and Roman Art
This is abstract of a lecture at the Saxa loquuntur meeting that was held on August 19, 2021, in Museo archeologico nazionale di Cividale del Friuli, Italy. In Roman Asia Minor milestones (miliaria) may be regarded as records of the... more
This is abstract of a lecture at the Saxa loquuntur meeting that was held on August 19, 2021, in Museo archeologico nazionale di Cividale del Friuli, Italy.
In Roman Asia Minor milestones (miliaria) may be regarded as records of the building of roads. They were made from marble, volcanic stones or whatever local stone, and were widely used by military road builders in Asia Minor. For Roman Anatolia they were an important part of any road network. Many Roman milestones only record the name of the reigning emperor without giving any placenames or distances. A specific feature for Roman Anatolia was that bilingual milestones in Latin and Greek were remarkably numerous.
Several stones, including architectural elements or funerary inscriptions, were used secondarily as milestones in Roman Asia Minor. Reuse of milestones has a long history, from antiquity to recent times: some of such milestones were being reused later as building material or chopped up as fill. Information concerning original provenance of numerous milestones is lacking because most of them were reused as building material, such as an impost block, a door-pivot support, threshold or corner slab. The fact that some were reused several times explains their frequently deplorable state of preservation. Surface of such milestones looks, for example, as if it has been finished flat in their secondary use or face of stones has been chiseled away in their later reuse. Earlier plain columnar monuments such as columellae and kioniskoi were frequently reused as milestones. Stones reused as a milestone with a new inscription are especially numerous in the third century AD in entire Asia Minor. In this paper I will focus on some examples of secondary use of Roman milestones in Turkey.
In Roman Asia Minor milestones (miliaria) may be regarded as records of the building of roads. They were made from marble, volcanic stones or whatever local stone, and were widely used by military road builders in Asia Minor. For Roman Anatolia they were an important part of any road network. Many Roman milestones only record the name of the reigning emperor without giving any placenames or distances. A specific feature for Roman Anatolia was that bilingual milestones in Latin and Greek were remarkably numerous.
Several stones, including architectural elements or funerary inscriptions, were used secondarily as milestones in Roman Asia Minor. Reuse of milestones has a long history, from antiquity to recent times: some of such milestones were being reused later as building material or chopped up as fill. Information concerning original provenance of numerous milestones is lacking because most of them were reused as building material, such as an impost block, a door-pivot support, threshold or corner slab. The fact that some were reused several times explains their frequently deplorable state of preservation. Surface of such milestones looks, for example, as if it has been finished flat in their secondary use or face of stones has been chiseled away in their later reuse. Earlier plain columnar monuments such as columellae and kioniskoi were frequently reused as milestones. Stones reused as a milestone with a new inscription are especially numerous in the third century AD in entire Asia Minor. In this paper I will focus on some examples of secondary use of Roman milestones in Turkey.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Roman History, Anatolian Archaeology, Latin Epigraphy, and 15 moreRoman military archaeology, Roman military history, Roman roads, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Ancient Roads, Archeologia Romana, Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum, Epigrafía romana, Roman Archaeology, and Ancient and Roman Roads
This is the program and abridged PPT of a conference that was held on the cult of the ruler in antiquity and Middle Ages on June 30, 2022 in Pliska, Bulgaria. In our paper we report on epigraphic results of a milestone from Turkey. Link... more
This is the program and abridged PPT of a conference that was held on the cult of the ruler in antiquity and Middle Ages on June 30, 2022 in Pliska, Bulgaria.
In our paper we report on epigraphic results of a milestone from Turkey.
Link for online presentations: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82584178769
In our paper we report on epigraphic results of a milestone from Turkey.
Link for online presentations: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82584178769
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Roman History, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreLatin Epigraphy, Roman military archaeology, Roman military history, Roman Epigraphy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Greek and Roman History, Bithynia, Epigraphy, Archeologia Romana, Epigrafía romana, Ancient Roman Topography, and Roman Archaeology
This is the abstract of an e-conference that was held on Roman lead sealings on September 2, 2022, in Rousse, Bulgaria. In this paper we report on the Roman lead sealings discovered in western Turkey. So far there are very few... more
This is the abstract of an e-conference that was held on Roman lead sealings on September 2, 2022, in Rousse, Bulgaria.
In this paper we report on the Roman lead sealings discovered in western Turkey. So far there are very few publications on the lead seals of the Roman period found in Turkey where lead sealings were introduced during the Roman age and used to seal the contents of a parcel or package securely. They have generally been impressed with an intaglio, a design pressed or engraved into the material.
Prior to the invention of lead sealings, only wax or clay was used, but this material was fragile and could be broken easily. The Romans would use clay seals for sealing personal documents such as letters. These seals were made of small pieces of clay, moulded around a string and stamped with an impression. This kind of seal is called a “bulla”.
During the Roman period Signet rings were also used to make sealings in western Anatolia. The ring could either have a design etched or stamped directly onto it, called an intaglio, or carved in relief onto a semi-precious stone, called as cameo. The ring would then be used to stamp the impression.
This type of ring was used as a confirmation of identity and often pressed into wax on a document to literally make the wearer’s mark. Roman Emperors and other important figures would have worn and used these. Signet rings were instantly recognisable as symbols of power or importance.
Some lead seals were also attached to packed bales, not individual cloths, by the packing companies themselves.
Weblink for the virtual lectures:
https://meet.google.com/kxn-vyht-sdt
Keywords: lead sealings, museum studies, use, function, chronology, Asia, Izmir, western Turkey, Roman period.
Reference
M.C.W. Still, Roman lead sealings, vol. 1, doctoral thesis to the University College of London (London 1995) <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1317870/1/294756_Vol_1.pdf>.
In this paper we report on the Roman lead sealings discovered in western Turkey. So far there are very few publications on the lead seals of the Roman period found in Turkey where lead sealings were introduced during the Roman age and used to seal the contents of a parcel or package securely. They have generally been impressed with an intaglio, a design pressed or engraved into the material.
Prior to the invention of lead sealings, only wax or clay was used, but this material was fragile and could be broken easily. The Romans would use clay seals for sealing personal documents such as letters. These seals were made of small pieces of clay, moulded around a string and stamped with an impression. This kind of seal is called a “bulla”.
During the Roman period Signet rings were also used to make sealings in western Anatolia. The ring could either have a design etched or stamped directly onto it, called an intaglio, or carved in relief onto a semi-precious stone, called as cameo. The ring would then be used to stamp the impression.
This type of ring was used as a confirmation of identity and often pressed into wax on a document to literally make the wearer’s mark. Roman Emperors and other important figures would have worn and used these. Signet rings were instantly recognisable as symbols of power or importance.
Some lead seals were also attached to packed bales, not individual cloths, by the packing companies themselves.
Weblink for the virtual lectures:
https://meet.google.com/kxn-vyht-sdt
Keywords: lead sealings, museum studies, use, function, chronology, Asia, Izmir, western Turkey, Roman period.
Reference
M.C.W. Still, Roman lead sealings, vol. 1, doctoral thesis to the University College of London (London 1995) <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1317870/1/294756_Vol_1.pdf>.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreSigillography, Late Roman Empire, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Byzantine Sigillography, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Ancient Seals and Sealings, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Archeologia Romana, Seals, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
This is the program of an e-conference that was held on Byzantine marble trade on May 8-10, 2022. In our paper we report on the results of some observations within the territories of the ancient region of Lydia and the Upper Cayster... more
This is the program of an e-conference that was held on Byzantine marble trade on May 8-10, 2022.
In our paper we report on the results of some observations within the territories of the ancient region of Lydia and the Upper Cayster Valley: on the archaeological materials found, but not published, in the Turkish provinces of Manisa and Uşak, and in the towns of Bayındır, Tire, Ödemiş and Kiraz in the Upper Cayster Valley in southeastern part of the province of Izmir. Especially in the area of the eastern Upper Cayster Valley and around the towns southeast of Izmir, that is, from east to west, Bayındır, Tire, Ödemiş, Kiraz and Beydağ, there are numerous archaeological sites and a strong heritage especially of the Late Roman and Early Byzantine periods. In this area the period between the mid-sixth and early seventh centuries AD is the most representative period considering the archaeological material both on the surface of each sites and in the local museums.
1. Roman and Early Byzantine stone quarries
near Bayındır in the Upper Cayster Valley
In November 2019, illegal excavations and the resulting destruction were carried out using explosive materials on the Mermertepe (literally “Marble Hill”), located ca. 1 km west of Paşayeri, 5 km southwest of Buruncuk, 20 km southeast of Bayındır on the border of Tire and 100 km southeast of Izmir, registered on the 1 block, 54 plot of the land registry’s map. The area is a hilly and uneven land, and it is approximately 1.210 m southwest from the Izmir-Ödemiş Highway. In the area, which is still used as a quarry, marble cutting and carving processes were carried out during the Roman period, especially in the second and third centuries A.D. This situation is clearly evident from the traces of ancient chisel and stone cutting tools found throughout the whole area of Mermertepe. Semi-worked marble architectural elements were encountered in the area as well. The most prominent and significant find in this area is the lower part of a human figure with a height of 20 cm and a width of 7 cm. Formerly there were two more male portraits on the upper right side of this figure; however, this multifigured part of the quarry, together with the upper part of the figure I have documented, were heavily damaged and destroyed. Obviously these two male portraits belong to young men approaching maturity who are beardless and have short hair or are even bareheaded. The damaged figure on the left is incised only lightly on the surface and only some body parts were displayed in outline. He is standing to the left with both arms outstretched in an unknown gesture. There is an incised elongated object, perhaps a masonry tool, on top of his right arm identification of which would depend upon the context of the composition of which it was a part. The reliefs are unusual for a number of reasons: these faces have not sufficiently distinctive characteristics to be considered portraits; thus, they depict figure types rather than portraits. This figure and the two portraits presumably belong to the Roman period, to stonemasons, workers or employers working in the marble quarry at that time; no comparable example is known to the author from Asia Minor.
Just 100 m opposite Mermertepe there is a further stone quarry site on Karatepe (literally “Black Hill”), perhaps used rather in the Late Antique-Early Byzantine period. This is also a rugged hill site, called Bukolion in the Byzantine period, the modern Ali Paşa Çiftlik bordering on the town of Tire and registered on the parcel 316 of the land registry’s map. On the southern slopes of Karatepe, where a modern farm construction is located, quite a lot of terracotta roof tile and brick fragments and pottery sherds were observed in early 2022. The area in question must have been a farm house between the fourth and sixth centuries A.D. As is clearly evident from the traces of stone cutting on the rocks found throughout the area, stone cutting and carving processes were carried out in Karatepe as in nearby Mermertepe.
These quarries were perhaps used by the inhabitants of some urban centres, Hypaepa and Dios Hieron, in east of ancient Thyaira (modern Tire) where the Caystrian Plain began.
2. Architectural plastic elements and their spolia
in Byzantine, Late Medieval and Ottoman Lydia
In Lydia existing architectural stone elements of the Roman period are mainly related to tomb or temple architecture. The raw material for most of the marble elements used at Roman sites in Lydia was mined locally or in Phrygia. At the beginning of the Byzantine period, the use of architectural elements in marble became a major element of ecclesiastical architecture in the region, where the use of earlier architectural, sculptural and other remains as spolia, i.e. construction material in secondary-use contexts for later buildings and graves, is very common. Especially, the number of Byzantine marble ecclestiastical architectural elements and their re-use in later Ottoman buildings are very common in Lydia, even though Byzantine architectural plastic monuments are not studied in depth, and studies on the relationship of artistic developments to historical events of the Byzantine period are lacking in Lydia. But in any case there must had been at least one local workshop for architectural plastic in Lydia during the Byzantine period, given the wide range of production and carving quality of local finds, from quite mediocre to highly skilled. We should also add that the artistic quality of the monuments in this chapter is generally at the lower end.
Also the marble used for these elements is mostly of Phrygian or Lydian origin. Each Byzantine architectural plastic element that we were able to document in Lydia, presents a different variant of traditional elements, a unique combination of both geometric and floral decoration and the individual stylistic expression of the sculptor. There are no extant examples of a particular decoration being replicated exactly on a second monument. The uniqueness of each monument suggests that the decoration, even though it appears repetitive and adheres to a set of general norms, was an element of consideration by both the sculptor and the patron, in most cases local churches. Also most of these elements have not been found in datable archaeological contexts; therefore their dates are not secure and their chronology remains a difficult issue. We have tried to date each piece, when the condition and quality warrant, to a general stylistic milieu. The dates assigned here are conservative and should be considered as rough approximations.
Although the original purpose of these ecclestiastical plastic elements was to decorate churches and monastaries, one can only presume, if a need arose for precut stone in later Turkish-Islamic periods, that they were seen as having fulfilled their original function and would then be re-used. But the features of re-using an earlier Byzantine-Christian element in a Turkish-Islamic monument have not yet been studied in Lydia.
Keywords: Phrygian marble, Lydian marble, local marble sources, Lydia, Upper Cayster Valley, Manisa, Izmir, western Turkey.
In our paper we report on the results of some observations within the territories of the ancient region of Lydia and the Upper Cayster Valley: on the archaeological materials found, but not published, in the Turkish provinces of Manisa and Uşak, and in the towns of Bayındır, Tire, Ödemiş and Kiraz in the Upper Cayster Valley in southeastern part of the province of Izmir. Especially in the area of the eastern Upper Cayster Valley and around the towns southeast of Izmir, that is, from east to west, Bayındır, Tire, Ödemiş, Kiraz and Beydağ, there are numerous archaeological sites and a strong heritage especially of the Late Roman and Early Byzantine periods. In this area the period between the mid-sixth and early seventh centuries AD is the most representative period considering the archaeological material both on the surface of each sites and in the local museums.
1. Roman and Early Byzantine stone quarries
near Bayındır in the Upper Cayster Valley
In November 2019, illegal excavations and the resulting destruction were carried out using explosive materials on the Mermertepe (literally “Marble Hill”), located ca. 1 km west of Paşayeri, 5 km southwest of Buruncuk, 20 km southeast of Bayındır on the border of Tire and 100 km southeast of Izmir, registered on the 1 block, 54 plot of the land registry’s map. The area is a hilly and uneven land, and it is approximately 1.210 m southwest from the Izmir-Ödemiş Highway. In the area, which is still used as a quarry, marble cutting and carving processes were carried out during the Roman period, especially in the second and third centuries A.D. This situation is clearly evident from the traces of ancient chisel and stone cutting tools found throughout the whole area of Mermertepe. Semi-worked marble architectural elements were encountered in the area as well. The most prominent and significant find in this area is the lower part of a human figure with a height of 20 cm and a width of 7 cm. Formerly there were two more male portraits on the upper right side of this figure; however, this multifigured part of the quarry, together with the upper part of the figure I have documented, were heavily damaged and destroyed. Obviously these two male portraits belong to young men approaching maturity who are beardless and have short hair or are even bareheaded. The damaged figure on the left is incised only lightly on the surface and only some body parts were displayed in outline. He is standing to the left with both arms outstretched in an unknown gesture. There is an incised elongated object, perhaps a masonry tool, on top of his right arm identification of which would depend upon the context of the composition of which it was a part. The reliefs are unusual for a number of reasons: these faces have not sufficiently distinctive characteristics to be considered portraits; thus, they depict figure types rather than portraits. This figure and the two portraits presumably belong to the Roman period, to stonemasons, workers or employers working in the marble quarry at that time; no comparable example is known to the author from Asia Minor.
Just 100 m opposite Mermertepe there is a further stone quarry site on Karatepe (literally “Black Hill”), perhaps used rather in the Late Antique-Early Byzantine period. This is also a rugged hill site, called Bukolion in the Byzantine period, the modern Ali Paşa Çiftlik bordering on the town of Tire and registered on the parcel 316 of the land registry’s map. On the southern slopes of Karatepe, where a modern farm construction is located, quite a lot of terracotta roof tile and brick fragments and pottery sherds were observed in early 2022. The area in question must have been a farm house between the fourth and sixth centuries A.D. As is clearly evident from the traces of stone cutting on the rocks found throughout the area, stone cutting and carving processes were carried out in Karatepe as in nearby Mermertepe.
These quarries were perhaps used by the inhabitants of some urban centres, Hypaepa and Dios Hieron, in east of ancient Thyaira (modern Tire) where the Caystrian Plain began.
2. Architectural plastic elements and their spolia
in Byzantine, Late Medieval and Ottoman Lydia
In Lydia existing architectural stone elements of the Roman period are mainly related to tomb or temple architecture. The raw material for most of the marble elements used at Roman sites in Lydia was mined locally or in Phrygia. At the beginning of the Byzantine period, the use of architectural elements in marble became a major element of ecclesiastical architecture in the region, where the use of earlier architectural, sculptural and other remains as spolia, i.e. construction material in secondary-use contexts for later buildings and graves, is very common. Especially, the number of Byzantine marble ecclestiastical architectural elements and their re-use in later Ottoman buildings are very common in Lydia, even though Byzantine architectural plastic monuments are not studied in depth, and studies on the relationship of artistic developments to historical events of the Byzantine period are lacking in Lydia. But in any case there must had been at least one local workshop for architectural plastic in Lydia during the Byzantine period, given the wide range of production and carving quality of local finds, from quite mediocre to highly skilled. We should also add that the artistic quality of the monuments in this chapter is generally at the lower end.
Also the marble used for these elements is mostly of Phrygian or Lydian origin. Each Byzantine architectural plastic element that we were able to document in Lydia, presents a different variant of traditional elements, a unique combination of both geometric and floral decoration and the individual stylistic expression of the sculptor. There are no extant examples of a particular decoration being replicated exactly on a second monument. The uniqueness of each monument suggests that the decoration, even though it appears repetitive and adheres to a set of general norms, was an element of consideration by both the sculptor and the patron, in most cases local churches. Also most of these elements have not been found in datable archaeological contexts; therefore their dates are not secure and their chronology remains a difficult issue. We have tried to date each piece, when the condition and quality warrant, to a general stylistic milieu. The dates assigned here are conservative and should be considered as rough approximations.
Although the original purpose of these ecclestiastical plastic elements was to decorate churches and monastaries, one can only presume, if a need arose for precut stone in later Turkish-Islamic periods, that they were seen as having fulfilled their original function and would then be re-used. But the features of re-using an earlier Byzantine-Christian element in a Turkish-Islamic monument have not yet been studied in Lydia.
Keywords: Phrygian marble, Lydian marble, local marble sources, Lydia, Upper Cayster Valley, Manisa, Izmir, western Turkey.
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Classics, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Lydian, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Marble trade and distribution, Ionia, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Byzantine art, Roman Marble Quarries, Archeologia Romana, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
This lecture was presented at a virtual seminar at the seminar series of the University of Primorska in Koper in Slovenia, on Zoom which took place on 19th May 2022, at 4pm (Slovenian time). In this lecture I presented some unpublished... more
This lecture was presented at a virtual seminar at the seminar series of the University of Primorska in Koper in Slovenia, on Zoom which took place on 19th May 2022, at 4pm (Slovenian time). In this lecture I presented some unpublished examples of clay lamps of the Roman and Late Roman periods from southern Turkey.
This seminar was held virtually on Zoom.
Please contact [email protected] with any queries.
The Seminar convenes on Thursdays 4:00-5:30 PM CET (Slovenia time) via Zoom.
This seminar was held virtually on Zoom.
Please contact [email protected] with any queries.
The Seminar convenes on Thursdays 4:00-5:30 PM CET (Slovenia time) via Zoom.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), and 15 moreDeath and Burial (Archaeology), Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Pottery, Pottery, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Roman Lamps, Ancient Pottery Analysis, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
This is an introductory lecture to the e-conference on Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae, on May 12, 2022, on Zoom. The lecture contains some practical information as well as rules of the conferen.ce
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Roman military archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Roman Bronzes, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Fibulae, and Roman Archaeology
This brief article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2025, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief... more
This brief article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2025, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2025: [email protected]
The inscriptions of the Habsburg diplomats imprisoned at the end of the sixteenth century were found on the Bosphorus in the Rumeli Hisarı tower in Istanbul, Turkey: the texts graffitied on the floors and walls of the cells refer to a dramatic story already known and which now finds its "archaeological" confirmation.
The inscriptions of the Habsburg diplomats imprisoned at the end of the sixteenth century were found on the Bosphorus in the Rumeli Hisarı tower in Istanbul, Turkey: the texts graffitied on the floors and walls of the cells refer to a dramatic story already known and which now finds its "archaeological" confirmation.
Research Interests: Ottoman History, Anatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, and 15 moreOttoman Empire, Late Medieval Archaeology, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Medieval Epigraphy, Medieval Latin, Post Medieval Archaeology, History of Istanbul, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Late Medieval History, Istanbul, Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology, İSTANBUL KENT TARİHİ, Ottoman İstanbul, and Urban Studies: Constantinople/Istanbul
This short paper in Turkish language is about some new archaeological finds from western Anatolia.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Hellenistic History, Anatolian Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Fortifications, and 15 moreCarian, Greek Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ionia, Ancient Caria, Karian archaeology, History of the Hellenistic World (Focus: Seleucid Empire), Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Karia, and Hellenistic architecture
This short paper in Turkish language is about the historical geography of Cilicia in southern Turkey during the Roman period.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Cultural Historical Geography, Cilicia, Late Roman Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Archaeology, and Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
This short paper in Turkish language is about the historical geography of Aiolis in western Turkey during the Roman period.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, and 15 moreCultural Historical Geography, Aegean Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ionia, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Pergamon, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, İzmir, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Archaeology, and History of İzmir
This short paper in Turkish language is about the recent archaeological
developments in some countries located within the borders of the Asian continent between the years 2000-2015. These countries are Kazakhstan, Bangladesh and Iraq.
developments in some countries located within the borders of the Asian continent between the years 2000-2015. These countries are Kazakhstan, Bangladesh and Iraq.
Research Interests: Asian Studies, Archaeology, Southeast Asian Studies, South Asian Studies, Mesopotamian Archaeology, and 15 moreEast Asia, Central Asian Studies, South East Asian Archaeology, East Asian Studies, East Asian Archaeology, South Asian Archaeology, Southeast Asian Archaeology, Bangladesh, Central Asia, Archaeology of Central Asia, History of Kazakhstan, Central Asian Archaeology, Kazakhstan, archaeology in Iraq, and Asian Art
This short paper in Turkish language is about the production centers, commercial distributions and periodical developments of the Attic red-figure and black-glazed ceramics, Apulian vase painting, Kerch style that emerged in the last... more
This short paper in Turkish language is about the production centers, commercial distributions and periodical developments of the Attic red-figure and black-glazed ceramics, Apulian vase painting, Kerch style that emerged in the last period of Attic red-figure painting. A concentration is also given to the ceramic trade in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. to western Anatolia.
Keywords: Fifth century B.C., fourth century B.C., Classical period, Attica, Apulia, Kerch, Greek ceramics, trade.
Keywords: Fifth century B.C., fourth century B.C., Classical period, Attica, Apulia, Kerch, Greek ceramics, trade.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreCeramics (Art History), Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Ancient Greek Pottery, East Greek Pottery, Pottery studies, Attic black-figured vases, Attic red-figure vases, archaic Greek Pottery, Greek Art, Ancient Greek ceramic workshops and iconography, and History of Greek Art
Throughout his existence, man has always been confronted with contagious diseases that caused epidemics, sometimes even pandemics. Especially when a new disease reached populations that had not been exposed to it before, the consequences... more
Throughout his existence, man has always been confronted with contagious diseases that caused epidemics, sometimes even pandemics. Especially when a new disease reached populations that had not been exposed to it before, the consequences would be devastating. Some past outbreaks can be identified by means of archeological finds in Anatolia, because the disease left its mark on skeletons and mummies in Egypt. Mostly however, the information about epidemics in Anatolia comes to us through historical sources that recorded the disruption and misery brought about on a community. Interpreting these data is often problematic, especially when it comes to identifying the exact disease behind an outbreak. In this very brief paper some main information about the epidemics and plagues in the Mediterranean in ancient times and Middle Ages have been collected.
Reference: E. Laflı/A. Çetingöz, Epidemics and plagues in the Mediteranean in ancient times and Middle Ages, in: Z. Toprak Karaman, A. Altay, Ö. Çakır (eds.), Covid-19 Pandemisinde Disiplinlerarası Bütünleşik Afet Yönetimi, Uluslararası Çevrimiçi Sempozyumu / Inter-disciplinary integrated disaster administration on Covid-19 pandemic, 1-2 Nisan 2021, Özet Bildiri Kitabı / Abstract book, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Yayınları, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü (Izmir: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Matbaası, 2021) 52-57 (ISBN: 978-975-441-545-6).
Reference: E. Laflı/A. Çetingöz, Epidemics and plagues in the Mediteranean in ancient times and Middle Ages, in: Z. Toprak Karaman, A. Altay, Ö. Çakır (eds.), Covid-19 Pandemisinde Disiplinlerarası Bütünleşik Afet Yönetimi, Uluslararası Çevrimiçi Sempozyumu / Inter-disciplinary integrated disaster administration on Covid-19 pandemic, 1-2 Nisan 2021, Özet Bildiri Kitabı / Abstract book, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Yayınları, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü (Izmir: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Matbaası, 2021) 52-57 (ISBN: 978-975-441-545-6).
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Roman History, and 15 moreAnatolian Studies, History of Medicine, Anatolian Archaeology, History of Plague, Ancient Greek History, Social History of Medicine, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman social and economic history, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Social and Cultural History of Medicine, History of Medicine in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Archaeology and Ancient History, The History of Ancient and Medieval Pharmacy/materia Medica, Global Epidemics, and History of Epidemics
This short paper in Turkish language is a history of the Archaeological Museum of Izmir.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Museum Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, History of Archaeological Praxis, and 15 moreHistory of Museums, Museums and Exhibition Design, Museums and Identity, Museology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Collections (Archaeology), Museums, History of Archaeology, Museología, Museum and Heritage Studies, History of Art and archaeology, Indian Archaeology and History of Art, Contemporary art history and institutional history of museums, Museum Studies and Cultural management, and History of Classical Archaeology
This short paper in Turkish language is about the observations and comments of Ibn-i Battuta, one of the leading travelers of the Middle Ages, on his journey to Istanbul which are are compiled in our article. Keywords: Traveler, Ibn-i... more
This short paper in Turkish language is about the observations and comments of Ibn-i Battuta, one of the leading travelers of the
Middle Ages, on his journey to Istanbul which are are compiled in our article.
Keywords: Traveler, Ibn-i Battuta, travelogue, Istanbul, Middle Ages, Byzantine Istanbul.
Middle Ages, on his journey to Istanbul which are are compiled in our article.
Keywords: Traveler, Ibn-i Battuta, travelogue, Istanbul, Middle Ages, Byzantine Istanbul.
Research Interests: Archaeology, High Middle Ages, Late Middle Ages, Medieval History, Anatolian Studies, and 15 moreMedieval Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Medievalism, Medieval urban history, Byzantine Studies, Medieval Europe, Byzantine History, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Constantinople, History of Istanbul, Middle Ages, Istanbul, Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, İSTANBUL KENT TARİHİ, and Urban Studies: Constantinople/Istanbul
This short paper in Turkish language is the biography of Nezih Firatli, the former director of the Archaeological Museums of Istanbul in the late 1970s with his publications on and contributions to Anatolian archaeology.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Public Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Museum Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Late Antiquity, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Museums, History of Istanbul, Museum and Heritage Studies, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Istanbul, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Museum Studies and Cultural management, Museum Management, Roman Archaeology, İSTANBUL KENT TARİHİ, and Urban Studies: Constantinople/Istanbul
In this brief paper the focus is given to the monumental tomb of Michael III in Üsküdar on the Asiatic side of Istanbul and the monastery of Philippicus. For this purpose some Byzantine sources will be quoted. Keywords: Üsküdar,... more
In this brief paper the focus is given to the monumental tomb of Michael III in Üsküdar on the Asiatic side of Istanbul and the monastery of Philippicus. For this purpose some Byzantine sources will be quoted.
Keywords: Üsküdar, Istanbul, Chrysopolis, Scutarion, Byzantine period, Michael III, monastery of Philippicus, medieval archaeology.
Keywords: Üsküdar, Istanbul, Chrysopolis, Scutarion, Byzantine period, Michael III, monastery of Philippicus, medieval archaeology.
Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Middle Ages, Medieval Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreMedieval Europe, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Byzantine history, Byzantine Paleography and codicology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine historiography, History of Istanbul, Middle Ages, Istanbul, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine history and archaeology, İSTANBUL KENT TARİHİ, Urban Studies: Constantinople/Istanbul, and Byzantine Diplomatics (Imperial and Patriarchal Chancellery)
Midyat, which is located in the north of Mesopotamia, close to the Mygdonius river, lies not far from the main roads between the Tigris river and the Mediterranean sea. The city was commanding alike the mountain country to the north and... more
Midyat, which is located in the north of Mesopotamia, close to the Mygdonius river, lies not far from the main roads between the Tigris river and the Mediterranean sea. The city was commanding alike the mountain country to the north and the famous fertile plain to the south, and was in an important area of cultural transformations. In this paper, elements of classical antiquity and historical geography in connection with Midyat and its region are presented and commented in a brief manner.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Near Eastern Studies, and 15 moreAnatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Mesopotamian Archaeology, Mesopotamia History, Syrian Studies, Greek Archaeology, Cultural Historical Geography, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Near Eastern History, Mesopotamia, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Asia Minor, Northern Mesopotamia, and Roman Archaeology
Honorias was a late Roman province encompassing parts of Bithynia and Paphlagonia in northwestern Asia Minor. Its capital was Claudiopolis (modern Bolu), and its governor held the modest rank of praeses. The province was established under... more
Honorias was a late Roman province encompassing parts of Bithynia and Paphlagonia in northwestern Asia Minor. Its capital was Claudiopolis (modern Bolu), and its governor held the modest rank of praeses. The province was established under Theodosius I and named after his younger son Honorius. It formed part of the Diocese of Pontus, bordering with Bithynia in the west, Galatia Prima in the south and Paphlagonia in the east.
In the administrative reforms of Emperor Justinian I, the province was united with that of Paphlagonia and formed a new province of Paphlagonia, under a governor styled praetor Iustinianus.
Aside from the capital Claudiopolis, the major cities and episcopal seats of the province listed in the Synecdemus were Prusias and Tium.
In this brief paper in Turkish language the province of Honorias is outlined between A.D. 380 and seventh century A.D.
In the administrative reforms of Emperor Justinian I, the province was united with that of Paphlagonia and formed a new province of Paphlagonia, under a governor styled praetor Iustinianus.
Aside from the capital Claudiopolis, the major cities and episcopal seats of the province listed in the Synecdemus were Prusias and Tium.
In this brief paper in Turkish language the province of Honorias is outlined between A.D. 380 and seventh century A.D.
Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Late Antique Archaeology, Anatolian History, and 15 moreByzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Roman provincial administration, Late Roman Empire, Black Sea region, Black Sea Studies, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Bithynia, Black Sea, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Later Roman Empire, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
Bu kısa makalede Musée du Louvre ve Metropolitan Museum of Art gibi Türkiye dışında bulunan müzelerde bulunan malzeme konu edilmiştir. This brief article in German language will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2022,... more
Bu kısa makalede Musée du Louvre ve Metropolitan Museum of Art gibi Türkiye dışında bulunan müzelerde bulunan malzeme konu edilmiştir.
This brief article in German language will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2022, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2022: [email protected]
Please note that Antike Welt is retrievable in Jstor: https://www.jstor.org/journal/antikewelt
Abstract: In the Graeco-Roman coroplastic illnesses and physical deficits were often thematized, while such representations in marble are rather rare. Anatomic parts of the body, e.g. eyes, ears, genitals, legs, feet, arms, hands, etc., were made separately because they "must be healed by gods" (Mitchell 2013, 189). The material clay was most often chosen for such anatomical motifs. In this brief note, the terracottas of a particular site and workshop in western Turkey are discussed, namely the Hellenistic terracottas from Smyrna, on which pathological phenomena are often depicted. These terracotta figures have already been examined several times with regard to this aspect (Régnault 1909a-c and Ludovic 2009), but have never been dealt with in a German-language article.
As ancient sculptures are concerned, there is a sub-category of "grotesque" and "monstrously" disfigurated human images. The Greek god Dionysus and his company shows images on vase paintings, the significance of which is not fully explained yet and can be connected with the manifestations of Dionysus/Bacchus as well as magic. The figure of Pan should also be considered in this sub-category. Cf. also Plato’s Συμπόσιον for the representation of the "ugliness" of Socrates.
This brief article in German language will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2022, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2022: [email protected]
Please note that Antike Welt is retrievable in Jstor: https://www.jstor.org/journal/antikewelt
Abstract: In the Graeco-Roman coroplastic illnesses and physical deficits were often thematized, while such representations in marble are rather rare. Anatomic parts of the body, e.g. eyes, ears, genitals, legs, feet, arms, hands, etc., were made separately because they "must be healed by gods" (Mitchell 2013, 189). The material clay was most often chosen for such anatomical motifs. In this brief note, the terracottas of a particular site and workshop in western Turkey are discussed, namely the Hellenistic terracottas from Smyrna, on which pathological phenomena are often depicted. These terracotta figures have already been examined several times with regard to this aspect (Régnault 1909a-c and Ludovic 2009), but have never been dealt with in a German-language article.
As ancient sculptures are concerned, there is a sub-category of "grotesque" and "monstrously" disfigurated human images. The Greek god Dionysus and his company shows images on vase paintings, the significance of which is not fully explained yet and can be connected with the manifestations of Dionysus/Bacchus as well as magic. The figure of Pan should also be considered in this sub-category. Cf. also Plato’s Συμπόσιον for the representation of the "ugliness" of Socrates.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, History of Medicine, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Terracotta Figurines, Greek Sculpture, Anthropomorphic Figurines, Coroplastic Studies, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Ancient Greek Medicine, Smyrna, and Roman Archaeology
In this paper museums and archaeological heritage of the city of Uşak in Lydia in western Turkey are presented briefly.
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In this very short paper in Turkish a recent conference on the Greek and Roman sculpture of Asia Minor is presented in detail. This conference, entitled as "La sculpture gréco-romaine en Asie Mineure : synthèse et recherches récente" was... more
In this very short paper in Turkish a recent conference on the Greek and Roman sculpture of Asia Minor is presented in detail. This conference, entitled as "La sculpture gréco-romaine en Asie Mineure : synthèse et recherches récente" was held in October 9-10 in Besançon in France and organized by Dr Sophie Montel. Its website is: <http://ista.univ-fcomte.fr/images/actu_pdf-doc/Coll_Sculpture_greco-romaine_programme.pdf>. This paper is presenting the contents of each paper briefly.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Art History, Anatolian Studies, and 20 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, History of Sculpture, Sculpture, History of Art, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek History, Roman Empire, Aegean Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Sculpture, Roman Sculpture, Hellenistic Sculpture, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Smyrna, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Archaic Greek Sculpture, and Roman Archaeology
Üsküdar is a district of Istanbul, on the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus. A basilical church of 11th-13th cent. was found during the Marmaray rescue excavations in Üsküdar. This church seems to be the oldest one in this part of Istanbul.... more
Üsküdar is a district of Istanbul, on the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus. A basilical church of 11th-13th cent. was found during the Marmaray rescue excavations in Üsküdar. This church seems to be the oldest one in this part of Istanbul. Medieval sources, however, report about a church of 5th cent. which should be earlier than Marmaray Basilica. In today’s Üsküdar, one of the most important historical place and oldest-established residential area of Istanbul, there are nine churches today that are still active. These churches are are not only important for the history of Üsküdar, but also they are meaningful in understanding the communal life style of various communities in Üsküdar. They are located in the districts of Kuzguncuk, Selamsız-Bağlarbaşı, Çengelköy and Kandilli. Four of them are Armenian Orthodox, and five of them are Greek Orthodox. The Armenian ones are Sourp Krikor Loussavoritch (Saint Gregory the Illuminator; first built 1835, rebuilt 1861) in Kuzguncuk, Sourp Karapet (Saint John the Baptist; first church on the site, 1590; present building built 1888) in Bağlarbaşı (Yenimahalle), Sourp Khatch (Holy Cross; built 1676, rebuilt 1880) in Selamsız and Sourp Yergodasan Arakelots (The Twelve Holy Apostoles; 1846) in Kandilli. Most of these churches are from the 19th cent. although their first building phase goes back to earlier times. The oldest one is Surp Garabed Armenian Church that should be built in 16th cent. The Greek churches are Agios Panteleimon (St. Pantaleon; 1831), Agios Georgios (St. George; 1821) both in Kuzguncuk, Prophetes Elias (Prophet Elijah; 1804) in Bağlarbaşı, Hagios Georgios (1830) in Çengelköy and Christus Metamorphosis (Transfiguration of Jesus; 1810) in Kandilli. Most of these churches are also from the 19th cent; likewise Armenian churches their original building date, however, go back to earlier periods. In this paper concentration is given to the Byzantine topography of Üsküdar's district.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Art History, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Architecture, and 36 moreMedieval History, Anatolian Studies, Medieval Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Anatolian History, Architectural History, Medieval Archaeology, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Byzantine Studies, Turkey, Late Antiquity, Byzantine History, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Medieval Art, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, History of Istanbul, Bithynia, Ancient Topography, Propontis, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Byzantine art, Istanbul, Bosphorus, Üsküdar University, Khrysopolis, Üsküdar, Byzantion, Development of Istanbul, Ottoman Anatolia (1200-1500) Comparative empire, Black Sea and Thracia and Propontis, Istanbul Arastirmalari Enstitusu, İSTANBUL KENT TARİHİ, üSküdar, and Urban Studies: Constantinople/Istanbul
In this brief paper in Turkish the city of Lebedus in Ionia is presented archaeologically and historically.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Greek History, Anatolian Studies, and 28 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Greek Colonisation, History of Art, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Cultural Historical Geography, Greek Myth, Ancient Greek History, Aegean Archaeology, Ancient Greek and Roman Theatre, Mediterranean archaeology, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Ionia, Ionian Islands, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Greek colonization, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, archaic and classical architecture of Ionia and Aiolis, Archaeology, Classical archaeology, Greek and Roman history, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Material Culture Studies, Funerary Archaeology, Ephesos, İzmir, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Dionysos, Dionysiac Cult, Ionian Migration, izmir Tarihi, Roman Archaeology, and History of İzmir
In this paper four formerly unpublished inscriptions from Kulu in Galatia will be presented. The first one consists of 11 lines. It is a honorific and civic statue base, dated very probably to the 3rd century A.D. (after A.D. 212),... more
In this paper four formerly unpublished inscriptions from Kulu in Galatia will be presented. The first one consists of 11 lines. It is a honorific and civic statue base, dated very probably to the 3rd century A.D. (after A.D. 212), because of the gens name “Aurelios” on line 2. The inscription may have been paid by Menandros, his son (lines 8-10). The second one consists of 9 lines and it is quite illegible. The third one is a funerary inscription. For this inscription “Eunoia” as classical moral virtue appears probably. The fourth inscription consists of 10 lines. It is a Christian funerary inscription, dated to the 5th or 6th cent. A.D. As far as we can guess, children (or a child on line1) and a wife made this stele for Menneas (line 4 and probably 8; for the same dative form as line 4, cf. MAMA 7, 145 from Hadrianopolis), and “her sweet husband/companion” (lines 7-8). A person called Philandros may appear on lines 6-7. This paper is in Turkish.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Roman History, and 28 moreLate Antique and Byzantine History, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Roman Empire, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Phrygia, Galatians, Epigraphy, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Byzantine art, Roman and Byzantine Asia Minor, Central Anatolia Region (Archaeology), Central Anatolia (Phrygia), Early Byzantine Archaeology, Galatia, Greeks in Asia Minor, Konya Tarihi, and Roman Archaeology
In this paper in Turkish concentration will be given to Pontic cities in the Province of Tokat: Neocaesarea (modern Niksar) and Zela (modern Zile). Neocaesarea was one of the favourite residences of Mithridates the Great, who built a... more
In this paper in Turkish concentration will be given to Pontic cities in the Province of Tokat: Neocaesarea (modern Niksar) and Zela (modern Zile). Neocaesarea was one of the favourite residences of Mithridates the Great, who built a palace there, and later of King Polemon and his successors. Pompey made it a city and gave it the name of “Diopolis”, while Pythodoris widow of Polemon, made it her capital and called it “Sebaste”. It is not known precisely when it assumed the name of Neocæsarea, mentioned for the first time in Pliny, "Hist. Nat.", VI, III, 1, but judging from its coins, one might suppose that it was during the reign of Tiberius. In A.D. 344 the city was completely destroyed by an earthquake (Hieronymus, "Chron.", anno 2362), meeting a similar fate in A.D. 499 (Theodorus Lector, II, 54). During the Middle Ages the Turks and Byzantines disputed the possession of Neocæsarea, and in A.D. 1068 a Seljuk general, Melikgazi captured it; later, in 1397, it passed, together with the whole district, under the sway of the Ottomans.
Neocaesarea became the civil and religious metropolis of Pontus. We know that about A.D. 240, when Gregory Thaumaturgus was consecrated bishop of his native city, Neocaesarea had only seventeen Christians. In A.D. 315 a great council was held there, the acts of which are still extant. Being early placed at the head of an ecclesiastical province, Neocaesarea had four suffragan sees about A.D. 640, retaining them until the 10th century, when Trebizond obtained its independence and, by degrees, the other three suffragans were suppressed.
Historically, Zile has been known as Zela, Zelitis, Zelid, Anzila, Gırgırıye (Karkariye), Zīleh, Zilleli, Zeyli and Silas. The fort at Zela was built supposingly by the Roman commander Lucius Cornelius Sulla. In his book Geographica, Strabo claimed that Zile was founded by Semiramis, a legendary Assyrian queen. King Mithridates VI of Pontus attacked and conquered Zile in 88 B.C. and ordered the killing of all Romans currently living there. His orders led nearby Cappadocians to call Rome for help. The Roman army, under Sulla's command, fought and defeated Mithradates in First Mithridatic War. Mithridates attacked Zile again in 67 B.C. with the help of his Armenian ally Tigranes the Great, king of Greater Armenia. He defeated Valerius Trianus, lieutenant of Lucullus, and initiated the Third Mithridatic War. Pompeius Magnus came back to Asia Minor with his army and, after a long war, the Romans destroyed the whole army of Mithradates, who committed suicide as a consequence in 63 B.C. In Pompey's settlement of Pontus, Zile received a civic constitution and a sizable territory thus transforming from its previous status as a temple domain to a city. In 49 B.C., civil war broke out between Julius Caesar and Pompey. While the Romans were distracted by this, Pharnaces II of Pontus, son of Mithridates, decided to seize the opportunity and took revenge for his father. His attack on Zile was halted by Julius Caesar in a bloody battle called the Battle of Zela (47 B.C.). While Caesar's army had great losses, Pharnaces's army was completely destroyed in five hours. After this victory, Caesar sent his famous message to the Roman Senate: "Veni Vidi Vici", meaning "I came, I saw, I conquered". In A.D. 241, the Sassanid king Shapur I, attacked the Romans and defeated Roman Emperor Valerian, thus capturing Zile. From A.D. 241 to 1071, Zile was conquered many times by the Byzantines and Sasanids. Under Byzantine rule, Zile became a Titular See of Asia Minor, suffragan of Amasya in the former Roman province of Hellenopontus. Zile had several famous bishops like Heraclius (at the First Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325), Atticus (at the Council of Chalcedon in 451), Hyperechius (458), Georgius (692), Constantine (787) and Paul (879).
Neocaesarea became the civil and religious metropolis of Pontus. We know that about A.D. 240, when Gregory Thaumaturgus was consecrated bishop of his native city, Neocaesarea had only seventeen Christians. In A.D. 315 a great council was held there, the acts of which are still extant. Being early placed at the head of an ecclesiastical province, Neocaesarea had four suffragan sees about A.D. 640, retaining them until the 10th century, when Trebizond obtained its independence and, by degrees, the other three suffragans were suppressed.
Historically, Zile has been known as Zela, Zelitis, Zelid, Anzila, Gırgırıye (Karkariye), Zīleh, Zilleli, Zeyli and Silas. The fort at Zela was built supposingly by the Roman commander Lucius Cornelius Sulla. In his book Geographica, Strabo claimed that Zile was founded by Semiramis, a legendary Assyrian queen. King Mithridates VI of Pontus attacked and conquered Zile in 88 B.C. and ordered the killing of all Romans currently living there. His orders led nearby Cappadocians to call Rome for help. The Roman army, under Sulla's command, fought and defeated Mithradates in First Mithridatic War. Mithridates attacked Zile again in 67 B.C. with the help of his Armenian ally Tigranes the Great, king of Greater Armenia. He defeated Valerius Trianus, lieutenant of Lucullus, and initiated the Third Mithridatic War. Pompeius Magnus came back to Asia Minor with his army and, after a long war, the Romans destroyed the whole army of Mithradates, who committed suicide as a consequence in 63 B.C. In Pompey's settlement of Pontus, Zile received a civic constitution and a sizable territory thus transforming from its previous status as a temple domain to a city. In 49 B.C., civil war broke out between Julius Caesar and Pompey. While the Romans were distracted by this, Pharnaces II of Pontus, son of Mithridates, decided to seize the opportunity and took revenge for his father. His attack on Zile was halted by Julius Caesar in a bloody battle called the Battle of Zela (47 B.C.). While Caesar's army had great losses, Pharnaces's army was completely destroyed in five hours. After this victory, Caesar sent his famous message to the Roman Senate: "Veni Vidi Vici", meaning "I came, I saw, I conquered". In A.D. 241, the Sassanid king Shapur I, attacked the Romans and defeated Roman Emperor Valerian, thus capturing Zile. From A.D. 241 to 1071, Zile was conquered many times by the Byzantines and Sasanids. Under Byzantine rule, Zile became a Titular See of Asia Minor, suffragan of Amasya in the former Roman province of Hellenopontus. Zile had several famous bishops like Heraclius (at the First Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325), Atticus (at the Council of Chalcedon in 451), Hyperechius (458), Georgius (692), Constantine (787) and Paul (879).
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Roman History, and 27 moreAnatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Numismatics, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Turkey, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Roman military archaeology, Roman numismatics and archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Black Sea region, Ancient Roman Numismatics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Black Sea Studies, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Bithynia(Mariandiny section) and Paphlagonia/ Between Heraclea Pontica and Amastris, Kingdom of Pontus, Roman and Byzantine Asia Minor, Pontus Euxinus, Greeks in Asia Minor, Pontus, Roman Archaeology, and Tokat Ili
In this very short paper in Turkish I am presenting seven photos from late 19th and early 20th cent. in association with Late Antique water systems, i.e. aquaducts, in St Anna Valley, modern Yeşidere, in Smyrna, Izmir.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Middle East Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 21 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Roman engineering, Turkey, Late Antiquity, Water Distribution Systems, Roman Water Supply (Archaeology), Roman water management, Aegean Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Ionia, History of architecture, History of Water Supply, Roman Architecture, Western Anatolia, İzmir, Smyrna, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Roman aqueducts and water supply, izmir Tarihi, and Roman Archaeology
Airai, a Geometric, Archaic and Classical city in Çeşme Peninsula in Ionia, was located between Teos and Clazomenae. This tiny ancient Greek city is only known from very few coins and scattered surveys. Airai existed only for a very short... more
Airai, a Geometric, Archaic and Classical city in Çeşme Peninsula in Ionia, was located between Teos and Clazomenae. This tiny ancient Greek city is only known from very few coins and scattered surveys. Airai existed only for a very short time before being conquered by their neighbours from Teos in c. 370 BC and disappearing in Late Classical-Early Hellenistic period.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, and 30 moreGreek History, Art History, Anatolian Studies, Landscape Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Turkey, Greek Archaeology, Archaic Greek history, Ancient Greek History, Aegean Archaeology, Ancient Greek Numismatics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ionia, Aegean, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, archaic and classical architecture of Ionia and Aiolis, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Archaeology, Classical archaeology, Greek and Roman history, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Material Culture Studies, Funerary Archaeology, İzmir, Teos, Ionian Migration, izmir Tarihi, and History of İzmir
In this brief paper in Turkish language, Melanpagus, a mountaintop Aiolic site in Menemen in the Province of Izmir is being presented. It is a little Archaic and Classical Greek site function of which is not known in greater extend. It... more
In this brief paper in Turkish language, Melanpagus, a mountaintop Aiolic site in Menemen in the Province of Izmir is being presented. It is a little Archaic and Classical Greek site function of which is not known in greater extend. It seems that the site's very well fortified Acropolis is the core of the settlement, and there should be an Archaic temple in the area. This site could had a post position for the routes and roads between ancient Smyrna and Pargamum.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, and 27 moreLandscape Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Turkey, Greek Archaeology, Archaic Greek history, Ancient Greek History, Archaeological Fieldwork, Aegean Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Greek Architecture, Field Archaeology, Ionia, Archaic Greece, Archaic Period, archaic and classical architecture of Ionia and Aiolis, Acropolis, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Classical Greece, İzmir, Smyrna, History of Persian art and architecture, and izmir Tarihi
In this brief article in Turkish a recently found tumulus in Menemen, north of Izmir is being presented in detail. This tumulus should be belonged to the late 5th-early 4th cent. (probably to the local Persian governors) and be associated... more
In this brief article in Turkish a recently found tumulus in Menemen, north of Izmir is being presented in detail. This tumulus should be belonged to the late 5th-early 4th cent. (probably to the local Persian governors) and be associated with the necropolis of Old Smyrna. It is located on the Mount Yamanlar (Byzantine Amanara?) that covers the Old Smyrna on its northern edge. Today Yamanlar Dağı is located within the boundaries of the Greater Metropolitan Area of the city of Izmir. During the Classical Antiquity Mount Yamanlar was controlling the Gulf of Izmir and its name came in relation with Tantalus in several ancient sources, because on the steep southeastern slopes of this mountain there was a monumental "Tomb of Tantalus". This tomb was first explored by Charles Texier in 1835, while other schools place Tantalus's tomb, as well as the lake associated with his story, to other localities found on Mount Sipylus (Spil). The location of Old Smyrna (today Tepekule Höyüğü) was also at the foot of the Mount Yamanlar on what was at the time a small peninsula. Since the studies of Ekrem Akurgal in 1940s and 1950s this landscape on Yamanlar is known as a tumulus area of Old Smyrna as this new find in Menemen confirms that once again. Although numerous tumuli are known from Smyrna, no example of such had been excavated systematically and published extensively.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, and 27 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Achaemenid Persia, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek History, Archaeological Fieldwork, Aegean Archaeology, Persian Culture, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Achaemenid History, Ancient Anatolia, Field Archaeology, Ionia, Achaemenid archaeology, Greek burial pratices, archaic and classical architecture of Ionia and Aiolis, Achaemenid Art and Archaeology, Classical Greece, Archaeology, Classical archaeology, Greek and Roman history, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Material Culture Studies, Funerary Archaeology, İzmir, Tumulus, Smyrna, Greek burial customs, Early Iron Age Archaeology in West and Middle Anatolia (with an emphasis on Southern Aeolia, Mysia and Caria), Aeolis, izmir Tarihi, and History of Greek Art
In this brief article in Turkish a possible grave group from Selendi, Lydia (western Turkey) is presented in detail. This is an early-mid 3rd cent. A.D. group, consisting of four clay vessels. Selendi is a little town with numerous... more
In this brief article in Turkish a possible grave group from Selendi, Lydia (western Turkey) is presented in detail. This is an early-mid 3rd cent. A.D. group, consisting of four clay vessels. Selendi is a little town with numerous surface evidence of Roman archaeology. Four clay vessels are currently being stored at the Museum of Manisa.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, and 34 moreClassics, Anatolian Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Funerary Archaeology, Turkey, Lydian, Funeral Practices, Ceramics (Art History), Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Ceramics (Archaeology), Archaeological Fieldwork, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Roman Glass, Field Archaeology, Ceramics, Roman Bronze Vessels, Pottery technology and function, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Western Anatolia, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Roman Bronzes, Lydia, Early Iron Age, Late Iron Age, Roman period, Late Antiquity, typology, chronology, distribution, function, fibulae, weapons, tools, harness, metal vessels, writing equipment, balances and weights, small finds, Ancient Greek and Roman Metal Works, Roman grave offerings, and Roman Archaeology
In this brief paper in Turkish we present some new archaeological finds from Notion in Ionia, western Turkey. These finds are accidental and gathered from the expeditions of the Turkish local courts in the area. The aim of this report is... more
In this brief paper in Turkish we present some new archaeological finds from Notion in Ionia, western Turkey. These finds are accidental and gathered from the expeditions of the Turkish local courts in the area. The aim of this report is not only to report about these surface archaeological evidences, but also to state the illicit archaeological diggins in the area of Notion. Thus the goal of this preliminary research is to collect and present these minor evidences before they got lost on the surface.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, and 27 moreAnatolian Studies, Landscape Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Funerary Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Turkey, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek History, Archaeological Fieldwork, Aegean Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ancient Anatolia, Field Archaeology, Ionia, Greek coinage, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Aegean Archaeology, Mediterranean Archeology, the island of Crete, Asia Minor, Roman Sarcophagi, Ephesos, İzmir, Smyrna, and Roman Archaeology
In this brief paper in Turkish a marble statue from Flaviopolis in Cilicia is being presented. The theme is the dolphin rider Cupid or Eros which is being exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Adana in southern Turkey. Flaviopolis is... more
In this brief paper in Turkish a marble statue from Flaviopolis in Cilicia is being presented. The theme is the dolphin rider Cupid or Eros which is being exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Adana in southern Turkey. Flaviopolis is identifiable with modern Kadirli c. 160 km northeast of Adana. It was founded in A.D. 74 by Vespasian, as part of an imperial program for the urbanization of the Cilician Plain. In this statue the winged godling Cupid, son of Venus or Eros (Love) rides across the sea on the back of a large dolphin. The youthful god depicted nude, with slender body and curly hair, riding a dolphin was very popular in Greek and Roman iconographic arts, in such media as statues, gems, coins etc. Most of the time this figure was associated to a certain sculptural group, belonging either to Aphrodite, or rarely to Dionysos.
So far a great number of acquatic images found in Roman Cilicia. These statues were marine and fountain figures in private and public baths, gardens, piscinae and nymphaea Cilicia. The main difficulty in defining the exact function of each image lies in the context of discovery. We would like to see Adana dolphin rider in association with an aquatic context, as it has been documented in the same context elsewhere in Israel or Libya in the eastern Mediterranean. It should be dated to A.D. 150-180.
So far a great number of acquatic images found in Roman Cilicia. These statues were marine and fountain figures in private and public baths, gardens, piscinae and nymphaea Cilicia. The main difficulty in defining the exact function of each image lies in the context of discovery. We would like to see Adana dolphin rider in association with an aquatic context, as it has been documented in the same context elsewhere in Israel or Libya in the eastern Mediterranean. It should be dated to A.D. 150-180.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, and 30 moreArt History, Anatolian Studies, Archaeology of Ancient Israel, Cypriot Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Turkey, Cilicia, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Hellenistic Roman and Byzantine Archaeology in the Land of Israel, Mediterranean archaeology, Aphrodite, Greek Sculpture, Roman Libya, Roman Sculpture, Cypriote Archaeology, • The archaeology of Israel during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine, Archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean, Roman Asia Minor, North Syrian archaeology, Roman statues, Roman copy of a Greek statue of the fifth century, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Roman statues and statuettes, Adana, Venus and Cupid, and Greek Statuary
Gemology is a kind of science which is related to the natural or artificial gems and gemstones. Archaeogemology is dealing with the gems or gemstones which were worked in ancient times. Intaglio (engraved) and cameo (relief) styles are in... more
Gemology is a kind of science which is related to the natural or artificial gems and gemstones. Archaeogemology is dealing with the gems or gemstones which were worked in ancient times. Intaglio (engraved) and cameo (relief) styles are in the scopes of archaeogemology. Gems in Classical Antiqutiy were luxury objects and were used as a signature or for apothropaic purposes. These products bear similar functions with glyptic of protohistoric periods and cylindrical seals have been produced with this technique. Processing of gemstones is a technically difficult procedure. The earliest examples were processed by hands and later artisans were used drills. Pliny the Younger provided information about the gems and process of gemology. Moreover, Theophilus has enlightened us about the gemological techniques in Medieval period.
The Hellenistic period was an important time period for the development of Greek gemological tradition. The tradition of intaglio in ancient Greek art from 8th-7th BC. to 5th BC. had developed along with the technical information from the east. Development of the east on glass making technique and glass replicas of precious stones put the east into a leading position. In these periods scarab types of seals were common which were adopted from Egypt or Phoenicia. Intaglia showed different acceleration of development from 5th century BC. to the Hellenistic period. Form and mechanism of the Hellenistic gemology continued throughout the Roman Empire.
Cameo style has widely used in Roman times. Although the style was known from the 3rd century BC., we have few examples from Hellenistic period. Generally representations and figures have done on the dark background with light colours. The glass production in cameo style was very difficult in Roman era; only specific workshops and places managed to produce these objects. Cameo style was used very frequently in two different periods. Most of the objects were produced between 27 BC. to AD. 68, during the Julio-Claudius family. Productions in cameo style were mostly vessels, plaque and jewelery. During the 4th century AD. the style again gains an accerelation. The style has forgotten until 18th century in western world and it was used in 9th as well as 10th century AD. in Islamic world.
In this paper concentration will be given to intaglio and cameo from the Museums of Izmir. A total of 140 engraved gems as well as some other decorated stones from Archaic to Late Roman period were studied. The largest group is gems with intaglio decoration, most of which date to the Early Roman period. The most popular themes and personalities are, as expected, mythological ones, such as Hermes, Athena, Zeus, Tyche, Apollo, Demeter, Pan, Nike, Asclepeius, Hygeia and Hercules. Hermes is the most represented one and he has a large variety of types whereas Athena, a very popular goddess in Classical Ionia, appears in two major types. A local deity, Artemis Ephesia as well as bee as her attribute are also common. Late Roman period is represented by a sole gem with an inscription attested to a Georgios. In Izmir collections there is only one cameo that is from the 1st centuıry AD.
The Izmir collections of gems are established by acquisitions by local salesmen and only a few them were brought from the excavations in the surroundings of Izmir. Based on their similar engraving techniques, stone arts as well as Ionic themes a local character is noticeable.
The Hellenistic period was an important time period for the development of Greek gemological tradition. The tradition of intaglio in ancient Greek art from 8th-7th BC. to 5th BC. had developed along with the technical information from the east. Development of the east on glass making technique and glass replicas of precious stones put the east into a leading position. In these periods scarab types of seals were common which were adopted from Egypt or Phoenicia. Intaglia showed different acceleration of development from 5th century BC. to the Hellenistic period. Form and mechanism of the Hellenistic gemology continued throughout the Roman Empire.
Cameo style has widely used in Roman times. Although the style was known from the 3rd century BC., we have few examples from Hellenistic period. Generally representations and figures have done on the dark background with light colours. The glass production in cameo style was very difficult in Roman era; only specific workshops and places managed to produce these objects. Cameo style was used very frequently in two different periods. Most of the objects were produced between 27 BC. to AD. 68, during the Julio-Claudius family. Productions in cameo style were mostly vessels, plaque and jewelery. During the 4th century AD. the style again gains an accerelation. The style has forgotten until 18th century in western world and it was used in 9th as well as 10th century AD. in Islamic world.
In this paper concentration will be given to intaglio and cameo from the Museums of Izmir. A total of 140 engraved gems as well as some other decorated stones from Archaic to Late Roman period were studied. The largest group is gems with intaglio decoration, most of which date to the Early Roman period. The most popular themes and personalities are, as expected, mythological ones, such as Hermes, Athena, Zeus, Tyche, Apollo, Demeter, Pan, Nike, Asclepeius, Hygeia and Hercules. Hermes is the most represented one and he has a large variety of types whereas Athena, a very popular goddess in Classical Ionia, appears in two major types. A local deity, Artemis Ephesia as well as bee as her attribute are also common. Late Roman period is represented by a sole gem with an inscription attested to a Georgios. In Izmir collections there is only one cameo that is from the 1st centuıry AD.
The Izmir collections of gems are established by acquisitions by local salesmen and only a few them were brought from the excavations in the surroundings of Izmir. Based on their similar engraving techniques, stone arts as well as Ionic themes a local character is noticeable.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Gemology, Classics, Art History, and 27 moreAnatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Roman Religion, Anatolian History, Greek Religion, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Aegean Archaeology, Ancient Greek Iconography, Roman Iconography, Greek religion (Classics), Ancient Greek Numismatics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Ancient Anatolia, Engraved gems, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Gems, Archaeology, Classical archaeology, Greek and Roman history, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Material Culture Studies, Funerary Archaeology, İzmir, Gemstone, GRAECO-ROMAN RELIGIONS AND CULTS, Roman Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, History and Archaelogy, History of Greek and Roman Art, Graeco-Roman Religion, Greek History of Art and Archeology, and Ancient Gemology
Halicarnassus (today Bodrum) is located in southwestern Caria in western Turkey. The city was famous for the tomb of Mausolus, one of the "seven wonders of the ancient world". In the neighbourhood of the Mausoleum ruins of the Temple of... more
Halicarnassus (today Bodrum) is located in southwestern Caria in western Turkey. The city was famous for the tomb of Mausolus, one of the "seven wonders of the ancient world". In the neighbourhood of the Mausoleum ruins of the Temple of Ares (Roman "Mars") are visible on a northern terrace. This temple was built during the fourth century B.C. on a conspicuous terrace, overlooking both harbours of this Classical site. The temenos of the temple was marked by a Doric portico (Greek stoa). The ruins of the Mausoleum as well as Temple of Mars had been recovered by the 1857 excavations of Charles Newton from the British Museum and Doric portico became thus famous. In this brief paper in Turkish this portico is described in detail and some new marble architectural and epigraphic elements which were found in this area in 2007 and 2009, are presented.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Art History, Architecture, and 27 moreAnatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Architectural History, Turkey, History of Art, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek History, Aegean Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Greek Architecture, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Ancient Caria, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Greek and Roman Art and Architecture, Roman Architecture, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Archaeology, Classical archaeology, Greek and Roman history, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Material Culture Studies, Funerary Archaeology, Doric order, Bodrum, Halicarnassus, Roman Archaeology, and Halikarnassos
African red-slipped ware, also African Red Slip or ARS, is a category of terra sigillata, or "fine" Ancient Roman pottery produced from the mid-1st century AD into the 7th century in the province of Africa Proconsularis, specifically that... more
African red-slipped ware, also African Red Slip or ARS, is a category of terra sigillata, or "fine" Ancient Roman pottery produced from the mid-1st century AD into the 7th century in the province of Africa Proconsularis, specifically that part roughly coinciding with the modern country of Tunisia and the Diocletianic provinces of Byzacena and Zeugitana. It is distinguished by a thick-orange red slip over a slightly granular fabric. In this brief essay in Turkish the distribution of African red-slipped ware is presented. Recent excavations and surveys in southern, western and northern coasts of Asia Minor provided some valuable information about the distribution of Roman pottery in the eastern Mediterranean.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Roman History, Anatolian Studies, and 27 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Mediterranean Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, History of the Mediterranean, Roman Pottery, Roman Economy, Roman North Africa (Archaeology), Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Mediterranean and North Africa, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Roman social and economic history, African Archaeology, Roman ceramics, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Ceramics, Roman land use and the agrarian economy, Ancient Roman economy, trade and commerce, African red slip ware, Ceramica Romana, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Roman and Byzantine Social and Economic History
An arcosolium is an arched recess used as a place of entombment. The word is from Latin arcus, "arch", and solium, "throne" (literally: "place of state") or post-classical "sarcophagus". Early arcosolia were carved out of the living rock... more
An arcosolium is an arched recess used as a place of entombment. The word is from Latin arcus, "arch", and solium, "throne" (literally: "place of state") or post-classical "sarcophagus". Early arcosolia were carved out of the living rock in catacombs. In the very earliest of these, the arched recess was cut to ground level. Then a low wall would be built in the front, leaving a trough (the cubiculum, "chamber") in which to place the body. In this very short paper in Turkish language an unknown or less known arcosolium from Selcuk in western Anatolia is being represented.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Roman History, and 27 moreAnatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Early Christianity, Roman Religion, Anatolian History, Greek Religion, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Archaic Greek history, Early Christian Art, Greek religion (Classics), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Archaeology of Roman Religion, Ionia, Early Christian Archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Early Christianity, Late Antiquity, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Ephesus, Ephesos, Western Anatolia, İzmir, Chamber Graves, Roman Archaeology, and Graeco-Roman Religion
Spolia, the repurposing of building stone for new construction, or the reuse of decorative sculpture on new monuments, is a widespread practice in Medieval and Turkish-Islamic Asia Minor whereby stone that has been quarried cut and used... more
Spolia, the repurposing of building stone for new construction, or the reuse of decorative sculpture on new monuments, is a widespread practice in Medieval and Turkish-Islamic Asia Minor whereby stone that has been quarried cut and used in a built structure, is carried away to be used elsewhere. Especially this practice is common in Lydia in western Turkey for gravestones, monuments and architectural fragments of Classical Antiquity which are frequently found embedded in structures built in Turkish-Islamic periods between 13th and 19th cent. A.D. In this brief article in Turkish 27 stone spolia of Roman and Byzantine periods are being represented. These stone elements are in the türbe, i.e. Turkish mausoleum of Tabduk Emre in Kula, a town in the district of Manisa Province in western Turkey. Kula situates in the territories of Roman Lydia. Türbe is the Turkish word for "tomb", and for the characteristic mausoleums, often relatively small, of Ottoman royalty and notables. This türbe is dated to the 13th cent. A.D., and most of these stone spolia should be originated from the surroundings of Kula which should be abondoned prior to the arrivals of Turks in the region during the 12th-13th cent. A.D. Especially some Byzantine marble architectural elements are unknown in archaeological literature.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, and 27 moreAnatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Architectural History, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Lydian, Byzantine History, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Roman Marble trade and distribution, Byzantine Architectural Sculpture, Marbles, Spolia, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Roman Architecture, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Byzantine art, The Use of Marble and Other Stones, Lydia, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Ancient Roman Marbles, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
Horseman, belonging to "equestrian heroes", is a recurring motif of a deity on steles in the Balkans and western Asia Minor during the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods. The motif typically features a caped horseman astride a steed.... more
Horseman, belonging to "equestrian heroes", is a recurring motif of a deity on steles in the Balkans and western Asia Minor during the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods. The motif typically features a caped horseman astride a steed. It is best illustrated in surviving artifacts from Thrace, Macedonia, Moesia and Scythia Minor dating to the Roman period, and is often found depicted on funerary steles. There are different theories on the identification of the deity, such as Sabazios and others. In 2010 a chance find was gathered to the Museum of Ephesus. This is a marble stele with a rider iconography. In this brief paper in Turkish language this new find is being represented in detail.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Iconography, Art History, and 27 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Roman Religion, Funerary Archaeology, History of Art, Greek Archaeology, Greek Myth, Greek religion (Classics), Classical Mythology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Thracian Art And Iconology, Ionia, Thracian Archaeology, Funerary Practices, Ancient Greek Mythology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Archaeology, Classical archaeology, Greek and Roman history, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Material Culture Studies, Funerary Archaeology, Roman Art, Ephesus, Ephesos, Roman Funerary Art, Heros Equitans, Roman Archaeology, Thracian Horseman, Graeco-Roman Religion, and Archaeology of Horse and Riders
Üsküdar, formerly known as Scutari, is a large and densely populated district and municipality of Istanbul on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus. During the Byzantine period it was called "Skoutarion". Üsküdar was founded in the 7th... more
Üsküdar, formerly known as Scutari, is a large and densely populated district and municipality of Istanbul on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus. During the Byzantine period it was called "Skoutarion". Üsküdar was founded in the 7th century B.C. by ancient Greek colonists from Megara as "Chrysopolis", meaning "golden city", a few decades before Byzantium was founded on the opposite shore. Chrysopolis or Skoutarion were never receive a status of a Greek, Roman or Byzantine polis. It was used as a harbor site and shipyard and was an important staging post in the wars between the Greeks and Persians. In 410 B.C. Chrysopolis was taken by the Athenian general Alcibiades, and the Athenians used it thenceforth to charge a toll on ships coming from and going to the Black Sea. Long overshadowed by its neighbor Chalcedon (today Kadıköy) during the Hellenistic and Roman period, it maintained its identity and increased its prosperity until it surpassed Chalcedon. Due to its less favorable location with respect to the currents of the Bosporus, however, it never surpassed Byzantium. In A.D. 324, the final battle between Constantine I, Emperor of the West, and Licinius, Emperor of the East, in which Constantine defeated Licinius, took place at Chrysopolis. When Constantine made Byzantium his capital, Chrysopolis, together with Chalcedon, became suburbs. Chrysopolis remained important throughout the Byzantine period because all trade routes to Asia started there, and all Byzantine army units headed to Asia mustered there. During the brief usurpation of the Armenian general Artabasdos, his eldest son, Niketas, was defeated with his forces at Chrysopolis by the army of Constantine V, before Artabasdos was finally deposed by the legitimate emperor Constantine and blinded. For this reason and its location across from Constantinople, it was a natural target for anyone aiming at the capital. Also, in the 8th century A.D. it was taken by a small band of Arabs who caused considerable destruction, and panic in Constantinople, before withdrawing. In 988, a rebellion that nearly toppled Basil II began in Chrysopolis, before he was able to crush with the aid of Russian mercenaries. In the 12th century, the site changed its name to Skoutarion, the name deriving from the Emperor's Skoutarion Palace nearby. In 1338 the Ottoman leader Orhan Gazi took Skoutarion, giving the Ottomans a base within sight of Constantinople for the first time.
In this paper in Turkish language all knowledge about Üsküdar during the Classical Antiquity and Byzantium were summarized.
In this paper in Turkish language all knowledge about Üsküdar during the Classical Antiquity and Byzantium were summarized.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Roman History, and 27 moreLate Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Late Roman Empire, Byzantine monasticism, Ancient Greek History, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Constantinople, Thracian Archaeology, History of Istanbul, Late Roman Republic, History of ancient Thrace, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Black Sea Region Archaeology, Bithynia, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Istanbul, Bosphorus, Roman Archaeology, and Urban Studies: Constantinople/Istanbul
Mordoğan is a sea-side township in the district of Karaburun in Izmir, western Turkey. It is situated on the eastern shoreline of Karaburun Peninsula within the Gulf of Izmir at about 20 km to the south of the district center of... more
Mordoğan is a sea-side township in the district of Karaburun in Izmir, western Turkey. It is situated on the eastern shoreline of Karaburun Peninsula within the Gulf of Izmir at about 20 km to the south of the district center of Karaburun. In a close distant of Mordoğan there was a Greek village1920s that was called as "Tekke Köy". In this short article in Turkish language this small rural church of 19th cent. is being presented.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Art History, Ottoman History, Medieval History, Anatolian Studies, and 35 moreMedieval Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Archaeology, Anatolian History, Medieval Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, Byzantine Studies, Ottoman Empire, History of Art, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Church History, Late Ottoman Period, History of Ottoman Art and Architecture, Aegean Archaeology, Church Archaeology, Ottoman art and architecture, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Church, History of architecture, Orthodox Church in the Ottoman period, Church architecture, Archaeology of churches, Ottoman Greeks, Archeologia medievale, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, İzmir, Post-byzantine art history, Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art, Medieval church architecture, Ottoman Heritage Art and Architecture, Greeks in Asia Minor, and Byzantine history and archaeology
In this brief paper in Turkish a possible grave in Izmir, in western Turkey is presented. This possibly Hellenistic grave could be a tumulus and was illegally looted. Hellenistic and Roman grave archaeology of western Anatolia is not... more
In this brief paper in Turkish a possible grave in Izmir, in western Turkey is presented. This possibly Hellenistic grave could be a tumulus and was illegally looted. Hellenistic and Roman grave archaeology of western Anatolia is not known in greater extend.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Hellenistic History, and 27 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Turkey, Death and Burial (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Cultural Historical Geography, Burial Practices (Archaeology), Aegean Archaeology, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Roman burial practices, Burial mounds (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Archaeology of burials, Ancient Topography, Archaeology of death and burial, Asia Minor, Archaeology, Classical archaeology, Greek and Roman history, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Material Culture Studies, Funerary Archaeology, Burial Customs, Ephesos, İzmir, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Tumulus, Roman tombs and burial customs, and Roman Archaeology
The frontier between Caria and Phrygia in Roman times ran along the ridge of Salbacus mountains (Babadağlar) in today’s Kale at Denizli, and this part of Caria was called as “northeastern Caria”. Here we have the plain of Tabae (Tabenon... more
The frontier between Caria and Phrygia in Roman times ran along the ridge of Salbacus mountains (Babadağlar) in today’s Kale at Denizli, and this part of Caria was called as “northeastern Caria”. Here we have the plain of Tabae (Tabenon pedion/Ταβηνὸν πεδίον or Tabenorum campus), mentioned by Strabo (12, 8, 13) with some major cities: Tabae and Apollonia Salbace on the south, Heracleia Salbace on the north and Sebastopolis as well as Cidramus on the southeast. This ancient landscape has been surveyed by L. and R. Roberts in 1930s and 1940s; since then there is almost no comprehensive study in the regards of antiquities of the area.
Tabae (Τάβαι) is located in the south of the plain of Tabae on a rocky elevation near modern Kale in Denizli. It occupied the heights at the western end of the plain extending in a north-easterly direction towards Salbacus mountains. According to Strabo (12, 570, 576) it was located in a plain in Phrygia on the boundaries of Caria. Stephanus Byzantius mentions two cities of this name, one in Lydia, the other in Caria. Livy (38, 13) notes that it was on the frontier of Pisidia towards the coast of the Gulf of Pamphylia. From the beginning of the 3rd cent. B.C. onwards, Tabae had the constitution of a polis. In 189 B.C. it was capitulated to Manlius Vulso (Livy 38, 13, 11-13), having defeated the inhabitants who blocked his passage, exacted from Tabae a fine of 25 talents and 10,000 medimni of wheat. After 167 Tabae was a 'friend and ally' of Rome (IG XIV 695-696b). Autonomy of Tabae was confirmed by Rome in 81 B.C. There are no coins of the city which can be safely attributed to a period much earlier than the latter half of the 1st century B.C. The oldest coins of Tabae are drachms and hemidrachms of reduced Attic or Rhodian weight, and bronze coins. During the Early Byzantine period the original diocese of Tabae was a suffragan of Stauropolis, earlier Aphrodisias. During the Early and Middle Byzantine periods three bishops of Tabae are known: Rufinus, present at the Council of Ephesus (A.D. 431); Severus, at Istanbul (A.D. 553); and Basilius, at Nicæa (A.D. 787) Le Quien, Oriens christianus, I, 905). The Notitiæ Episcopatuum continues to mention it among the suffragans of Stauropolis until 13th century A.D.
Heraclea Salbace (Ἡράκλεια) was first identified by W. H. Waddington at the modern Vakıf, at the foot of the Salbacus mountains and at the north-eastern end of the plain of Tabae. Its territory was separated by the little river Timeles (Kırkpınar) from that of the neighbouring city Aphrodisias, and therefore the river-god ΤΙΜЄΛΗC is represented on imperial coins of both cities.
Apollonia Salbace is located at the modern village Medet about 7 km north of Kale on a fruitful area of the plain of Tabae south of Salbacus mountains and connected to Caria, Lycia and Phrygia by road. Sebastopolis (Σεβαστούπολις; "city of the Sebastos"), the modern Kızılcahöyük was a town on the road from Apollonia Salbace to Cibyra. Cidramus (or Cindramus, Cidrama) is conjecturally placed between Antiocheia and Attouda south of the Maeander on the Caro-Phrygian frontier. In this brief paper in Turkish language these five northeastern Carian cities on the plain of Tabae were examined in details in the light of numismatic evidences.
Tabae (Τάβαι) is located in the south of the plain of Tabae on a rocky elevation near modern Kale in Denizli. It occupied the heights at the western end of the plain extending in a north-easterly direction towards Salbacus mountains. According to Strabo (12, 570, 576) it was located in a plain in Phrygia on the boundaries of Caria. Stephanus Byzantius mentions two cities of this name, one in Lydia, the other in Caria. Livy (38, 13) notes that it was on the frontier of Pisidia towards the coast of the Gulf of Pamphylia. From the beginning of the 3rd cent. B.C. onwards, Tabae had the constitution of a polis. In 189 B.C. it was capitulated to Manlius Vulso (Livy 38, 13, 11-13), having defeated the inhabitants who blocked his passage, exacted from Tabae a fine of 25 talents and 10,000 medimni of wheat. After 167 Tabae was a 'friend and ally' of Rome (IG XIV 695-696b). Autonomy of Tabae was confirmed by Rome in 81 B.C. There are no coins of the city which can be safely attributed to a period much earlier than the latter half of the 1st century B.C. The oldest coins of Tabae are drachms and hemidrachms of reduced Attic or Rhodian weight, and bronze coins. During the Early Byzantine period the original diocese of Tabae was a suffragan of Stauropolis, earlier Aphrodisias. During the Early and Middle Byzantine periods three bishops of Tabae are known: Rufinus, present at the Council of Ephesus (A.D. 431); Severus, at Istanbul (A.D. 553); and Basilius, at Nicæa (A.D. 787) Le Quien, Oriens christianus, I, 905). The Notitiæ Episcopatuum continues to mention it among the suffragans of Stauropolis until 13th century A.D.
Heraclea Salbace (Ἡράκλεια) was first identified by W. H. Waddington at the modern Vakıf, at the foot of the Salbacus mountains and at the north-eastern end of the plain of Tabae. Its territory was separated by the little river Timeles (Kırkpınar) from that of the neighbouring city Aphrodisias, and therefore the river-god ΤΙΜЄΛΗC is represented on imperial coins of both cities.
Apollonia Salbace is located at the modern village Medet about 7 km north of Kale on a fruitful area of the plain of Tabae south of Salbacus mountains and connected to Caria, Lycia and Phrygia by road. Sebastopolis (Σεβαστούπολις; "city of the Sebastos"), the modern Kızılcahöyük was a town on the road from Apollonia Salbace to Cibyra. Cidramus (or Cindramus, Cidrama) is conjecturally placed between Antiocheia and Attouda south of the Maeander on the Caro-Phrygian frontier. In this brief paper in Turkish language these five northeastern Carian cities on the plain of Tabae were examined in details in the light of numismatic evidences.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Roman History, and 15 moreAnatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Numismatics, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Roman numismatics and archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Ancient Greek Numismatics, Ancient Roman Numismatics, Roman coins, Ancient Caria, Roman Provincial Coinage, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, and Roman Archaeology
In this brief introductory chapter both in Turkish and English the concentration is given to the period between the years 1970 and 1975 in Turkish archaeology and the role of Mr Emin Başaranbilek, the former director of the Archaeological... more
In this brief introductory chapter both in Turkish and English the concentration is given to the period between the years 1970 and 1975 in Turkish archaeology and the role of Mr Emin Başaranbilek, the former director of the Archaeological Museum of Istanbul.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Museum Studies, and 15 moreAnatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, History of Archaeological Praxis, Turkish Art (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Museums, History of Archaeology, Museum and Heritage Studies, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, İzmir, Istanbul, Ankara, Roman Archaeology, Anatolian and the Near Eastern Archaeology, and Classics and Ancient History
In this brief paper in Turkish language a focus is given to the archaeology and history of Akçaabat during the classical antiquity. Akçaabat is a town and district of the province of Trabzon in northeastern Turkey. It is located to the... more
In this brief paper in Turkish language a focus is given to the archaeology and history of Akçaabat during the classical antiquity. Akçaabat is a town and district of the province of Trabzon in northeastern Turkey. It is located to the west of Trabzon.
The first settlers of Akçaabat migrated from eastern Aegean shores and named the site as "Platana" because of the abundance of plane trees (Greek Plátanos, Πλάτανος, Latin Platanus). In Turkish, the name was reinterpreted as Pulathane 'land of iron' and the surrounding district became Akçeabad 'abundance of money'. Founded as a trade colony of Miletus around the 7th century B.C., Akçaabat came under Persian rule around the 6th century B.C.. After a brief rule under Alexander the Great, Akçaabat was incorporated into the Kingdom of Pontus established by Mithridates I of Pontus around the 3rd century B.C. After the dissolution of the Kingdom of Pontus around 60 B.C., the Romans took control of the region surrounding Trabzon. Serving as a natural port for Trabzon, Akçaabat was one of the important towns of eastern Black Sea region, and thus Pontus region of the Roman Empire.
Although attacked several times, Akçaabat remained under Byzantine control until a branch of the Byzantine dynasty, Komnenos family established their own kingdom with the help of Georgian queen Tamara after the Latin capture of Istanbul in A.D. 1204. This new state, called the Empire of Trebizond, survived as a vassal kingdom under the Seljukid Empire until Sultan Mehmet II "the conqueror" of the Ottoman Empire added Trabzon to his territories in October 1461.
The first settlers of Akçaabat migrated from eastern Aegean shores and named the site as "Platana" because of the abundance of plane trees (Greek Plátanos, Πλάτανος, Latin Platanus). In Turkish, the name was reinterpreted as Pulathane 'land of iron' and the surrounding district became Akçeabad 'abundance of money'. Founded as a trade colony of Miletus around the 7th century B.C., Akçaabat came under Persian rule around the 6th century B.C.. After a brief rule under Alexander the Great, Akçaabat was incorporated into the Kingdom of Pontus established by Mithridates I of Pontus around the 3rd century B.C. After the dissolution of the Kingdom of Pontus around 60 B.C., the Romans took control of the region surrounding Trabzon. Serving as a natural port for Trabzon, Akçaabat was one of the important towns of eastern Black Sea region, and thus Pontus region of the Roman Empire.
Although attacked several times, Akçaabat remained under Byzantine control until a branch of the Byzantine dynasty, Komnenos family established their own kingdom with the help of Georgian queen Tamara after the Latin capture of Istanbul in A.D. 1204. This new state, called the Empire of Trebizond, survived as a vassal kingdom under the Seljukid Empire until Sultan Mehmet II "the conqueror" of the Ottoman Empire added Trabzon to his territories in October 1461.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Cultural Historical Geography, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Black Sea region, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Black Sea Studies, Ancient Anatolia, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Trabzon, and Roman Archaeology
This is a popular paper in Turkish devoted to the Ottoman Greek and Armenian churches in Üsküdar, a laid-back residential neighborhood on Asian shore of the Bosphorus in Istanbul. A basilical church of 11th-13th century A.D. was found... more
This is a popular paper in Turkish devoted to the Ottoman Greek and Armenian churches in Üsküdar, a laid-back residential neighborhood on Asian shore of the Bosphorus in Istanbul. A basilical church of 11th-13th century A.D. was found during the Marmaray rescue excavations in Üsküdar. This church seems to be the oldest one in this part of Istanbul. Medieval sources, however, report about a church of fifth century which should be earlier than the Marmaray Basilica. In today’s Üsküdar, one of the most important historical place and oldest-established residential area of Istanbul, there are nine churches which are still active. These churches are not only important for the history of Üsküdar, but also are meaningful in understanding the communal life style of various communities in Üsküdar. They are located in the districts of Kuzguncuk, Selamsız-Bağlarbaşı, Çengelköy and Kandilli. Four of them are Armenian Apostolic, and five of them are Greek Orthodox churches. The Armenian ones are Sourp Krikor Loussavoritch (Saint Gregory the Illuminator; first built 1835, rebuilt 1861) in Kuzguncuk, Sourp Karapet (Saint John the Baptist; first church on the site, 1590; present building built 1888) in Bağlarbaşı (Yenimahalle), Sourp Khatch (Holy Cross; built 1676, rebuilt 1880) in Selamsız and Sourp Yergodasan Arakelots (The Twelve Holy Apostoles; 1846) in Kandilli. Most of these churches were built in the 19th cent., although their first building phase goes back to earlier times. The oldest one is Surp Garabed Armenian Church that should be built in the 16th cent. The Greek Orthodox churches are Agios Panteleimon (St. Pantaleon; 1831), Hagios Georgios (St. George; 1821) both in Kuzguncuk, Prophetes Elias (Prophet Elijah; 1804-1831) in Bağlarbaşı, Hagios Georgios (1830) in Çengelköy and Christus Metamorphosis (Transfiguration of Jesus; 1810) in Kandilli. Most of these churches are also from the 19th century; likewise Armenian churches their original building date go back to earlier periods.
Research Interests: Art History, Armenian Studies, Anatolian Studies, Ottoman Studies, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreOttoman Empire, History of Art, Byzantine Architecture, Church History, Late Ottoman Period, History of Ottoman Art and Architecture, Ottoman art and architecture, Church architecture, Ottoman Armenians, Byzantine art, Istanbul, Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art, Medieval church architecture, İSTANBUL KENT TARİHİ, and Urban Studies: Constantinople/Istanbul
Bu rapor ilgili birimlerin izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır. This paper will be displayed here soon; please ask to the author for a free copy: [email protected] This brief paper in Turkish language is a report on the pottery studies in southern... more
Bu rapor ilgili birimlerin izinleri ile yayımlanmıştır.
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This brief paper in Turkish language is a report on the pottery studies in southern Turkish museums which is undertaken in 2001. The studied museums were -from west to east- Alanya, Anamur, Silifke, Mersin, Tarsus, Adana and Hatay in Cilicia and its surroundings as well as Yalvaç, Isparta and Burdur in Pisidian territories, all in southern Turkey. Focus of the study was clay unguentaria of Hellenistic, Roman and early Byzantine periods.
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This brief paper in Turkish language is a report on the pottery studies in southern Turkish museums which is undertaken in 2001. The studied museums were -from west to east- Alanya, Anamur, Silifke, Mersin, Tarsus, Adana and Hatay in Cilicia and its surroundings as well as Yalvaç, Isparta and Burdur in Pisidian territories, all in southern Turkey. Focus of the study was clay unguentaria of Hellenistic, Roman and early Byzantine periods.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Medieval ceramics (Archaeology), Greek Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Cilicia, Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek Pottery, Hellenistic Pottery, Roman ceramics, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
Bu dört heykelcik Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 27/04/2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11 (TA 014/G) 65675 numaralı izni ile yayımlanmıştır. This paper will be displayed here soon; please ask to the author for a free copy:... more
Bu dört heykelcik Müze Müdürlüğü'nün 27/04/2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11 (TA 014/G) 65675 numaralı izni ile yayımlanmıştır.
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In this brief paper in Turkish language four limestone statuettes from southern Turkey are presented. They are dated to the Classical period, i.e. 5th-4th centuries B.C.
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In this brief paper in Turkish language four limestone statuettes from southern Turkey are presented. They are dated to the Classical period, i.e. 5th-4th centuries B.C.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Cypriot Archaeology, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Cyprus Studies, Funerary Archaeology, History of Cyprus, Cyprus, Greek Archaeology, Cilicia, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Bronze and Iron Ages in Eastern Mediterranean (Archaeology), Iron Age, Greek Sculpture, Cyprus and the East Mediterranean, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, and Archaeology of Cyprus
The present offprint is an abridged version of this paper, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to the author for its full version: [email protected] In this brief paper in Turkish language archaeology and history... more
The present offprint is an abridged version of this paper, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to the author for its full version: [email protected]
In this brief paper in Turkish language archaeology and history of a site in southern Black Sea area during the Graeco-Roman antiquity is outlined.
In this brief paper in Turkish language archaeology and history of a site in southern Black Sea area during the Graeco-Roman antiquity is outlined.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, Greek Epigraphy, Greek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
The present offprint is an abridged version of this paper, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to the author for its full version: [email protected] In this brief paper in Turkish language daily life of Late... more
The present offprint is an abridged version of this paper, full version of which will be displayed here soon; please ask to the author for its full version: [email protected]
In this brief paper in Turkish language daily life of Late Ottomans and their churches in southern Black Sea area are presented. Local churches at Tekkeköy, Ondokuzmayıs, Bafra, Asarcık and Havza are referred.
In this brief paper in Turkish language daily life of Late Ottomans and their churches in southern Black Sea area are presented. Local churches at Tekkeköy, Ondokuzmayıs, Bafra, Asarcık and Havza are referred.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Ottoman History, Anatolian Studies, Ottoman Studies, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreOttoman Empire, Armenian Culture, Byzantine Architecture, Late Ottoman Period, History of Ottoman Art and Architecture, Ottoman art and architecture, Black Sea region, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Black Sea Studies, Orthodox Christianity, Church architecture, Late Ottoman History, Black Sea, Byzantine art, and Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art
In this brief paper in Turkish language ruins of a grave in the province of Izmir in western Asia Minor (Turkey) is presented in detail.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Funeral Practices, Greek Archaeology, Greek religion (Classics), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ionia, Funerary Practices, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Ephesus, Ephesos, Roman Funerary Art, Archeologia Funeraria, and Roman Archaeology
The mosque of Karacaköy in Erfelek, in the province of Sinop in northern Turkey is a converted 19th century A.D. Greek church. This brief report in Turkish language presents this mosque in detail.
Research Interests: Art History, Ottoman History, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Archaeology, and 15 moreOttoman Studies, Ottoman Empire, History of Art, Late Ottoman Period, History of Ottoman Art and Architecture, Ottoman art and architecture, Black Sea region, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Black Sea Studies, Church architecture, Mosque Architecture, Late Ottoman History, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea, and Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art
In this brief paper in Turkish language historical geography of Ilgın and its close environs during the Roman period is characterized and an attempt is given to associate some epigraphical datas to archaeological evidences. Phrygia Magna... more
In this brief paper in Turkish language historical geography of Ilgın and its close environs during the Roman period is characterized and an attempt is given to associate some epigraphical datas to archaeological evidences. Phrygia Magna is divided into Phrygia Paroreios which separated from central Phrygia by the lofty range of the Sultan Dağı. Some new epigraphical research around Ilgın since 2000s brought up new insights on toponomies and ethnomies of the region during the Roman period. At the end of the text a stele from the Archaeological Museums of Istanbul, originated from Ilgın, is mentioned.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Landscape Archaeology, and 15 moreEpigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Funerary Archaeology, Cultural Historical Geography, Roman Epigraphy, Late Roman Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Galatians, Asia Minor, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
In this paper in Turkish language archaeological field surveys, excavations and restorations in southwestern Paphlagonia (north-central Turkey) between the years 2005 and 2008 were summarizied.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreEarly Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Survey (Archaeological Method & Theory), Byzantine Archaeology, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Black Sea region, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Black Sea Studies, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Roman and Byzantine Asia Minor, and Roman Archaeology
Bu henüz basılmamış metin Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi'nde 2003 yılından beri vermekte olduğum derslerime paralel olarak, derse iştirak eden öğrencilerin katılımı ile beraber hazırladığım mesleki İngilizce'ye ilişkin ders... more
Bu henüz basılmamış metin Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi'nde 2003 yılından beri vermekte olduğum derslerime paralel olarak, derse iştirak eden öğrencilerin katılımı ile beraber hazırladığım mesleki İngilizce'ye ilişkin ders notlarından ibarettir. Bu notların herhangi bir bilimsel ya da ticari amacı yoktur. Öğrenci çalışmalarının derlenmiş halidir. Atıf yapılan ya da yapılmayan yerlerden metnin bölümlerini hazırlayan öğrenci arkadaşlarımız sorumludur.
This yet unpublished text consists of lecture notes on professional English that I have prepared with the participation of students attending the course in parallel with my lectures at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Letters since 2003. These notes do not have any scientific or commercial purpose. It is a compilation of student work. Our student friends who prepare parts of the text are responsible for the places that are cited or not.
This yet unpublished text consists of lecture notes on professional English that I have prepared with the participation of students attending the course in parallel with my lectures at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Letters since 2003. These notes do not have any scientific or commercial purpose. It is a compilation of student work. Our student friends who prepare parts of the text are responsible for the places that are cited or not.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Teaching English as a Second Language, Anatolian Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, and 15 moreTeaching English As A Foreign Language, English Language Learning, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), English language teaching, English Language Learners, Learning and Teaching of English Language Skills, The use of technology in the teaching of English as a foreign language, English teaching, English Language Teaching (ELT), Teaching English, ICT in teaching and learning English language, Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL), English EFL TEFL learning, English Language Teaching, and Lesson planning for English language teaching
Bu henüz basılmamış metin Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi'nde verilmekte olan derslerime paralel olarak, derse iştirak eden öğrencilerin katılımı ile beraber hazırladığım Anadolu Türk-İslam Beylikleri ve Osmanlı Dönemi tarihi,... more
Bu henüz basılmamış metin Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi'nde verilmekte olan derslerime paralel olarak, derse iştirak eden öğrencilerin katılımı ile beraber hazırladığım Anadolu Türk-İslam Beylikleri ve Osmanlı Dönemi tarihi, sanat tarihi ve arkeolojisine ilişkin ders notlarından ibarettir. Bu notların herhangi bir bilimsel ya da ticari amacı yoktur. Öğrenci çalışmalarının derlenmiş halidir. Atıf yapılan ya da yapılmayan yerlerden metnin bölümlerini hazırlayan öğrenci arkadaşlarımız sorumludur.
This formerly unpublished manuscript contains lecture notes on the history, history of art and archaeology of the Anatolian Turkish-Islamic principalities and Ottoman period in Turkish language which were held at the Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Education in 2022 and 2023.
This yet unpublished text consists of lecture notes on Anatolian Turkish-Islamic Principalities and Ottoman Period history, art history and archeology that I prepared with the participation of the students attending the course in parallel with my lectures given at Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Education. These notes do not have any scientific or commercial purpose. It is a compilation of student work. Our students who prepare parts of the text are responsible for the places that are cited or not.
This formerly unpublished manuscript contains lecture notes on the history, history of art and archaeology of the Anatolian Turkish-Islamic principalities and Ottoman period in Turkish language which were held at the Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Education in 2022 and 2023.
This yet unpublished text consists of lecture notes on Anatolian Turkish-Islamic Principalities and Ottoman Period history, art history and archeology that I prepared with the participation of the students attending the course in parallel with my lectures given at Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Education. These notes do not have any scientific or commercial purpose. It is a compilation of student work. Our students who prepare parts of the text are responsible for the places that are cited or not.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Ottoman History, Islamic Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Archaeology, and 15 moreAnatolian History, Medieval Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, Ottoman Empire, Early modern Ottoman History, Turkish Art (Archaeology), Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Post Medieval Archaeology, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Islamic art and architecture, Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology, Islamic art and archaeology, Ottoman Heritage Art and Architecture, and Anadolu Beylikleri
This is a formerly unpublished lecture notes in Turkish language. The stories that shape our understanding of the ancient world are filled with storms, floods, and other disasters that remind us of what it means to be mortal. For example,... more
This is a formerly unpublished lecture notes in Turkish language. The stories that shape our understanding of the ancient world are filled with storms, floods, and other disasters that remind us of what it means to be mortal. For example, the Ancient Greeks sailed to Troy in the epic of Iliad and fought there and destroyed the city; but the Greeks themselves perished when a strong storm drove their ships to the bottom of the sea. The return of the Greeks from Troy is a very old story that appeared in Homer and was also developed by the epic writers after Homer. Greek tragedy writers and some of the poets in Classical Roman literature dealt with the storm and almost competed with each other in the tragic expression of this subject. There is a lot of rhetoric of ancient storms in both ancient Greek and Roman literatures. If you were a tragic poet in ancient Athens or an epic poet in Classical Rome, you would have to tragically better tragilize a storm than your rival poet.
Research Interests: Classics, Homer, Anatolian Archaeology, Ancient myth and religion, Greek Myth, and 15 moreTextual criticism (Classics), Greco-Roman Mythology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Greek mythology, Greek Mythology and Rites, Ancient Greek Mythology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Ancient Near Eastern Religions, The Greek and Latin Classics, Ancient Greek Literature, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Homeric studies, Ancient Studies, Ancient Greek Language and Literature, and Classics and Ancient History
This is a textbook of Latin grammar for archaeological students that is written in Turkish for the students at the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir and not published as of yet. Its last update was in 2023. Please feel free to submit your... more
This is a textbook of Latin grammar for archaeological students that is written in Turkish for the students at the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir and not published as of yet. Its last update was in 2023. Please feel free to submit your critics, suggestions, additions etc. to the author: [email protected]
With the kind assistance of Mr Kartal Derin, an undergraduate student of archaeology at Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, a website has been designed particularly for this textbook; please take a look:
http://kartalderin.great-site.net/?i=1
With the kind assistance of Mr Kartal Derin, an undergraduate student of archaeology at Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, a website has been designed particularly for this textbook; please take a look:
http://kartalderin.great-site.net/?i=1
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreAncient Indo-European Languages, History of Latin Language, Latin Language and Literature, Latin Epigraphy, Classical philology, Latin Literature (in Classics) - Seneca, Roman Epigraphy, Latin Language, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, Latin philology, Lingua Latina, Classical Latin, Latin Grammar, Classical Philology, and Roman Archaeology
This is an abstract of a public lecture on 31 October 2023 at the Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Letters for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye. For more information, please... more
This is an abstract of a public lecture on 31 October 2023 at the Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Letters for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye. For more information, please contact [email protected]
Although the port of Smyrna was usually one of the most important harbours of the eastern Aegean coast, the city was a moderate centre during the Byzantine periods. In the late antique period this harbour city profited from its protected position and rich agricultural hinterland in neighboring Lydia. During the Hellenistic and Roman periods, the “second” Smyrna reached a metropolitan proportion, but the city suffered an extensive earthquake in the second century AD, which was resulted with a sudden downsizing. For the period between the fourth to 11th centuries AD, there is not much literary, historical and hagiographic evidence about Smyrna, and the administrative, civil and religious role of the city in the Byzantine period is therefore not well-known. Only the 13th century is well illuminated by the documents of the monastery of Lembos and by the imposing remains of the citadel on Mount Pagus, modern Kadıfekale. From our historical knowledge, what we know is that Smyrna certainly participated in the general decline of urban life in the seventh century AD. Cheynet’s brief essay on Byzantine Smyrna especially through its sigillographical aspects go parallel to Clive Foss’ research in 1977 on the collapse of the great metropoleis Ephesus and Sardis.
Here is a brief historical survey on Smyrna during the Byzantine period based on these two essays: during the seventh century the city was rarely at the centre of military operations, which alone retained the attention of the chroniclers from Constantinople. Under Heraclius in the early seventh century AD, the Persian armies ravaged Anatolia as far as the Aegean coast. The city comes out of the darkness in the Middle Age when it was attacked by the Arabs: the sources record that Smyrna was taken by the Arabs in the mid-seventh century AD. According to an inscription Michael III restored the ramparts of Smyrna and built a fortified wall in the mid-ninth century, completing his major work of reconstruction of the network of Anatolian fortresses. Constantine Monomachos did the same after the violent mid-11th century AD earthquake, similarly commemorated by an inscription. Sigillographically, a Viennese seal mentions a Theodoros β. σπαθάριος καὶ ἄρχων Σμύρνης, probably a maritime archon, from the later ninth century. In the same period Smyrna was the home base of the fleet in the recently created Samos theme. Although situated close to Samos, Ephesus was not chosen for this duty. During the Middle Byzantine period all the evidence points to an active port in Smyrna which, together with Phygela (Kuşadası) and then Anaia (Kadıkalesi), took the place of Ephesus choked by silt. At the end of Middle Byzantine period Smyrna was encouraged by the nearby installation of the two imperial residences in Nymphaeum (Kemalpaşa) and Magnesia ad Sipylum (Manisa). Taking advantage of the decline of Ephesus, Smyrna benefited from the economic and spatial development of the Byzantine Empire with its rich hinterland of agriculture from the tenth century onwards. An arsenal was established most probably on Pagos, which served as a naval base to the Seljuk commander Tzachas who seized Smyrna in 1084, but the city was recovered by the Byzantine general John Doukas again.
We also know very little about the daily life and people of Smyrna between the fourth and 11th centuries: mediaeval texts suggest that Smyrna housed highly developed textile craft industry, including silk manufacture and its region supplied purple to the imperial workshops. A local family, the Blattopouloi, for instance, alludes to silk weaving. As it was situated near rich agricultural holdings, Smyrna served as a regional entrepot. In c. AD 800 the inhabitants dispatched a consignment of grain and vegetables to Greek island Lesbos. During the antiquity and Byzantine periods, the agricultural products were exported via the harbour of Smyrna and therefore the city housed granaries. Some vineyards and olive plantations are equally attested in the hinterland of Byzantine Smyrna as it includes the finest agricultural lands of western Anatolia. On the agricultural importance of Smyrna one should also mention some seals of horreiarioi of Smyrna: A first Ioannes from the second half of the tenth or the beginning of the 11th century, a second Ioannes from the first half of the 11th century, a Kosmas from the first or second third of the 11th century, a Thomas from the first half of the 11th century, a Leon koubikoularios from the second half of the 11th century, and a third Ioannes, probably from the second half of the 11th century. We let the question open, if also the seal of a Michael, ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκειακῆς τραπέζης and ὁριάρ(ιος) ΜVPN (second or third third of the 10th century) should be attributed to Smyrna (as mistake of the die cutter).
We have very little information on the religious life of Byzantine Smyrna before the period of the Nicaean Empire in the 13th century whereas Sozomenos in his Ecclesiastical history of mid-fifth century AD, Pseudo-Epiphanius in Notitia episcopatuum and the chronicle of Niketas Choniates in the 13th century AD give us some more insights. Already in the oldest notitiae Smyrna was an archbishopric. What we know through sigillographical research, that around AD 800 the Church of Smyrna was wealthy enough to dispose of a steward (oikonomos) possessing his own seal. At the end of the ninth century AD the bishop of Smyrna received the rank of metropolitan. Throughout the Middle Ages, pilgrims came to the site of Polycarp’s martyrdom and to his tomb which is venerated both by Christians and Muslims. An ecumenical service was still being conducted at this tomb as late as 1952.
Topographically during the period between the fourth and 12th century AD commercial, judicial and political nucleus of the Byzantine Smyrna should be situated on the northern slopes of Mount Pagos (Turkish Kadifekale). As the modern city occupies the same area as that of the ancient and Byzantine, the site presents few opportunities for excavations, and since the 1920s most of these remainings have only been very limitedly excavated. Some parts of defensive wall on Pagos and remains of a defensive wall close to Basmane Railway Station called as “Kara Kapı” (Black Gate), that was erected by the proconsul Anatolius, in the name of Arcadius, and commemorated in a verse inscription are definitely related to the Early Byzantine period. These walls may represent a new or a partial or extensive rebuilding of an old fortification. Some inscriptions of Heraclius datable to the early seventh century AD were found here and show that the walls or sections of them were still functioning during the reign of Heraclius, and may imply that Smyrna suffered no such devastation as Sardis and Ephesus during the Persian War. The most interesting indication of the prosperity of the Byzantine city is provided by a series of epigrams in the ninth and 16th books of the Greek Anthology, which commemorate rebuilding of the city after an earthquake in the time of Justinian in mid-sixth centry, as well as restoration of a bath and a public latrine. These alone are adequate to show that the city flourished, especially as a port, and that it received the attentions of successive proconsuls. Thus, one can assume that during the sixth century AD Smyrna was evidently a worthy rival of neighbouring Ephesus. We know several plombs only with the inscription CMV|PNA, often found on the Danube border; probably they have to do with the activities of the quaestor Justinianus exercitus / praefectus insularum.
Although there are numerous field projects in and around Izmir, both the Gulf of Smyrna as well as its hinterland are not known in the Byzantine archaeology in detail, so that we are still depending on these scattered historical sources. Archaeologically most important results in the regards of Byzantine period of Smyrna came from the Agora of Smyrna, which seems to survive only sloopy during the Early Byzantine centuries until Late Medieval times. Archaeological evidence on Byzantine Smyrna originated also in a limited scale from the excavated areas of Pagos/Kadıfekale, Altınyol in Basmane, Şifa Hospital, Hellenistic-Roman theatre, recently discovered harbour baths (probably built during the era of Justinian I) and Roman road next to the Ephesian Gate.
Keywords: Izmir, Smyrna, Thrakesion, western Turkey, Asia Minor, Middle Ages, Early Byzantine period, Middle Byzantine period, Late Byzantine period, Byzantine history.
Although the port of Smyrna was usually one of the most important harbours of the eastern Aegean coast, the city was a moderate centre during the Byzantine periods. In the late antique period this harbour city profited from its protected position and rich agricultural hinterland in neighboring Lydia. During the Hellenistic and Roman periods, the “second” Smyrna reached a metropolitan proportion, but the city suffered an extensive earthquake in the second century AD, which was resulted with a sudden downsizing. For the period between the fourth to 11th centuries AD, there is not much literary, historical and hagiographic evidence about Smyrna, and the administrative, civil and religious role of the city in the Byzantine period is therefore not well-known. Only the 13th century is well illuminated by the documents of the monastery of Lembos and by the imposing remains of the citadel on Mount Pagus, modern Kadıfekale. From our historical knowledge, what we know is that Smyrna certainly participated in the general decline of urban life in the seventh century AD. Cheynet’s brief essay on Byzantine Smyrna especially through its sigillographical aspects go parallel to Clive Foss’ research in 1977 on the collapse of the great metropoleis Ephesus and Sardis.
Here is a brief historical survey on Smyrna during the Byzantine period based on these two essays: during the seventh century the city was rarely at the centre of military operations, which alone retained the attention of the chroniclers from Constantinople. Under Heraclius in the early seventh century AD, the Persian armies ravaged Anatolia as far as the Aegean coast. The city comes out of the darkness in the Middle Age when it was attacked by the Arabs: the sources record that Smyrna was taken by the Arabs in the mid-seventh century AD. According to an inscription Michael III restored the ramparts of Smyrna and built a fortified wall in the mid-ninth century, completing his major work of reconstruction of the network of Anatolian fortresses. Constantine Monomachos did the same after the violent mid-11th century AD earthquake, similarly commemorated by an inscription. Sigillographically, a Viennese seal mentions a Theodoros β. σπαθάριος καὶ ἄρχων Σμύρνης, probably a maritime archon, from the later ninth century. In the same period Smyrna was the home base of the fleet in the recently created Samos theme. Although situated close to Samos, Ephesus was not chosen for this duty. During the Middle Byzantine period all the evidence points to an active port in Smyrna which, together with Phygela (Kuşadası) and then Anaia (Kadıkalesi), took the place of Ephesus choked by silt. At the end of Middle Byzantine period Smyrna was encouraged by the nearby installation of the two imperial residences in Nymphaeum (Kemalpaşa) and Magnesia ad Sipylum (Manisa). Taking advantage of the decline of Ephesus, Smyrna benefited from the economic and spatial development of the Byzantine Empire with its rich hinterland of agriculture from the tenth century onwards. An arsenal was established most probably on Pagos, which served as a naval base to the Seljuk commander Tzachas who seized Smyrna in 1084, but the city was recovered by the Byzantine general John Doukas again.
We also know very little about the daily life and people of Smyrna between the fourth and 11th centuries: mediaeval texts suggest that Smyrna housed highly developed textile craft industry, including silk manufacture and its region supplied purple to the imperial workshops. A local family, the Blattopouloi, for instance, alludes to silk weaving. As it was situated near rich agricultural holdings, Smyrna served as a regional entrepot. In c. AD 800 the inhabitants dispatched a consignment of grain and vegetables to Greek island Lesbos. During the antiquity and Byzantine periods, the agricultural products were exported via the harbour of Smyrna and therefore the city housed granaries. Some vineyards and olive plantations are equally attested in the hinterland of Byzantine Smyrna as it includes the finest agricultural lands of western Anatolia. On the agricultural importance of Smyrna one should also mention some seals of horreiarioi of Smyrna: A first Ioannes from the second half of the tenth or the beginning of the 11th century, a second Ioannes from the first half of the 11th century, a Kosmas from the first or second third of the 11th century, a Thomas from the first half of the 11th century, a Leon koubikoularios from the second half of the 11th century, and a third Ioannes, probably from the second half of the 11th century. We let the question open, if also the seal of a Michael, ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκειακῆς τραπέζης and ὁριάρ(ιος) ΜVPN (second or third third of the 10th century) should be attributed to Smyrna (as mistake of the die cutter).
We have very little information on the religious life of Byzantine Smyrna before the period of the Nicaean Empire in the 13th century whereas Sozomenos in his Ecclesiastical history of mid-fifth century AD, Pseudo-Epiphanius in Notitia episcopatuum and the chronicle of Niketas Choniates in the 13th century AD give us some more insights. Already in the oldest notitiae Smyrna was an archbishopric. What we know through sigillographical research, that around AD 800 the Church of Smyrna was wealthy enough to dispose of a steward (oikonomos) possessing his own seal. At the end of the ninth century AD the bishop of Smyrna received the rank of metropolitan. Throughout the Middle Ages, pilgrims came to the site of Polycarp’s martyrdom and to his tomb which is venerated both by Christians and Muslims. An ecumenical service was still being conducted at this tomb as late as 1952.
Topographically during the period between the fourth and 12th century AD commercial, judicial and political nucleus of the Byzantine Smyrna should be situated on the northern slopes of Mount Pagos (Turkish Kadifekale). As the modern city occupies the same area as that of the ancient and Byzantine, the site presents few opportunities for excavations, and since the 1920s most of these remainings have only been very limitedly excavated. Some parts of defensive wall on Pagos and remains of a defensive wall close to Basmane Railway Station called as “Kara Kapı” (Black Gate), that was erected by the proconsul Anatolius, in the name of Arcadius, and commemorated in a verse inscription are definitely related to the Early Byzantine period. These walls may represent a new or a partial or extensive rebuilding of an old fortification. Some inscriptions of Heraclius datable to the early seventh century AD were found here and show that the walls or sections of them were still functioning during the reign of Heraclius, and may imply that Smyrna suffered no such devastation as Sardis and Ephesus during the Persian War. The most interesting indication of the prosperity of the Byzantine city is provided by a series of epigrams in the ninth and 16th books of the Greek Anthology, which commemorate rebuilding of the city after an earthquake in the time of Justinian in mid-sixth centry, as well as restoration of a bath and a public latrine. These alone are adequate to show that the city flourished, especially as a port, and that it received the attentions of successive proconsuls. Thus, one can assume that during the sixth century AD Smyrna was evidently a worthy rival of neighbouring Ephesus. We know several plombs only with the inscription CMV|PNA, often found on the Danube border; probably they have to do with the activities of the quaestor Justinianus exercitus / praefectus insularum.
Although there are numerous field projects in and around Izmir, both the Gulf of Smyrna as well as its hinterland are not known in the Byzantine archaeology in detail, so that we are still depending on these scattered historical sources. Archaeologically most important results in the regards of Byzantine period of Smyrna came from the Agora of Smyrna, which seems to survive only sloopy during the Early Byzantine centuries until Late Medieval times. Archaeological evidence on Byzantine Smyrna originated also in a limited scale from the excavated areas of Pagos/Kadıfekale, Altınyol in Basmane, Şifa Hospital, Hellenistic-Roman theatre, recently discovered harbour baths (probably built during the era of Justinian I) and Roman road next to the Ephesian Gate.
Keywords: Izmir, Smyrna, Thrakesion, western Turkey, Asia Minor, Middle Ages, Early Byzantine period, Middle Byzantine period, Late Byzantine period, Byzantine history.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, İzmir, Smyrna, and History of İzmir
A training online course program for Classical Greek has been planned at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey for the summer of 2024, for the time period between 13 June 2024 and 29 August 2024. These classes will be... more
A training online course program for Classical Greek has been planned at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey for the summer of 2024, for the time period between 13 June 2024 and 29 August 2024. These classes will be online and all the teaching will be done by E. Laflı. The classes involved mainly teaching beginning grammar of ancient Greek.
The courses will be very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of ancieny Latin language to the people of Izmir and entire Turkey.
The lectures are in Turkish; but we can also host international participants who do not speak Turkish.
Attached is the program of the courses in Turkish.
How the Courses Work: The format of our 12-week online weekly classes consists of three hours live session (synchronous) or sometimes three hours video recording (asynchronous) per week. Our live or pre-recorded course lectures will include the teaching input and reflect the advertised syllabus/weekly schedule. The recordings will be prepared using Canvas and Panopto (or any other newly introduced platform).
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
Registration: [email protected] and/or +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Please feel free to bring these online courses to the attention of colleagues and students.
For the Izmir online cources of Ancient Greek, please forward enquiries to [email protected] and/or [email protected]
Kurs İçeriği Özeti: Amaç Antik Yunan dilinin, Antik Yunan edebiyatı ve kültürünün genel hatları ile öğretilmesidir. Bu kurs salt bir dil kursu olmayıp, bir hobby kursu olacaktır. Ayrıca kurs çağdaş yaşamın desteklenmesi ve İzmir halkına kültür tarihi bilincinin kazandırılması için de yararlıdır.
Bu online kursta amacımız sadece İzmir değil, online olmasının verdiği imkan ile tüm Türkiye’de bu kursu yayıp, geniş bir öğrenci kitlesine ulaşmaktır.
Kursa Katılması Hedeflenen Kitle: Eskiçağ tarihi ve kültürleri, klasik filoloji, tüm klasik ölü diller, arkeoloji, sanat tarihi ve geri kalan tüm Eskiçağ bilimcileri ve öğrencileri, diğer yükseköğretim ve ortaöğretim öğrencileri (özellikle Güzel Sanatlar, Mimarlık, Tasarım vbg. Fakülteleri öğrencileri ve meslek adamları), arkeoloji, kültür tarihi, tarih, doğa, Ege ve İzmir gibi konularla ilgilenen, gezmeyi, fotoğraf çekmeyi, yeni insanlar tanımayı, vakitlerini yeni şeyler öğrenerek geçirmeyi seven ve hedefleyen herkes.
Kursların İşleyişi: Derslerimiz her hafta Perşembe akşamı online olarak bilgisayar üzerinden gerçekleştirilecektir. Her hafta toplam üç ders saatinde kurs koordinatörü tarafından teorik bilgiler verilmektedir. Programda Antik Yunan dilbilgisi ve edebiyatı örneklerine ilişkin dersler işlenecektir. Kursun her döneminin başındaki ilk dört derste bir önceki kursun içeriği özet bir şekilde tekrarlanmakta ve yeni konular öğretilmektedir. Dersin öğretim üyesi tarafından yazılmış olan ders kitabı her ders güncellenip, kurs katılımcılarına iletilecektir.
Katılımcı Öğretim Üyesi: Prof. Dr. Ergün LAFLI (Lisans: Ankara, YL: Tübingen-Almanya, Doktora: Köln-Almanya).
KAYIT: [email protected] ya da 0232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
The courses will be very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of ancieny Latin language to the people of Izmir and entire Turkey.
The lectures are in Turkish; but we can also host international participants who do not speak Turkish.
Attached is the program of the courses in Turkish.
How the Courses Work: The format of our 12-week online weekly classes consists of three hours live session (synchronous) or sometimes three hours video recording (asynchronous) per week. Our live or pre-recorded course lectures will include the teaching input and reflect the advertised syllabus/weekly schedule. The recordings will be prepared using Canvas and Panopto (or any other newly introduced platform).
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
Registration: [email protected] and/or +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Please feel free to bring these online courses to the attention of colleagues and students.
For the Izmir online cources of Ancient Greek, please forward enquiries to [email protected] and/or [email protected]
Kurs İçeriği Özeti: Amaç Antik Yunan dilinin, Antik Yunan edebiyatı ve kültürünün genel hatları ile öğretilmesidir. Bu kurs salt bir dil kursu olmayıp, bir hobby kursu olacaktır. Ayrıca kurs çağdaş yaşamın desteklenmesi ve İzmir halkına kültür tarihi bilincinin kazandırılması için de yararlıdır.
Bu online kursta amacımız sadece İzmir değil, online olmasının verdiği imkan ile tüm Türkiye’de bu kursu yayıp, geniş bir öğrenci kitlesine ulaşmaktır.
Kursa Katılması Hedeflenen Kitle: Eskiçağ tarihi ve kültürleri, klasik filoloji, tüm klasik ölü diller, arkeoloji, sanat tarihi ve geri kalan tüm Eskiçağ bilimcileri ve öğrencileri, diğer yükseköğretim ve ortaöğretim öğrencileri (özellikle Güzel Sanatlar, Mimarlık, Tasarım vbg. Fakülteleri öğrencileri ve meslek adamları), arkeoloji, kültür tarihi, tarih, doğa, Ege ve İzmir gibi konularla ilgilenen, gezmeyi, fotoğraf çekmeyi, yeni insanlar tanımayı, vakitlerini yeni şeyler öğrenerek geçirmeyi seven ve hedefleyen herkes.
Kursların İşleyişi: Derslerimiz her hafta Perşembe akşamı online olarak bilgisayar üzerinden gerçekleştirilecektir. Her hafta toplam üç ders saatinde kurs koordinatörü tarafından teorik bilgiler verilmektedir. Programda Antik Yunan dilbilgisi ve edebiyatı örneklerine ilişkin dersler işlenecektir. Kursun her döneminin başındaki ilk dört derste bir önceki kursun içeriği özet bir şekilde tekrarlanmakta ve yeni konular öğretilmektedir. Dersin öğretim üyesi tarafından yazılmış olan ders kitabı her ders güncellenip, kurs katılımcılarına iletilecektir.
Katılımcı Öğretim Üyesi: Prof. Dr. Ergün LAFLI (Lisans: Ankara, YL: Tübingen-Almanya, Doktora: Köln-Almanya).
KAYIT: [email protected] ya da 0232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Research Interests: Greek Language, Anatolian Archaeology, Ancient Indo-European Languages, Greek Epigraphy, Classical philology, and 15 moreRoman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Languages, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Ancient Greek Language, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Ancient Greek Literature, Asia Minor, History of the Greek language, History of Classical Philology, Classical Philology, and Ancient Greek Language and Literature
Since 2017 a training course program for Classical Latin has been organized at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. For the last years this course has popped up repeatedly on notices of interest on Academia.edu. A new... more
Since 2017 a training course program for Classical Latin has been organized at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. For the last years this course has popped up repeatedly on notices of interest on Academia.edu. A new online course training season is planned for the time period between 12 June 2024 and 4 September 2024. These classes will be online and all the teaching will be done by E. Laflı. The classes involved mainly teaching beginning grammar of Classical Latin.
The former courses were very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of ancieny Latin language to the people of Izmir and entire Turkey.
The lectures are in Turkish; but we can also host international participants who do not speak Turkish.
Attached is the program of the courses in Turkish.
How the Courses Work: The format of our 13-week online weekly classes consists of three hours live session (synchronous) or sometimes three hours video recording (asynchronous) per week. Our live or pre-recorded course lectures will include the teaching input and reflect the advertised syllabus/weekly schedule. The recordings will be prepared using Canvas and Panopto (or any other newly introduced platform).
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
Registration: [email protected] and/or +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Please feel free to bring these online courses to the attention of colleagues and students.
For the Izmir online cources of Latin, please forward enquiries to [email protected] and/or [email protected]
Kurs İçeriği Özeti: Amaç Antik Latin dilinin, Latin edebiyatı ve Antik Roma kültürünün genel hatları ile öğretilmesidir. Bu kurs salt bir dil kursu olmayıp, bir hobby kursu olacaktır. Ayrıca kurs çağdaş yaşamın desteklenmesi ve İzmir halkına kültür tarihi bilincinin kazandırılması için de yararlıdır.
Bu online kursta amacımız sadece İzmir değil, online olmasının verdiği imkan ile tüm Türkiye’de bu kursu yayıp, geniş bir öğrenci kitlesine ulaşmaktır.
Kursa Katılması Hedeflenen Kitle: Eskiçağ tarihi ve kültürleri, klasik filoloji, tüm klasik ölü diller, arkeoloji, sanat tarihi ve geri kalan tüm Eskiçağ bilimcileri ve öğrencileri, diğer yükseköğretim ve ortaöğretim öğrencileri (özellikle Güzel Sanatlar, Mimarlık, Tasarım vbg. Fakülteleri öğrencileri ve meslek adamları), arkeoloji, kültür tarihi, tarih, doğa, Ege ve İzmir gibi konularla ilgilenen, gezmeyi, fotoğraf çekmeyi, yeni insanlar tanımayı, vakitlerini yeni şeyler öğrenerek geçirmeyi seven ve hedefleyen herkes.
Kursların İşleyişi: Derslerimiz her hafta Çarşamba akşamı online olarak bilgisayar üzerinden gerçekleştirilecektir. Her hafta toplam üç ders saatinde kurs koordinatörü tarafından teorik bilgiler verilmektedir. Programda Antik Latin dilbilgisi ve edebiyatı örneklerine ilişkin dersler işlenecektir. Kursun her döneminin başındaki ilk dört derste bir önceki kursun içeriği özet bir şekilde tekrarlanmakta ve yeni konular öğretilmektedir. Dersin öğretim üyesi tarafından yazılmış olan ders kitabı her ders güncellenip, kurs katılımcılarına iletilecektir.
Katılımcı Öğretim Üyesi: Prof. Dr. Ergün LAFLI (Lisans: Ankara, YL: Tübingen-Almanya, Doktora: Köln-Almanya).
KAYIT: [email protected] ya da 0232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
The former courses were very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of ancieny Latin language to the people of Izmir and entire Turkey.
The lectures are in Turkish; but we can also host international participants who do not speak Turkish.
Attached is the program of the courses in Turkish.
How the Courses Work: The format of our 13-week online weekly classes consists of three hours live session (synchronous) or sometimes three hours video recording (asynchronous) per week. Our live or pre-recorded course lectures will include the teaching input and reflect the advertised syllabus/weekly schedule. The recordings will be prepared using Canvas and Panopto (or any other newly introduced platform).
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
Registration: [email protected] and/or +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Please feel free to bring these online courses to the attention of colleagues and students.
For the Izmir online cources of Latin, please forward enquiries to [email protected] and/or [email protected]
Kurs İçeriği Özeti: Amaç Antik Latin dilinin, Latin edebiyatı ve Antik Roma kültürünün genel hatları ile öğretilmesidir. Bu kurs salt bir dil kursu olmayıp, bir hobby kursu olacaktır. Ayrıca kurs çağdaş yaşamın desteklenmesi ve İzmir halkına kültür tarihi bilincinin kazandırılması için de yararlıdır.
Bu online kursta amacımız sadece İzmir değil, online olmasının verdiği imkan ile tüm Türkiye’de bu kursu yayıp, geniş bir öğrenci kitlesine ulaşmaktır.
Kursa Katılması Hedeflenen Kitle: Eskiçağ tarihi ve kültürleri, klasik filoloji, tüm klasik ölü diller, arkeoloji, sanat tarihi ve geri kalan tüm Eskiçağ bilimcileri ve öğrencileri, diğer yükseköğretim ve ortaöğretim öğrencileri (özellikle Güzel Sanatlar, Mimarlık, Tasarım vbg. Fakülteleri öğrencileri ve meslek adamları), arkeoloji, kültür tarihi, tarih, doğa, Ege ve İzmir gibi konularla ilgilenen, gezmeyi, fotoğraf çekmeyi, yeni insanlar tanımayı, vakitlerini yeni şeyler öğrenerek geçirmeyi seven ve hedefleyen herkes.
Kursların İşleyişi: Derslerimiz her hafta Çarşamba akşamı online olarak bilgisayar üzerinden gerçekleştirilecektir. Her hafta toplam üç ders saatinde kurs koordinatörü tarafından teorik bilgiler verilmektedir. Programda Antik Latin dilbilgisi ve edebiyatı örneklerine ilişkin dersler işlenecektir. Kursun her döneminin başındaki ilk dört derste bir önceki kursun içeriği özet bir şekilde tekrarlanmakta ve yeni konular öğretilmektedir. Dersin öğretim üyesi tarafından yazılmış olan ders kitabı her ders güncellenip, kurs katılımcılarına iletilecektir.
Katılımcı Öğretim Üyesi: Prof. Dr. Ergün LAFLI (Lisans: Ankara, YL: Tübingen-Almanya, Doktora: Köln-Almanya).
KAYIT: [email protected] ya da 0232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Research Interests: Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, History of Latin Language, Latin Language and Literature, Latin Epigraphy, and 15 moreClassical philology, Latin Literature (in Classics) - Seneca, Latin Language, Greek and Latin Epigram, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, The Greek and Latin Classics, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Latin philology, Classical Philology, and Carmina Latina Epigraphica
Since 2009 a training course program has been organized at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. A new online course training season is planned for the time period between 11 June 2024 and 3 August 2024. In the past 41... more
Since 2009 a training course program has been organized at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. A new online course training season is planned for the time period between 11 June 2024 and 3 August 2024.
In the past 41 seasons most general topics related to archeology were covered in this course with a general focus on Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology. The course was very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of cultural heritage to the people of Izmir and entire Turkey.
The lectures will be in Turkish; but we can also host international participants who do not speak Turkish.
Attached is the program of the courses in Turkish.
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
How the Courses Work: The format of our 13-week online weekly classes consists of three hours live session (synchronous) or sometimes three hours video recording (asynchronous) per week. Our live or pre-recorded course lectures will include the teaching input and reflect the advertised syllabus/weekly schedule. The recordings will be prepared using Canvas and Panopto (or any other newly introduced platform).
In a total of 36 courses, theoretical information is given first by the course coordinator. In the past 14 years excursions were organized to the downtown of Izmir (museums, sites and monuments), its environs (Ephesus, Pergamum, Miletus etc), rest of Turkey (especially Istanbul and Ankara) as well as eastern Greek islands (Chios, Lesbos, Samos, Cos etc.).
Participating faculty member: Professor Ergün Laflı (B.A. Ankara, M.A. Tübingen-Germany, Ph.D. Cologne-Germany).
Registration: [email protected] and/or +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91
Please feel free to bring these online courses to the attention of colleagues and students.
For the Izmir online cources, please forward enquiries to [email protected] and/or [email protected]
In the past 41 seasons most general topics related to archeology were covered in this course with a general focus on Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology. The course was very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of cultural heritage to the people of Izmir and entire Turkey.
The lectures will be in Turkish; but we can also host international participants who do not speak Turkish.
Attached is the program of the courses in Turkish.
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
How the Courses Work: The format of our 13-week online weekly classes consists of three hours live session (synchronous) or sometimes three hours video recording (asynchronous) per week. Our live or pre-recorded course lectures will include the teaching input and reflect the advertised syllabus/weekly schedule. The recordings will be prepared using Canvas and Panopto (or any other newly introduced platform).
In a total of 36 courses, theoretical information is given first by the course coordinator. In the past 14 years excursions were organized to the downtown of Izmir (museums, sites and monuments), its environs (Ephesus, Pergamum, Miletus etc), rest of Turkey (especially Istanbul and Ankara) as well as eastern Greek islands (Chios, Lesbos, Samos, Cos etc.).
Participating faculty member: Professor Ergün Laflı (B.A. Ankara, M.A. Tübingen-Germany, Ph.D. Cologne-Germany).
Registration: [email protected] and/or +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91
Please feel free to bring these online courses to the attention of colleagues and students.
For the Izmir online cources, please forward enquiries to [email protected] and/or [email protected]
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Public Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreArchaeological Method & Theory, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Archaeological Theory, Archaeological Education, Aegean Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Archaeological Methodology, Archaeological Heritage Management, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
Since 2009 a training course program has been organized at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. A new course training season is planned for the time period between 17 August and 2 November 2023. In the past 40 seasons... more
Since 2009 a training course program has been organized at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. A new course training season is planned for the time period between 17 August and 2 November 2023.
In the past 40 seasons most general topics related to archeology were covered in this course with a general focus on Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology. The course was very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of cultural heritage to the people of Izmir.
The lectures will be in Turkish; but we can also host international participants who do not speak Turkish.
Attached is the program of the courses in Turkish.
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
How the Courses Work: Our classes took place every week on Thursday evenings at DESEM in DEU in downtown of Izmir. In a total of 36 courses, theoretical information is given first by the course coordinator.
In the past 14 years excursions were organized to the downtown of Izmir (museums, sites and monuments), its environs (Ephesus, Pergamum, Miletus etc), rest of Turkey (especially Istanbul and Ankara) as well as eastern Greek islands (Chios, Lesbos, Samos, Cos etc.).
Participating faculty member: Professor Ergün Laflı (B.A. Ankara, M.A. Tübingen-Germany, Ph.D. Cologne-Germany).
Registration: [email protected] and/or +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91
Please feel free to bring these courses to the attention of colleagues and students.
For the DEÜ-DESEM cources, please forward enquiries to [email protected] and/or [email protected]
In the past 40 seasons most general topics related to archeology were covered in this course with a general focus on Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology. The course was very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of cultural heritage to the people of Izmir.
The lectures will be in Turkish; but we can also host international participants who do not speak Turkish.
Attached is the program of the courses in Turkish.
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
How the Courses Work: Our classes took place every week on Thursday evenings at DESEM in DEU in downtown of Izmir. In a total of 36 courses, theoretical information is given first by the course coordinator.
In the past 14 years excursions were organized to the downtown of Izmir (museums, sites and monuments), its environs (Ephesus, Pergamum, Miletus etc), rest of Turkey (especially Istanbul and Ankara) as well as eastern Greek islands (Chios, Lesbos, Samos, Cos etc.).
Participating faculty member: Professor Ergün Laflı (B.A. Ankara, M.A. Tübingen-Germany, Ph.D. Cologne-Germany).
Registration: [email protected] and/or +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91
Please feel free to bring these courses to the attention of colleagues and students.
For the DEÜ-DESEM cources, please forward enquiries to [email protected] and/or [email protected]
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Public Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreArchaeological Method & Theory, History of Archaeological Praxis, Medieval Archaeology, Archaeological Theory, Archaeological Education, Aegean Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Archaeological Methodology, Archaeological Heritage Management, Archaeological theory and practice, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Archaeological Methodes and Pratices, Ancient Anatolia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
This is a blurb of the Department of Archaeology at Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) which is an academic department providing undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate courses in archaeology and its sub-disciplines based in the metropolitan... more
This is a blurb of the Department of Archaeology at Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) which is an academic department providing undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate courses in archaeology and its sub-disciplines based in the metropolitan city of Izmir in western Turkey. It is located in the DEU's campus of Tınaztepe/Kaynaklar in Buca, ca. 14 km southeast of the town center of Izmir, and conducts archaeological associated research with several dedicated research centres. It was founded in 1999 and begun with a B.A. program in 2001 as the second university in Izmir after Ege University with a dedicated Department of Archaeology. Today the Department has more than 600 students in its B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. programs, some of who are international students. Today the Department is one of the largest centres for archaeology, cultural heritage and museum studies in Turkey, and its staff and students actively pursue research on an extensive scale in the archaeological sciences and heritage studies of Anatolian archaeology. We offer four-years Undergraduate (B.A.) and Graduate (M.A. and Ph.D.) Programs both to Turkish and overseas students. Opportunities are also available to affiliate students wishing to spend some time at the departmental excavations in Nicaea (İznik) and Metropolis (Torbalı) in western Anatolia during their own degree programs. The department's current research specialisms include Prehistoric, Protohistorical and Classical, Byzantine and Medieval archaeology of Anatolia. From its inception in the late 1990s, the Department developed a Turkey-wide reputation for leading some excavations in Izmir. Research and study of archaeology at DEU developed over two decades and the Department has grown from a small unit to more than a 500 undergraduate students now. Since 2022 the Department organizes an annual symposium both physically and virtually. As the city of Izmir is an active archaeological centre with its hundreds of worldwide known sites such as Ephesus, Pergamum, Smyrna, Sardis and Aphrodisias, three large archaeological museums in the town and five in the rural areas, and its close distance to eastern Greek islands such as Chios, Samos and Lesbos, as well as Turkish holiday destinations such as Bodrum, Marmaris, Kuşadası and Çeşme, the Department is potentially a very attractive opportunity for international scholarly and student exchange and cooperation.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Archaeological Education, Aegean Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, History of Archaeology, Education System in Turkey, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, İzmir, Dokuz Eylul University, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Archaeology, and History of İzmir
Since 2017 a training course program for Classical Latin has been organized at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. For the last years this course has popped up repeatedly on notices of interest on Academia.edu. A new... more
Since 2017 a training course program for Classical Latin has been organized at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. For the last years this course has popped up repeatedly on notices of interest on Academia.edu. A new Latin course in Izmir runned from 14 June to 13 September 2023. These classes were face-to-face in Latin instruction and all the teaching was done by E. Laflı. The classes involved teaching beginning grammar. For conducting the Latin-grammar summer class in 2023 we got sufficient enrollment.
A new Latin course has been planned also for the Fall of 2023. The former courses were very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of ancieny Latin language to the people of Izmir.
The lectures are in Turkish; but we can also host international participants who do not speak Turkish.
Attached is the program of the courses in Turkish.
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
How the Courses Work: Our classes take place every week on Wednesday evenings at DESEM in DEU in downtown of Izmir. In a total of 32 courses, theoretical information is given first by the course coordinator.
Participating faculty member: Professor Ergün Laflı (B.A. Ankara, M.A. Tübingen-Germany, Ph.D. Cologne-Germany).
Registration: +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Bu yaz kursunda amaç Antik Latince dilinin, edebiyatı ve kültürünün genel hatları ile öğretilmesidir. Bu program salt bir dil programı olmayıp, bir hobi programı olacaktır. Ayrıca program çağdaş yaşamın desteklenmesi ve İzmir halkına kültür tarihi bilincinin kazandırılması için de yararlıdır. KİMLER KATILABİLİR? Bu programa; Üniversite öğrencileri ve akademisyenler, arkeoloji, sanat tarihi, kent tarihi, doğa, dostluk ile ilgilenen herkes katılım sağlayabilir. Latince dili, Dilbilgisi, Kültür tarihi bilinci vb. Bu programı tamamlayan katılımcılar aşağıda belirtilen bilgi ve becerileri kazanacaklardır:
A new Latin course has been planned also for the Fall of 2023. The former courses were very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of ancieny Latin language to the people of Izmir.
The lectures are in Turkish; but we can also host international participants who do not speak Turkish.
Attached is the program of the courses in Turkish.
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
How the Courses Work: Our classes take place every week on Wednesday evenings at DESEM in DEU in downtown of Izmir. In a total of 32 courses, theoretical information is given first by the course coordinator.
Participating faculty member: Professor Ergün Laflı (B.A. Ankara, M.A. Tübingen-Germany, Ph.D. Cologne-Germany).
Registration: +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Bu yaz kursunda amaç Antik Latince dilinin, edebiyatı ve kültürünün genel hatları ile öğretilmesidir. Bu program salt bir dil programı olmayıp, bir hobi programı olacaktır. Ayrıca program çağdaş yaşamın desteklenmesi ve İzmir halkına kültür tarihi bilincinin kazandırılması için de yararlıdır. KİMLER KATILABİLİR? Bu programa; Üniversite öğrencileri ve akademisyenler, arkeoloji, sanat tarihi, kent tarihi, doğa, dostluk ile ilgilenen herkes katılım sağlayabilir. Latince dili, Dilbilgisi, Kültür tarihi bilinci vb. Bu programı tamamlayan katılımcılar aşağıda belirtilen bilgi ve becerileri kazanacaklardır:
Research Interests: Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, History of Latin Language, Latin and Greek, Latin Language and Literature, and 15 moreLatin Epigraphy, Latin Literature (in Classics) - Seneca, Latin Language, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Storia antica ed epigrafia latina, The Greek and Latin Classics, Lingua Latina, Latin Language, Historical Grammar, Classical Latin, Grammatici latini, Latin Grammar, Greek and Latin Epigraphy of Asia Minor, Classical Latin Texts, Classical Latin grammar and usage, and Historical Grammar of the Latin Language
This is the program of a public lecture series of the Turco-British Association in Ankara where I will hold a lecture on the archaeology and history of Bithynia in Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods on January 14th, 2023 in Turkish... more
This is the program of a public lecture series of the Turco-British Association in Ankara where I will hold a lecture on the archaeology and history of Bithynia in Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods on January 14th, 2023 in Turkish language. The PowerPointPresentation of this public lecture which is in Turkish as well, has also been attached to hereby.
Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast along the Pontic coast, and Phrygia to the southeast towards the interior of Asia Minor. It was an independent kingdom from the fourth century BC. Its capital Nicomedia was rebuilt on the site of ancient Astacus in 264 BC by Nicomedes I of Bithynia. Bithynia was bequeathed to the Roman Republic in 74 BC, and became united with the Pontus region as the province of Bithynia et Pontus. In the seventh century it was incorporated into the Byzantine Opsikion theme. It became a border region to the Seljuk Empire in the 13th century, and was eventually conquered by the Ottoman Turks between 1325 and 1333.
In this lecture there are five main parts, focusing on various aspects of Graeco-Roman and Christian Bithynia.
Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast along the Pontic coast, and Phrygia to the southeast towards the interior of Asia Minor. It was an independent kingdom from the fourth century BC. Its capital Nicomedia was rebuilt on the site of ancient Astacus in 264 BC by Nicomedes I of Bithynia. Bithynia was bequeathed to the Roman Republic in 74 BC, and became united with the Pontus region as the province of Bithynia et Pontus. In the seventh century it was incorporated into the Byzantine Opsikion theme. It became a border region to the Seljuk Empire in the 13th century, and was eventually conquered by the Ottoman Turks between 1325 and 1333.
In this lecture there are five main parts, focusing on various aspects of Graeco-Roman and Christian Bithynia.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, Martyrdom, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Bithynia, Early Church Fathers, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, Council of Nicaea, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Early Christian Martyrs, Historical Theology/Church History: Early Christianity, and Roman Archaeology
Since 2009 a training course program has been organized at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. A new course training season is planned for the time period between 19 April and 15 May 2023. In the past 39 seasons most... more
Since 2009 a training course program has been organized at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. A new course training season is planned for the time period between 19 April and 15 May 2023.
In the past 39 seasons most general topics related to archeology were covered in this course with a general focus on Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology. The course was very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of cultural heritage to the people of Izmir.
The lectures will be in Turkish; but we can also host international participants who does not speak Turkish.
Attached is the program of the courses in Turkish.
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
How the Courses Work: Our classes take place every week on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at DESEM in DEU in downtown of Izmir. In a total of 36 courses, theoretical information is given first by the course coordinator.
Excursions were being made to the downtown of Izmir (museums, sites and monuments), its environs (Ephesus, Pergamum, Miletus etc), rest of Turkey (especially Istanbul and Ankara) as well as eastern Greek islands (Chios, Lesbos, Samos, Cos etc.).
Participating faculty member: Professor Ergün Laflı (B.A. Ankara, M.A. Tübingen-Germany, Ph.D. Cologne-Germany).
Registration: +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
In the past 39 seasons most general topics related to archeology were covered in this course with a general focus on Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology. The course was very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of cultural heritage to the people of Izmir.
The lectures will be in Turkish; but we can also host international participants who does not speak Turkish.
Attached is the program of the courses in Turkish.
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
How the Courses Work: Our classes take place every week on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at DESEM in DEU in downtown of Izmir. In a total of 36 courses, theoretical information is given first by the course coordinator.
Excursions were being made to the downtown of Izmir (museums, sites and monuments), its environs (Ephesus, Pergamum, Miletus etc), rest of Turkey (especially Istanbul and Ankara) as well as eastern Greek islands (Chios, Lesbos, Samos, Cos etc.).
Participating faculty member: Professor Ergün Laflı (B.A. Ankara, M.A. Tübingen-Germany, Ph.D. Cologne-Germany).
Registration: +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Art History, Public Archaeology, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, History of Archaeological Praxis, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Archaeological Theory, Archaeological Education, Archaeological Methodology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, History of Archaeology, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Greek and Roman Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
Between October 2022 and May 2023 we organize a series of webinars on Anatolian archaeology on Zoom regularly on second Thursday of each month. Below is our program where all lectures will be held in English, if otherwise is not given.... more
Between October 2022 and May 2023 we organize a series of webinars on Anatolian archaeology on Zoom regularly on second Thursday of each month. Below is our program where all lectures will be held in English, if otherwise is not given. Zoom-Link will be circulated just prior to each lecture. For all inquiries (including receiving Zoom link of each lecture), e-mail us at: [email protected]
We kindly request that you alert any interested researches, colleagues and students within your research community who would be interested in participating at these Anatolian webinars, either by forwarding our e-mail through Academia, Researchgate, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other similar social media, or by printing our program below and displaying it in your institution. Please share it also on your ListServs. We hope that you will be able to join us on Zoom, and look forward to seeing you!
Records of each webinars were placed at:
https://www.youtube.com/c/deuedebiyatfakultesi
Program of the Anatolian webinars
Webinar # 1
Thur 13th Oct 2022, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Dr Hadrien Bru (Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France): “Funerary steles from Antioch. A Turco-French archaeological project”.
Webinar # 2
Thur 24th Nov 2022, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Dr Stefano Magnani (Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy): “New milestones from Commagene”.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83713478357?pwd=TnBJeUhyNi9Dc25yK0RlRFNYbXJ3dz09
Meeting ID: 837 1347 8357.
Password: 538001.
Webinar # 3
Thur 8th Dec 2022, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Dr Eva Christof (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria): “Roman and Early Byzantine sarcophagi from Cilicia. A Turco-Austrian archaeological project”.
In German.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87913968275?pwd=QkNWdDlubjc0ZS9vT2lUc2dvSTJCUT09
Meeting ID: 879 1396 8275.
Password: 639293.
Webinar # 4
Thur 12th Jan 2023, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Dr Maurizio Buora (Società Friulana di Archeologia, Udine, Italy): “People, goods and ideas from Anatolia to north-eastern Italy”.
In Italian.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82016033176?pwd=VDBrbHIveVhPdjFRMEcrTVV1TEJXUT09
Meeting ID: 820 1603 3176.
Password: 685990.
Webinar # 5
Thur 16th Mar 2023, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Professor Gian Luca Gregori (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy): “Latin inscriptions in Asia Minor I. A Turco-Italian epigraphic project”.
In Italian.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85986844384?pwd=Q0pkbUFmREg3RTJnMGliMVpYeVFmZz09
Meeting ID: 859 8684 4384.
Password: 503502.
Webinar # 6
Thur 13th Apr 2023, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Professor Peter Liddel (Department of Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology, University of Manchester, UK) : “Roman and Byzantine inscriptions from eastern Turkey”.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83107325336?pwd=Yk9GQjROQkE2WlYxNjFrTnFic0Rwdz09
Meeting ID: 831 0732 5336.
Password: 121300.
Webinar # 7
Thur 4th May 2023, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Professor Sven Günther (Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China): “Current gemological research: from the possible research topics to the organization of an extensive e-conference at DEU and process of its final publication”.
In English.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82295644852?pwd=Y290OFpSRis4RkVvcEdSK09NUTliQT09
Meeting ID: 822 9564 4852.
Password: 901019.
We kindly request that you alert any interested researches, colleagues and students within your research community who would be interested in participating at these Anatolian webinars, either by forwarding our e-mail through Academia, Researchgate, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other similar social media, or by printing our program below and displaying it in your institution. Please share it also on your ListServs. We hope that you will be able to join us on Zoom, and look forward to seeing you!
Records of each webinars were placed at:
https://www.youtube.com/c/deuedebiyatfakultesi
Program of the Anatolian webinars
Webinar # 1
Thur 13th Oct 2022, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Dr Hadrien Bru (Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France): “Funerary steles from Antioch. A Turco-French archaeological project”.
Webinar # 2
Thur 24th Nov 2022, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Dr Stefano Magnani (Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy): “New milestones from Commagene”.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83713478357?pwd=TnBJeUhyNi9Dc25yK0RlRFNYbXJ3dz09
Meeting ID: 837 1347 8357.
Password: 538001.
Webinar # 3
Thur 8th Dec 2022, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Dr Eva Christof (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria): “Roman and Early Byzantine sarcophagi from Cilicia. A Turco-Austrian archaeological project”.
In German.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87913968275?pwd=QkNWdDlubjc0ZS9vT2lUc2dvSTJCUT09
Meeting ID: 879 1396 8275.
Password: 639293.
Webinar # 4
Thur 12th Jan 2023, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Dr Maurizio Buora (Società Friulana di Archeologia, Udine, Italy): “People, goods and ideas from Anatolia to north-eastern Italy”.
In Italian.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82016033176?pwd=VDBrbHIveVhPdjFRMEcrTVV1TEJXUT09
Meeting ID: 820 1603 3176.
Password: 685990.
Webinar # 5
Thur 16th Mar 2023, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Professor Gian Luca Gregori (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy): “Latin inscriptions in Asia Minor I. A Turco-Italian epigraphic project”.
In Italian.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85986844384?pwd=Q0pkbUFmREg3RTJnMGliMVpYeVFmZz09
Meeting ID: 859 8684 4384.
Password: 503502.
Webinar # 6
Thur 13th Apr 2023, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Professor Peter Liddel (Department of Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology, University of Manchester, UK) : “Roman and Byzantine inscriptions from eastern Turkey”.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83107325336?pwd=Yk9GQjROQkE2WlYxNjFrTnFic0Rwdz09
Meeting ID: 831 0732 5336.
Password: 121300.
Webinar # 7
Thur 4th May 2023, at 3.30pm (Istanbul time)
Professor Sven Günther (Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China): “Current gemological research: from the possible research topics to the organization of an extensive e-conference at DEU and process of its final publication”.
In English.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82295644852?pwd=Y290OFpSRis4RkVvcEdSK09NUTliQT09
Meeting ID: 822 9564 4852.
Password: 901019.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreLatin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman Near East, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, and Roman Archaeology
Since 2009 a training course program has been organized at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. A new course training season is planned for the time period between 17 January and 1 March 2022. In the past 38 seasons... more
Since 2009 a training course program has been organized at DESEM of Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey. A new course training season is planned for the time period between 17 January and 1 March 2022.
In the past 38 seasons most general topics related to archeology were covered in this course with a general focus on Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology. The course was very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of cultural heritage to the people of Izmir.
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
How the Courses Work: Our classes take place every week on Monday and Thursday evenings at DESEM in DEU in downtown of Izmir. In a total of 14 courses, theoretical information is given first by the course coordinator.
In the past 38 courses a total of five-day excursions were made in the same week as the classes, as one or two days. Excursions were being made to the downtown of Izmir (museums, sites and monuments), its environs (Ephesus, Pergamum, Miletus etc), rest of Turkey (especially Istanbul and Ankara) as well as eastern Greek islands (Chios, Lesbos, Samos, Cos etc.).
Participating Faculty Member: Professo Ergün Laflı (B.A.: Ankara, M.S.: Tübingen-Germany, Ph.D.: Cologne-Germany).
REGISTRATION: +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
In the past 38 seasons most general topics related to archeology were covered in this course with a general focus on Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology. The course was very useful for travel guides and those who study archeology -related sciences (cartography, restoration, architecture, urban planning, etc.). The course can also be seen as a personal development course for young people. The information learned in the course were useful to increase the intellectual level of the person, as well as provide the opportunity to meet intellectual people. In addition, the course is also useful for supporting contemporary life and raising awareness of cultural heritage to the people of Izmir.
Target Audience to Attend the Course: Ancient scientists and students, other higher education and secondary education students (especially students and professionals from faculties of Fine Arts, Architecture, Design etc.), archaeology, cultural history and history.
How the Courses Work: Our classes take place every week on Monday and Thursday evenings at DESEM in DEU in downtown of Izmir. In a total of 14 courses, theoretical information is given first by the course coordinator.
In the past 38 courses a total of five-day excursions were made in the same week as the classes, as one or two days. Excursions were being made to the downtown of Izmir (museums, sites and monuments), its environs (Ephesus, Pergamum, Miletus etc), rest of Turkey (especially Istanbul and Ankara) as well as eastern Greek islands (Chios, Lesbos, Samos, Cos etc.).
Participating Faculty Member: Professo Ergün Laflı (B.A.: Ankara, M.S.: Tübingen-Germany, Ph.D.: Cologne-Germany).
REGISTRATION: +90.232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Public Archaeology, and 15 moreCultural Heritage, Anatolian Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, Greek Archaeology, Archaeological Education, Aegean Archaeology, Archaeological Methodology, Archaeological Heritage Management, Education and Cultural Heritage, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, İzmir, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Smyrna, Roman Archaeology, and History of İzmir
This paper will present a study of the portrayal of nature in Byzantine art and literature of Anatolia. It will show how the Byzantines embraced terrestrial creation in the decoration of their churches during the fifth to seventh... more
This paper will present a study of the portrayal of nature in Byzantine art and literature of Anatolia. It will show how the Byzantines embraced terrestrial creation in the decoration of their churches during the fifth to seventh centuries in Asia Minor, but then adopted a more cautious attitude toward the depiction of animals and plants in the Middle Ages, after the iconoclastic dispute of the eighth and ninth centuries. The paper will discuss the role of iconoclasm in affecting this fundamental change in Byzantine art. An important theme is the asymmetrical relationship between Byzantine art and literature with respect to the portrayal of nature. A series of vivid ekphraseis described seasons, landscapes, gardens (including those of paradise), animals and plants, but these were more sparingly illustrated in medieval art. Likewise, in Byzantine church literature a rich variety of nature-derived metaphors evoked the Virgin Mary, but these images were less frequently incorporated into art, and often in ways that would express the subordination of the terrestrial to the spiritual. The paper will conclude with a discussion of the abstraction of nature in the form of marble floors and revetments, where the variegated colors of the marbles contrasted with the golden pallor of the sacred icons, and with a consideration of the role of architectural backgrounds in Medieval Byzantine art of Anatolia, which acted as a substitute symbolic language unassociated with the veneration of creation. Throughout the presentation, medieval Byzantine art will be compared with that of Western Europe, where different conceptions of religious imagery allowed a closer engagement with nature.
Pre-recording of this public lecture will soon be placed to hereby.
Pre-recording of this public lecture will soon be placed to hereby.
Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine Studies, Medieval Europe, Byzantine History, Byzantine Liturgy, Byzantine Iconography, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Antique Religion, Byzantine Philosophy, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantium, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Later Roman Empire, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
This is an archaeological public e-conference that will be held on December 10, 2020 at 6 p.m. (Italian time) on Zoom, organized by Società Friulana di Archeologia, centered in Udine, Italy. A link for this video conference is as follows:... more
This is an archaeological public e-conference that will be held on December 10, 2020 at 6 p.m. (Italian time) on Zoom, organized by Società Friulana di Archeologia, centered in Udine, Italy. A link for this video conference is as follows: https://zoom.us/j/97260939893?pwd=UkhuMVh6SlN4dXRwalhOQXdKOCtjQT09
It will be recorded and displayed later in Youtube.
In Greek and Roman antiquity mosaics were used in a variety of private and public buildings. They were highly influenced by earlier and contemporary Hellenistic Greek mosaics, and often included famous figures from history and mythology, such as Alexander the Great in the Alexander Mosaic. A large proportion of surviving examples come from Italian sites such as Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as other areas of the Roman Empire.
In western Asia Minor, today’s western part of Turkey, with the building of Christian basilicas in the late fourth century, wall and ceiling mosaics were adopted for Christian uses. The earliest examples of Christian basilicas have not survived. The eastern provinces of the Eastern Roman and later the Byzantine Empires inherited a strong artistic tradition from the Late Antiquity. Similarly to Italy and Istanbul churches and important secular buildings in the region of Syria and Egypt were decorated with elaborate mosaic panels between the fifth and eighth centuries. The great majority of these works of art were later destroyed but archeological excavations unearthed many surviving examples. One of the less known areas for the mosaic art is the western part of Asia Minor.
he Antioch mosaics are a grouping of over 300 mosaic floors created around the third century A.D., and discovered during archaeological excavations of Antioch between 1932 and 1939 by a consortium of five museums and institutions. About half of the mosaics are housed at the Hatay Archaeology Museum in Antakya, with others currently residing at the Worcester Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Baltimore Museum of Art, Harvard University and Princeton University Art Museum among others. The mosaics range in design from realistic imagery and scenes, to purely geometric patterns.
Extraordinary Roman mosaics such as this image of a girl or perhaps a goddess once decorated wealthy houses in Zeugma in southern Turkey between the first and third centuries A.D.
The Edessene desire for independence is consistently worked towards throughout the history of the city. The works of various other Syrian cities are important in showing the difference of the mosaics of Edessa from the rest of the Roman conquered areas. The importance of language use is also applicable in understanding Edessa’s independence from Rome as a distinctly Syrian culture. Overall, the works found in Edessa showcase various ways in which the mosaicists were products of the beliefs and desires of their city.
Important fragments survived from the excavated sites in western Asia Minor, such as in Smyrna, Ephesus, Sardis, Aphrodisias and Pergamum even though very few early Byzantine mosaics survived the Iconoclastic destruction of the eighth century.
It will be recorded and displayed later in Youtube.
In Greek and Roman antiquity mosaics were used in a variety of private and public buildings. They were highly influenced by earlier and contemporary Hellenistic Greek mosaics, and often included famous figures from history and mythology, such as Alexander the Great in the Alexander Mosaic. A large proportion of surviving examples come from Italian sites such as Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as other areas of the Roman Empire.
In western Asia Minor, today’s western part of Turkey, with the building of Christian basilicas in the late fourth century, wall and ceiling mosaics were adopted for Christian uses. The earliest examples of Christian basilicas have not survived. The eastern provinces of the Eastern Roman and later the Byzantine Empires inherited a strong artistic tradition from the Late Antiquity. Similarly to Italy and Istanbul churches and important secular buildings in the region of Syria and Egypt were decorated with elaborate mosaic panels between the fifth and eighth centuries. The great majority of these works of art were later destroyed but archeological excavations unearthed many surviving examples. One of the less known areas for the mosaic art is the western part of Asia Minor.
he Antioch mosaics are a grouping of over 300 mosaic floors created around the third century A.D., and discovered during archaeological excavations of Antioch between 1932 and 1939 by a consortium of five museums and institutions. About half of the mosaics are housed at the Hatay Archaeology Museum in Antakya, with others currently residing at the Worcester Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Baltimore Museum of Art, Harvard University and Princeton University Art Museum among others. The mosaics range in design from realistic imagery and scenes, to purely geometric patterns.
Extraordinary Roman mosaics such as this image of a girl or perhaps a goddess once decorated wealthy houses in Zeugma in southern Turkey between the first and third centuries A.D.
The Edessene desire for independence is consistently worked towards throughout the history of the city. The works of various other Syrian cities are important in showing the difference of the mosaics of Edessa from the rest of the Roman conquered areas. The importance of language use is also applicable in understanding Edessa’s independence from Rome as a distinctly Syrian culture. Overall, the works found in Edessa showcase various ways in which the mosaicists were products of the beliefs and desires of their city.
Important fragments survived from the excavated sites in western Asia Minor, such as in Smyrna, Ephesus, Sardis, Aphrodisias and Pergamum even though very few early Byzantine mosaics survived the Iconoclastic destruction of the eighth century.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Art History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Late Antiquity, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Ancient Mosaics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Graeco-Roman Mosaics and Wall Paintings, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Byzantine Mosaics, Roman Mosaics, Early Christian Mosaics, Roman Mosaics and Wall Paintings, Early Byzantine Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
This is the program of the 38th season of the DEU-DESEM public course for archaeology and art history in Turkish language which included four introducing courses as well as four excursions to Ephesus, Istanbul, Ankara and Chios in Greece.... more
This is the program of the 38th season of the DEU-DESEM public course for archaeology and art history in Turkish language which included four introducing courses as well as four excursions to Ephesus, Istanbul, Ankara and Chios in Greece. This private course took place take place between October 24 and December 8, 2019 in Izmir, Turkey.
Kurs İçeriği Özeti: Arkeoloji; insanın alet yapmaya başlamasından (yani Paleolitik çağdan), Osmanlı Dönemi’nin sonuna kadar olan süreç içerisinde her türlü eseri ve bu eserlerin yaratıldığı toplumların yapısal özelliklerini araştırır. Bu kurs dâhilinde arkeolojinin en genel konuları verilmektedir. Kurs gezi rehberleri ve arkeolojiye yardımcı bilimleri öğrenimi alanlar için (haritacılık, restorasyon, mimarlık, şehir planlaması vbg.) çok yararlı olabilir. Ayrıca kurs gençler için bir kişisel gelişim kursu olarak da görülebilir. Kursta öğrenilen bilgiler, kişinin entellektüalite düzeyini arttırmaya yararlı olacağı kadar, entellektüel insanlarla tanışma fırsatı da sağlayacaktır. Ayrıca kurs çağdaş yaşamın desteklenmesi ve İzmir halkına kültür tarihi bilincinin kazandırılması için de yararlıdır.
Kursa Katılması Hedeflenen Kitle: Eskiçağ bilimcileri ve öğrencileri, diğer yükseköğretim ve ortaöğretim öğrencileri (özellikle Güzel Sanatlar, Mimarlık, Tasarım vbg. Fakülteleri öğrencileri ve meslek adamları), arkeoloji, kültür tarihi, tarih, doğa, Ege ve İzmir gibi konularla ilgilenen, gezmeyi, fotoğraf çekmeyi, yeni insanlar tanımayı, yazlarını yeni şeyler öğrenerek geçirmeyi seven ve hedefleyen herkes.
Kursların İşleyişi: Derslerimiz her hafta Perşembe akşamları DESEM’de gerçekleşmektedir. Toplam dört derste kurs koordinatörü tarafından önce teorik bilgiler verilmekte; derslerle aynı hafta içerisinde birer ya da ikişer günlük toplam beş günlük geziler yapılmaktadır. İzmir şehir içinde kendi araçlarımızla gezilmektedir. Yunanistan’a gidişler feribotlarla yapılmaktadır ve Yunanistan gezilerimiz esnasında toplu bir araç tutularak gezilmektedir. Yunanistan için otel ve feribot rezervasyonu kurs koordinatörlüğü tarafından yapılmakta, vize içinse İzmir Yunanistan Başkonsolosluğu’na yazı hazırlanmaktadır. Yeşil pasaport ya da Schengen vizesi sahibi T.C. vatandaşları Yunanistan için vizeden muaftırlar. Diğer pasaport sahipleri için Schengen vizesi edinmek gerekmektedir; Schengen vizesinin ücreti 300 TL civarıdır. Kurs kapsamında bir MüzeKart edinmekte fayda vardır.
Katılımcı Öğretim Üyesi: Prof. Dr. Ergün LAFLI (Lisans: Ankara, YL: Tübingen-Almanya, Doktora: Köln-Almanya).
KAYIT: 0232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Kurs İçeriği Özeti: Arkeoloji; insanın alet yapmaya başlamasından (yani Paleolitik çağdan), Osmanlı Dönemi’nin sonuna kadar olan süreç içerisinde her türlü eseri ve bu eserlerin yaratıldığı toplumların yapısal özelliklerini araştırır. Bu kurs dâhilinde arkeolojinin en genel konuları verilmektedir. Kurs gezi rehberleri ve arkeolojiye yardımcı bilimleri öğrenimi alanlar için (haritacılık, restorasyon, mimarlık, şehir planlaması vbg.) çok yararlı olabilir. Ayrıca kurs gençler için bir kişisel gelişim kursu olarak da görülebilir. Kursta öğrenilen bilgiler, kişinin entellektüalite düzeyini arttırmaya yararlı olacağı kadar, entellektüel insanlarla tanışma fırsatı da sağlayacaktır. Ayrıca kurs çağdaş yaşamın desteklenmesi ve İzmir halkına kültür tarihi bilincinin kazandırılması için de yararlıdır.
Kursa Katılması Hedeflenen Kitle: Eskiçağ bilimcileri ve öğrencileri, diğer yükseköğretim ve ortaöğretim öğrencileri (özellikle Güzel Sanatlar, Mimarlık, Tasarım vbg. Fakülteleri öğrencileri ve meslek adamları), arkeoloji, kültür tarihi, tarih, doğa, Ege ve İzmir gibi konularla ilgilenen, gezmeyi, fotoğraf çekmeyi, yeni insanlar tanımayı, yazlarını yeni şeyler öğrenerek geçirmeyi seven ve hedefleyen herkes.
Kursların İşleyişi: Derslerimiz her hafta Perşembe akşamları DESEM’de gerçekleşmektedir. Toplam dört derste kurs koordinatörü tarafından önce teorik bilgiler verilmekte; derslerle aynı hafta içerisinde birer ya da ikişer günlük toplam beş günlük geziler yapılmaktadır. İzmir şehir içinde kendi araçlarımızla gezilmektedir. Yunanistan’a gidişler feribotlarla yapılmaktadır ve Yunanistan gezilerimiz esnasında toplu bir araç tutularak gezilmektedir. Yunanistan için otel ve feribot rezervasyonu kurs koordinatörlüğü tarafından yapılmakta, vize içinse İzmir Yunanistan Başkonsolosluğu’na yazı hazırlanmaktadır. Yeşil pasaport ya da Schengen vizesi sahibi T.C. vatandaşları Yunanistan için vizeden muaftırlar. Diğer pasaport sahipleri için Schengen vizesi edinmek gerekmektedir; Schengen vizesinin ücreti 300 TL civarıdır. Kurs kapsamında bir MüzeKart edinmekte fayda vardır.
Katılımcı Öğretim Üyesi: Prof. Dr. Ergün LAFLI (Lisans: Ankara, YL: Tübingen-Almanya, Doktora: Köln-Almanya).
KAYIT: 0232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, and 15 moreArt History, Public Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, Social Archaeology, History of Art, Greek Archaeology, Archaeological Education, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, İzmir, Istanbul, Ankara, and Roman Archaeology
EKVAM 2020 lecture series on Anatolian archaeology / EKVAM 2020 Anadolu Arkeolojisi Seminerleri Dates: Every second Wednesday between January 8-May 13, 2020. Venue: DESEM, Rectorate Building of the Dokuz Eylül University (DEU), Alsancak,... more
EKVAM 2020 lecture series on Anatolian archaeology /
EKVAM 2020 Anadolu Arkeolojisi Seminerleri
Dates: Every second Wednesday between January 8-May 13, 2020.
Venue: DESEM, Rectorate Building of the Dokuz Eylül University (DEU), Alsancak, Izmir, Turkey.
Organization: Research Center for the Archaeology of Western Anatolia of DEU.
Contact: [email protected]
All lectures will be held in Turkish language.
Program
1- Samet İKİBEŞ, Helmets in Classical Antiquity / Eskiçağ’da Miğferler.
Date: January 8, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
2- Joseph S. AVERSANO, Cult of Cybele in Anatolia / Anadolu’da Kybele Kültü.
Date: January 22, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
3- Alev ÇETİNGÖZ, Female figures on Graeco-Roman steles in Asia Minor / Anadolu Greko-Romen Stellerinde Kadın Figürleri.
Date: February 5, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
4- Doğancan AKSU, Graeco-Roman and Byzantine steles from the museum of Adana / Adana Müzesi Greko-Romen ve Bizans Stelleri.
Date: February 19, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
5- Özge ŞİMŞEKDİR, Comparative ancient Greek and Indian mythologies: Emergence and shaping of Hinduism / Karşılaştırmalı Antik Yunan ve Hint Mitolojisi: Hinduizm‘in Doğuşu ve Şekillenmesi.
Date: March 4, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
6- Göknur GEÇİMLİ, Bronze jewellery during the Byzantine period / Bizans Dönemi’nde Bronz Takılar.
Date: March 18, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
7- Gül Nihal AKSU Architectural plastic in Izmir and its surroundings during the Byzantine period / Bizans Dönemi’nde İzmir ve Çevresinde Mimari Plastik.
Date: April 1, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
8- Günsu ÖZBOZDAĞ, The cult of Aphrodite and her representations on Cyprus / Kıbrıs’ta Aphrodite Kültü ve Tasvirleri.
Date: April 24, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
9- Ali Kemal OKUR, Pharmacy in Classical Antiquity / Eskiçağ’da Eczacılık.
Date: April 29, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
10- Fatma BAŞÇIL ARIĞ, Iron doors in the Late Ottoman architecture of Tire / Geç Osmanlı Dönemi Tire Mimarisinde Demir Kapılar.
Date: May 13, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
EKVAM 2020 Anadolu Arkeolojisi Seminerleri
Seminerlerin Düzenleneceği Tarihler ve Saatler: 8 Ocak-13 Mayıs 2020 tarihleri arasında, Çarşamba günleri, saat 15.00-16.00 arası.
Seminerin Düzenleneceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon, D.E.Ü. Rektörlük Binası, Alsancak, İzmir.
Seminer Organizasyonu: D.E.Ü., Ege Bölgesi Kültür Varlıkları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (EKVAM).
Seminerler ile İlgili İletişim: Prof. Dr. Ergün LAFLI; [email protected]; 0539.577 07 33; 0232.301 87 21.
Seminerler Programı
1- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Samet İKİBEŞ.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Eskiçağ’da Miğferler.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 8 Ocak 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
2- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Joseph S. AVERSANO.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: Bilkent Üniversitesi, Ankara.
Sunum Başlığı: Cult of Cybele in Anatolia / Anadolu’da Kybele Kültü.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 22 Ocak 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
3- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Alev ÇETİNGÖZ.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Anadolu Greko-Romen Stellerinde Kadın Figürleri.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 5 Şubat 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
4- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Doğancan AKSU.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Adana Müzesi Greko-Romen ve Bizans Stelleri.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 19 Şubat 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
5- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Özge ŞİMŞEKDİR.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Karşılaştırmalı Antik Yunan ve Hint Mitolojisi: Hinduizm‘in Doğuşu ve Şekillenmesi.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 4 Mart 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
6- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Göknur GEÇİMLİ.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Bizans Dönemi’nde Bronz Takılar.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 18 Mart 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
7- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Gül Nihal AKSU.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Bizans Dönemi’nde İzmir ve Çevresinde Mimari Plastik.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 1 Nisan 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
8- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Günsu ÖZBOZDAĞ.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Kıbrıs’ta Aphrodite Kültü ve Tasvirleri.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 15 Nisan 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
9- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Ali Kemal OKUR.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Eskiçağ’da Eczacılık.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 29 Nisan 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
10- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Fatma BAŞÇIL ARIĞ
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Geç Osmanlı Dönemi Tire Mimarisinde Demir Kapılar.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 13 Mayıs 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
EKVAM 2020 Anadolu Arkeolojisi Seminerleri
Dates: Every second Wednesday between January 8-May 13, 2020.
Venue: DESEM, Rectorate Building of the Dokuz Eylül University (DEU), Alsancak, Izmir, Turkey.
Organization: Research Center for the Archaeology of Western Anatolia of DEU.
Contact: [email protected]
All lectures will be held in Turkish language.
Program
1- Samet İKİBEŞ, Helmets in Classical Antiquity / Eskiçağ’da Miğferler.
Date: January 8, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
2- Joseph S. AVERSANO, Cult of Cybele in Anatolia / Anadolu’da Kybele Kültü.
Date: January 22, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
3- Alev ÇETİNGÖZ, Female figures on Graeco-Roman steles in Asia Minor / Anadolu Greko-Romen Stellerinde Kadın Figürleri.
Date: February 5, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
4- Doğancan AKSU, Graeco-Roman and Byzantine steles from the museum of Adana / Adana Müzesi Greko-Romen ve Bizans Stelleri.
Date: February 19, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
5- Özge ŞİMŞEKDİR, Comparative ancient Greek and Indian mythologies: Emergence and shaping of Hinduism / Karşılaştırmalı Antik Yunan ve Hint Mitolojisi: Hinduizm‘in Doğuşu ve Şekillenmesi.
Date: March 4, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
6- Göknur GEÇİMLİ, Bronze jewellery during the Byzantine period / Bizans Dönemi’nde Bronz Takılar.
Date: March 18, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
7- Gül Nihal AKSU Architectural plastic in Izmir and its surroundings during the Byzantine period / Bizans Dönemi’nde İzmir ve Çevresinde Mimari Plastik.
Date: April 1, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
8- Günsu ÖZBOZDAĞ, The cult of Aphrodite and her representations on Cyprus / Kıbrıs’ta Aphrodite Kültü ve Tasvirleri.
Date: April 24, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
9- Ali Kemal OKUR, Pharmacy in Classical Antiquity / Eskiçağ’da Eczacılık.
Date: April 29, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
10- Fatma BAŞÇIL ARIĞ, Iron doors in the Late Ottoman architecture of Tire / Geç Osmanlı Dönemi Tire Mimarisinde Demir Kapılar.
Date: May 13, 2020.
Venue: The Blue Hall of DESEM, Alsancak, Izmir.
EKVAM 2020 Anadolu Arkeolojisi Seminerleri
Seminerlerin Düzenleneceği Tarihler ve Saatler: 8 Ocak-13 Mayıs 2020 tarihleri arasında, Çarşamba günleri, saat 15.00-16.00 arası.
Seminerin Düzenleneceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon, D.E.Ü. Rektörlük Binası, Alsancak, İzmir.
Seminer Organizasyonu: D.E.Ü., Ege Bölgesi Kültür Varlıkları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (EKVAM).
Seminerler ile İlgili İletişim: Prof. Dr. Ergün LAFLI; [email protected]; 0539.577 07 33; 0232.301 87 21.
Seminerler Programı
1- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Samet İKİBEŞ.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Eskiçağ’da Miğferler.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 8 Ocak 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
2- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Joseph S. AVERSANO.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: Bilkent Üniversitesi, Ankara.
Sunum Başlığı: Cult of Cybele in Anatolia / Anadolu’da Kybele Kültü.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 22 Ocak 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
3- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Alev ÇETİNGÖZ.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Anadolu Greko-Romen Stellerinde Kadın Figürleri.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 5 Şubat 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
4- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Doğancan AKSU.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Adana Müzesi Greko-Romen ve Bizans Stelleri.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 19 Şubat 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
5- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Özge ŞİMŞEKDİR.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Karşılaştırmalı Antik Yunan ve Hint Mitolojisi: Hinduizm‘in Doğuşu ve Şekillenmesi.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 4 Mart 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
6- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Göknur GEÇİMLİ.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Bizans Dönemi’nde Bronz Takılar.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 18 Mart 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
7- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Gül Nihal AKSU.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Bizans Dönemi’nde İzmir ve Çevresinde Mimari Plastik.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 1 Nisan 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
8- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Günsu ÖZBOZDAĞ.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Kıbrıs’ta Aphrodite Kültü ve Tasvirleri.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 15 Nisan 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
9- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Ali Kemal OKUR.
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Eskiçağ’da Eczacılık.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 29 Nisan 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
10- Sunumu Yapacak Kişi: Arkeolog Fatma BAŞÇIL ARIĞ
Öğrenim Gördüğü Birim: D.E.Ü., S.B.E., Arkeoloji Programı.
Sunum Başlığı: Geç Osmanlı Dönemi Tire Mimarisinde Demir Kapılar.
Sunumun Tarih ve Saati: 13 Mayıs 2020, Çarşamba günü, saat 15.00-16.00.
Sunumun Gerçekleştirileceği Yer: DESEM, Mavi Salon.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Public Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, Funerary Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, İzmir, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, and Roman Archaeology
This is the program of the 39th season of the DEU-DESEM public course for archaeology and art history in Turkish language which includes four introducing courses as well as four excursions to the Archaeological Museum of Izmir, Istanbul,... more
This is the program of the 39th season of the DEU-DESEM public course for archaeology and art history in Turkish language which includes four introducing courses as well as four excursions to the Archaeological Museum of Izmir, Istanbul, Ankara and Lesbos in Greece. This private course will take place between January 30 and February 23, 2020 in Izmir, Turkey.
Kurs İçeriği Özeti: Arkeoloji; insanın alet yapmaya başlamasından (yani Paleolitik çağdan), Osmanlı Dönemi’nin sonuna kadar olan süreç içerisinde her türlü eseri ve bu eserlerin yaratıldığı toplumların yapısal özelliklerini araştırır. Bu kurs dâhilinde arkeolojinin en genel konuları verilmektedir. Kurs gezi rehberleri ve arkeolojiye yardımcı bilimleri öğrenimi alanlar için (haritacılık, restorasyon, mimarlık, şehir planlaması vbg.) çok yararlı olabilir. Ayrıca kurs gençler için bir kişisel gelişim kursu olarak da görülebilir. Kursta öğrenilen bilgiler, kişinin entellektüalite düzeyini arttırmaya yararlı olacağı kadar, entellektüel insanlarla tanışma fırsatı da sağlayacaktır. Ayrıca kurs çağdaş yaşamın desteklenmesi ve İzmir halkına kültür tarihi bilincinin kazandırılması için de yararlıdır.
Kursa Katılması Hedeflenen Kitle: Eskiçağ bilimcileri ve öğrencileri, diğer yükseköğretim ve ortaöğretim öğrencileri (özellikle Güzel Sanatlar, Mimarlık, Tasarım vbg. Fakülteleri öğrencileri ve meslek adamları), arkeoloji, kültür tarihi, tarih, doğa, Ege ve İzmir gibi konularla ilgilenen, gezmeyi, fotoğraf çekmeyi, yeni insanlar tanımayı, yazlarını yeni şeyler öğrenerek geçirmeyi seven ve hedefleyen herkes.
Kursların İşleyişi: Derslerimiz her hafta Perşembe akşamları DESEM’de gerçekleşmektedir. Toplam dört derste kurs koordinatörü tarafından önce teorik bilgiler verilmekte; derslerle aynı hafta içerisinde birer ya da ikişer günlük toplam beş günlük geziler yapılmaktadır. İzmir şehir içinde kendi araçlarımızla gezilmektedir. Yunanistan’a gidişler feribotlarla yapılmaktadır ve Yunanistan gezilerimiz esnasında toplu bir araç tutularak gezilmektedir. Yunanistan için otel ve feribot rezervasyonu kurs koordinatörlüğü tarafından yapılmakta, vize içinse İzmir Yunanistan Başkonsolosluğu’na yazı hazırlanmaktadır. Yeşil pasaport ya da Schengen vizesi sahibi T.C. vatandaşları Yunanistan için vizeden muaftırlar. Diğer pasaport sahipleri için Schengen vizesi edinmek gerekmektedir; Schengen vizesinin ücreti 300 TL civarıdır. Kurs kapsamında bir MüzeKart edinmekte fayda vardır.
Katılımcı Öğretim Üyesi: Prof. Dr. Ergün LAFLI (Lisans: Ankara, YL: Tübingen-Almanya, Doktora: Köln-Almanya).
KAYIT: 0232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Kurs İçeriği Özeti: Arkeoloji; insanın alet yapmaya başlamasından (yani Paleolitik çağdan), Osmanlı Dönemi’nin sonuna kadar olan süreç içerisinde her türlü eseri ve bu eserlerin yaratıldığı toplumların yapısal özelliklerini araştırır. Bu kurs dâhilinde arkeolojinin en genel konuları verilmektedir. Kurs gezi rehberleri ve arkeolojiye yardımcı bilimleri öğrenimi alanlar için (haritacılık, restorasyon, mimarlık, şehir planlaması vbg.) çok yararlı olabilir. Ayrıca kurs gençler için bir kişisel gelişim kursu olarak da görülebilir. Kursta öğrenilen bilgiler, kişinin entellektüalite düzeyini arttırmaya yararlı olacağı kadar, entellektüel insanlarla tanışma fırsatı da sağlayacaktır. Ayrıca kurs çağdaş yaşamın desteklenmesi ve İzmir halkına kültür tarihi bilincinin kazandırılması için de yararlıdır.
Kursa Katılması Hedeflenen Kitle: Eskiçağ bilimcileri ve öğrencileri, diğer yükseköğretim ve ortaöğretim öğrencileri (özellikle Güzel Sanatlar, Mimarlık, Tasarım vbg. Fakülteleri öğrencileri ve meslek adamları), arkeoloji, kültür tarihi, tarih, doğa, Ege ve İzmir gibi konularla ilgilenen, gezmeyi, fotoğraf çekmeyi, yeni insanlar tanımayı, yazlarını yeni şeyler öğrenerek geçirmeyi seven ve hedefleyen herkes.
Kursların İşleyişi: Derslerimiz her hafta Perşembe akşamları DESEM’de gerçekleşmektedir. Toplam dört derste kurs koordinatörü tarafından önce teorik bilgiler verilmekte; derslerle aynı hafta içerisinde birer ya da ikişer günlük toplam beş günlük geziler yapılmaktadır. İzmir şehir içinde kendi araçlarımızla gezilmektedir. Yunanistan’a gidişler feribotlarla yapılmaktadır ve Yunanistan gezilerimiz esnasında toplu bir araç tutularak gezilmektedir. Yunanistan için otel ve feribot rezervasyonu kurs koordinatörlüğü tarafından yapılmakta, vize içinse İzmir Yunanistan Başkonsolosluğu’na yazı hazırlanmaktadır. Yeşil pasaport ya da Schengen vizesi sahibi T.C. vatandaşları Yunanistan için vizeden muaftırlar. Diğer pasaport sahipleri için Schengen vizesi edinmek gerekmektedir; Schengen vizesinin ücreti 300 TL civarıdır. Kurs kapsamında bir MüzeKart edinmekte fayda vardır.
Katılımcı Öğretim Üyesi: Prof. Dr. Ergün LAFLI (Lisans: Ankara, YL: Tübingen-Almanya, Doktora: Köln-Almanya).
KAYIT: 0232.422 29 46; 412 10 85; 412 10 89; 412 10 91.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Classics, Art History, and 15 morePublic Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, History of Art, Greek Archaeology, Archaeological Education, Aegean Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, İzmir, Istanbul, Ankara, and Roman Archaeology
This is an unpublished draft of the Izmir conferences for public archaeology 1 which is written mainly in Turkish language. The first of this conference series was held on Birgi, a Turkish Aegean township in the province of Izmir that is... more
This is an unpublished draft of the Izmir conferences for public archaeology 1 which is written mainly in Turkish language. The first of this conference series was held on Birgi, a Turkish Aegean township in the province of Izmir that is discussed through its archaeological and historical features. This conference was held on December 12-13, 2013 in Birgi. Most of the papers are devoted to the Ottoman history.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Ottoman History, Anatolian Studies, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, Turkish History, Ottoman Empire, Early modern Ottoman History, Late Ottoman Period, History of Ottoman Art and Architecture, Ottoman art and architecture, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Late Ottoman History, Ottoman Heritage Art and Architecture, and Ottoman Anatolia (1200-1500) Comparative empire
In this paper 34 earrings are presented, all of which are curated in the Archaeological Museum of İznik in southwestern Marmara region of Turkey. They are significant, as very few items of jewellery from Bithynia have been
published.
published.
Research Interests:
Research Interests: Roman History, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Cyprus Studies, Anatolian History, and 14 moreGreek Epigraphy, Ancient History of Cyprus, Roman Epigraphy, Cilicia, Ionia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Ancient Caria, Thracian History, History of ancient Thrace, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Epigraphy, Ephesus, Ephesos, and Archaeology of Cyprus
In this brief contribution, an unpublished funerary stela with a Latin inscription from the museum of Amasya in Pontus (north-eastern Turkey) is analyzed. The monument supplements a small group of gravestones documenting the presence of... more
In this brief contribution, an unpublished funerary stela with a Latin inscription from the museum of
Amasya in Pontus (north-eastern Turkey) is analyzed. The monument supplements a small group of gravestones
documenting the presence of Roman soldiers of the Legio V Macedonica in Amasya in the 2nd century
AD.
Amasya in Pontus (north-eastern Turkey) is analyzed. The monument supplements a small group of gravestones
documenting the presence of Roman soldiers of the Legio V Macedonica in Amasya in the 2nd century
AD.
Research Interests:
These three famous cities were connected in antiquity according to myth. The fall of Troy and the establishment of Trojans in Tenea and Rome bound the fate of these faraway places.Tenea was very active in lower Italy and Sicily,... more
These three famous cities were connected in antiquity according to myth. The fall of Troy and the establishment of Trojans in Tenea and Rome bound the fate of these faraway places.Tenea was very active in lower Italy and Sicily, especially in its colony of Syracuse. Later on, the Roman conquest of Greece strongly brought forward these connections and legends. The discovery of Ancient Tenea has stimulated archaeological research in this domain. Tenea project involves the study and archaeological excavation of the ancient city of Tenea, which has started coming to light these passed years in the Corinthia. In 2018 it was internationally recognized as ranking among the fifteen most important archaeological discoveries worldwide. The conference’s aspiration is the communication of Greek and foreign scholars and researchers from the fields of Archaeology, Architecture, Archaeometry, specialists in cultural communication and cultural resources, archaeological sites and museums, History, Mythology, Linguistics and Topography, all connected to the subject of the conference. The conference is connected to the celebration of the year of Troy. As such a scientific colloquium on this subject takes place for the first time, we are positive that it will produce fertile conclusions regarding relevant archaeological studies. Specifically, the objective is the exchange of opinion between researchers, considering all the new evidence and data, which we believe will lead to synergies and development of new cultural itineraries. The three cities Troy Tenea- Rome and their broader environment are connected through a common past and their study as whole will assist in the further apprehension and interpretation of the historical and archaeological data. Important finds from Tenea exist in museums in Greece, Germany and the USA. Through the conference we wish to inform the broader public on this subject of international interest.
Research Interests:
This is the poster of the Third International Symposium on the Archaeology of Western Anatolia, entitled as " Archaeology and history of Pitane (modern Çandarlı) in Aeolis" which will take place on November 14, 2024 on Zoom.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Colonisation, Greek Archaeology, Cultural Historical Geography, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ancient Anatolia, Archaic Greece, Pergamon, Archaic Period, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Classical Greece, İzmir, Greek and Roman Archaeology, and History of İzmir
Dear Colleagues, Dear Colleagues, 1- We thank you sincerely for your application and abstract. Attached you will find the program and abstract booklet of the conference. If you encounter any technical difficulties in viewing any... more
Dear Colleagues,
Dear Colleagues,
1- We thank you sincerely for your application and abstract. Attached you will find the program and abstract booklet of the conference. If you encounter any technical difficulties in viewing any of our documents, please feel free e-mail us at: [email protected] Please note that all the video conference documents were made online at Academia account of the e-conference.
If you do not intend to participate and wish to be removed from our mailing list, please let us know by e-mail.
2- Please check both of our documents carefully and let us know about your questions, critics, requests, feedbacks, corrections, suggestions and additions etc. If you find any error in our documents, would you please submit your corrections to us? We could remove your personal data (phone numbers etc.) from the abstracts, if it makes a problem for yourself. Please let us know; thank you.
3- This video conference will take place on November 17, 2023. Some modifications both on the program and abstract booklet can still be undertaken; so please feel free to e-mail us anything that you might wish to change in the program and abstract booklet.
4- It would be a pleasure to admit anybody interested on the Cayster Valley to the online conference as an observer.
We therefore request that you alert any interested researchers, colleagues or students within your research community who would be interested in participating at this e-conference, perhaps either by forwarding our e-mail through social media, such as Academia, Researchgate, Twitter, Facebook etc., or place our abstract booklet and program in your websites.
Web links to join to the live meeting on Zoom
Link for the Session 1:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82645963333
Meeting ID: 826 4596 3333.
Link for the Session 2:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85474800313
Meeting ID: 854 7480 0313.
5- I think it was a good idea to have a virtual conference and completely realistic about our current situation and experience. The Zoom link of the symposium will be circulated very soon. The readings and discussions of the conference will be in English, and will be recorded for later viewing on YouTube. You may either wish to send us your video conference through WeTransfer to [email protected] so that we can project it, or to perform live by yourself during the conference time through sharing the screen of your computer. In both cases you will be able to participate to our discussions as well. Please note that lectures should not exceed 30 minutes in total. Thank you.
6- Please note that you should download Zoom in your computer to be able to participate to our e-conference. We will be informing you soon with a scheduled Zoom meeting with further information concerning meeting ID and password. You can share this information with anyone you wish.
7- Please note that appointed times given on the timetable of the conference program are arranged according to the Athens-Istanbul time zone which is two hours ahead of Central European Time (CET-London).
8- During your presentation you should use the “share screen” option offered by Zoom so that all participants will be able to see the presentation directly from your computer screen.
9- We would like to edit the proceedings of this conference as quickly as possible. We therefore ask you to send your manuscript until December 15, 2023 to: [email protected]
It is our intention to publish the proceedings of this conference in 2025. Therefore, we would be thankful for any idea or advice concerning the publication of the proceedings of our conference. We are also interested to have co-editors for the proceedings.
Please note that we have no page limit.
10- Here are our contact information:
Our e-mail address is: [email protected]
Website of the conference is: https://deu.academia.edu/ErgunLAFLI/Annual-Archaeological-Symposia-on-Western-Anatolia
For further inquiries, the quickest way to reach to us is our telephone numbers: +90.539.577 07 33 or +90.232.301 87 21.
Please feel free to call us any time.
Thank you again for taking part in this e-conference despite these challenging times.
Dear Colleagues,
1- We thank you sincerely for your application and abstract. Attached you will find the program and abstract booklet of the conference. If you encounter any technical difficulties in viewing any of our documents, please feel free e-mail us at: [email protected] Please note that all the video conference documents were made online at Academia account of the e-conference.
If you do not intend to participate and wish to be removed from our mailing list, please let us know by e-mail.
2- Please check both of our documents carefully and let us know about your questions, critics, requests, feedbacks, corrections, suggestions and additions etc. If you find any error in our documents, would you please submit your corrections to us? We could remove your personal data (phone numbers etc.) from the abstracts, if it makes a problem for yourself. Please let us know; thank you.
3- This video conference will take place on November 17, 2023. Some modifications both on the program and abstract booklet can still be undertaken; so please feel free to e-mail us anything that you might wish to change in the program and abstract booklet.
4- It would be a pleasure to admit anybody interested on the Cayster Valley to the online conference as an observer.
We therefore request that you alert any interested researchers, colleagues or students within your research community who would be interested in participating at this e-conference, perhaps either by forwarding our e-mail through social media, such as Academia, Researchgate, Twitter, Facebook etc., or place our abstract booklet and program in your websites.
Web links to join to the live meeting on Zoom
Link for the Session 1:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82645963333
Meeting ID: 826 4596 3333.
Link for the Session 2:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85474800313
Meeting ID: 854 7480 0313.
5- I think it was a good idea to have a virtual conference and completely realistic about our current situation and experience. The Zoom link of the symposium will be circulated very soon. The readings and discussions of the conference will be in English, and will be recorded for later viewing on YouTube. You may either wish to send us your video conference through WeTransfer to [email protected] so that we can project it, or to perform live by yourself during the conference time through sharing the screen of your computer. In both cases you will be able to participate to our discussions as well. Please note that lectures should not exceed 30 minutes in total. Thank you.
6- Please note that you should download Zoom in your computer to be able to participate to our e-conference. We will be informing you soon with a scheduled Zoom meeting with further information concerning meeting ID and password. You can share this information with anyone you wish.
7- Please note that appointed times given on the timetable of the conference program are arranged according to the Athens-Istanbul time zone which is two hours ahead of Central European Time (CET-London).
8- During your presentation you should use the “share screen” option offered by Zoom so that all participants will be able to see the presentation directly from your computer screen.
9- We would like to edit the proceedings of this conference as quickly as possible. We therefore ask you to send your manuscript until December 15, 2023 to: [email protected]
It is our intention to publish the proceedings of this conference in 2025. Therefore, we would be thankful for any idea or advice concerning the publication of the proceedings of our conference. We are also interested to have co-editors for the proceedings.
Please note that we have no page limit.
10- Here are our contact information:
Our e-mail address is: [email protected]
Website of the conference is: https://deu.academia.edu/ErgunLAFLI/Annual-Archaeological-Symposia-on-Western-Anatolia
For further inquiries, the quickest way to reach to us is our telephone numbers: +90.539.577 07 33 or +90.232.301 87 21.
Please feel free to call us any time.
Thank you again for taking part in this e-conference despite these challenging times.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Ephesus, Ephesos, İzmir, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Smyrna, Greeks in Asia Minor, Roman Archaeology, and History of İzmir
The purpose of this second international video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the archaeology and history of the Cayster (Küçük Menderes) Valley in south-eastern inland part of Izmir in western Anatolia... more
The purpose of this second international video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the archaeology and history of the Cayster (Küçük Menderes) Valley in south-eastern inland part of Izmir in western Anatolia with its social and material contexts. We intended thus to bring together researchers who can present especially new syntheses of archaeological, historical, numismatic and sigillographic data concerning the Cayster Valley. In this online conference we have also included seven papers on the archaeology of Cayster Valley in the ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods which composed our first session.
This video conference took place on November 17, 2023. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were on Zoom and in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance presentation. The symposium was first announced in May 2023. Between May and September 2023 there were more than 13 paper applications from eight countries, including – in alphabetical order – Belgium, Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain and Turkey, 13 of which were accepted. All speakers held their lectures virtually. This book was arranged mainly in November 2023 where papers were placed in order by speakers’ turns at the conference. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. It is also published by Ada Printing House in Buca, Izmir in December 2023.
The second symposium is dedicated to the memory of Professor Hasan Malay (Ege University; 1948-2022) and Mr Mehmet Emin Başaranbilek (Archaeological Museums of Istanbul; 1945-2022), two Turkish classical scholars from the Cayster Valley who passed away in 2022.
I would like to thank following colleagues for preparation of this book and for their assistance before, during and after our conference (in alphabetic order): Professor Engin Akdeniz (Izmir), Dr Maurizio Buora (Udine), Dr Stefano Magnani (Udine / Münster) and Dr Sami Patacı (Ardahan).
This video conference took place on November 17, 2023. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were on Zoom and in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance presentation. The symposium was first announced in May 2023. Between May and September 2023 there were more than 13 paper applications from eight countries, including – in alphabetical order – Belgium, Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain and Turkey, 13 of which were accepted. All speakers held their lectures virtually. This book was arranged mainly in November 2023 where papers were placed in order by speakers’ turns at the conference. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. It is also published by Ada Printing House in Buca, Izmir in December 2023.
The second symposium is dedicated to the memory of Professor Hasan Malay (Ege University; 1948-2022) and Mr Mehmet Emin Başaranbilek (Archaeological Museums of Istanbul; 1945-2022), two Turkish classical scholars from the Cayster Valley who passed away in 2022.
I would like to thank following colleagues for preparation of this book and for their assistance before, during and after our conference (in alphabetic order): Professor Engin Akdeniz (Izmir), Dr Maurizio Buora (Udine), Dr Stefano Magnani (Udine / Münster) and Dr Sami Patacı (Ardahan).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreLydian, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ionia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Ephesus, Ephesos, İzmir, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Roman Archaeology, and History of İzmir
Dear Colleagues, 1- We thank you sincerely for your application and abstract. Attached you will find the program and abstract booklet of the conference. If you encounter any technical difficulties in viewing any of our documents,... more
Dear Colleagues,
1- We thank you sincerely for your application and abstract. Attached you will find the program and abstract booklet of the conference. If you encounter any technical difficulties in viewing any of our documents, please feel free e-mail us at: [email protected] Please note that all the video conference documents were made online at Academia account of the e-conference.
If you do not intend to participate and wish to be removed from our mailing list, please let us know by e-mail.
2- Please check both of our documents carefully and let us know about your questions, critics, requests, feedbacks, corrections, suggestions and additions etc. If you find any error in our documents, would you please submit your corrections to us? We could remove your personal data (phone numbers etc.) from the abstracts, if it makes a problem for yourself. Please let us know; thank you.
3- This video conference will take place on November 17, 2023. Some modifications both on the program and abstract booklet can still be undertaken; so please feel free to e-mail us anything that you might wish to change in the program and abstract booklet.
4- It would be a pleasure to admit anybody interested on the Cayster Valley to the online conference as an observer.
We therefore request that you alert any interested researchers, colleagues or students within your research community who would be interested in participating at this e-conference, perhaps either by forwarding our e-mail through social media, such as Academia, Researchgate, Twitter, Facebook etc., or place our abstract booklet and program in your websites.
Web links to join to the live meeting on Zoom
Link for the Session 1:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82645963333
Meeting ID: 826 4596 3333.
Link for the Session 2:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85474800313
Meeting ID: 854 7480 0313.
5- I think it was a good idea to have a virtual conference and completely realistic about our current situation and experience. The Zoom link of the symposium will be circulated very soon. The readings and discussions of the conference will be in English, and will be recorded for later viewing on YouTube. You may either wish to send us your video conference through WeTransfer to [email protected] so that we can project it, or to perform live by yourself during the conference time through sharing the screen of your computer. In both cases you will be able to participate to our discussions as well. Please note that lectures should not exceed 30 minutes in total. Thank you.
6- Please note that you should download Zoom in your computer to be able to participate to our e-conference. We will be informing you soon with a scheduled Zoom meeting with further information concerning meeting ID and password. You can share this information with anyone you wish.
7- Please note that appointed times given on the timetable of the conference program are arranged according to the Athens-Istanbul time zone which is two hours ahead of Central European Time (CET-London).
8- During your presentation you should use the “share screen” option offered by Zoom so that all participants will be able to see the presentation directly from your computer screen.
9- We would like to edit the proceedings of this conference as quickly as possible. We therefore ask you to send your manuscript until December 15, 2023 to: [email protected]
It is our intention to publish the proceedings of this conference in 2025. Therefore, we would be thankful for any idea or advice concerning the publication of the proceedings of our conference. We are also interested to have co-editors for the proceedings.
Please note that we have no page limit.
10- Here are our contact information:
Our e-mail address is: [email protected]
Website of the conference is: https://deu.academia.edu/ErgunLAFLI/Annual-Archaeological-Symposia-on-Western-Anatolia
For further inquiries, the quickest way to reach to us is our telephone numbers: +90.539.577 07 33 or +90.232.301 87 21.
Please feel free to call us any time.
Thank you again for taking part in this e-conference despite these challenging times.
1- We thank you sincerely for your application and abstract. Attached you will find the program and abstract booklet of the conference. If you encounter any technical difficulties in viewing any of our documents, please feel free e-mail us at: [email protected] Please note that all the video conference documents were made online at Academia account of the e-conference.
If you do not intend to participate and wish to be removed from our mailing list, please let us know by e-mail.
2- Please check both of our documents carefully and let us know about your questions, critics, requests, feedbacks, corrections, suggestions and additions etc. If you find any error in our documents, would you please submit your corrections to us? We could remove your personal data (phone numbers etc.) from the abstracts, if it makes a problem for yourself. Please let us know; thank you.
3- This video conference will take place on November 17, 2023. Some modifications both on the program and abstract booklet can still be undertaken; so please feel free to e-mail us anything that you might wish to change in the program and abstract booklet.
4- It would be a pleasure to admit anybody interested on the Cayster Valley to the online conference as an observer.
We therefore request that you alert any interested researchers, colleagues or students within your research community who would be interested in participating at this e-conference, perhaps either by forwarding our e-mail through social media, such as Academia, Researchgate, Twitter, Facebook etc., or place our abstract booklet and program in your websites.
Web links to join to the live meeting on Zoom
Link for the Session 1:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82645963333
Meeting ID: 826 4596 3333.
Link for the Session 2:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85474800313
Meeting ID: 854 7480 0313.
5- I think it was a good idea to have a virtual conference and completely realistic about our current situation and experience. The Zoom link of the symposium will be circulated very soon. The readings and discussions of the conference will be in English, and will be recorded for later viewing on YouTube. You may either wish to send us your video conference through WeTransfer to [email protected] so that we can project it, or to perform live by yourself during the conference time through sharing the screen of your computer. In both cases you will be able to participate to our discussions as well. Please note that lectures should not exceed 30 minutes in total. Thank you.
6- Please note that you should download Zoom in your computer to be able to participate to our e-conference. We will be informing you soon with a scheduled Zoom meeting with further information concerning meeting ID and password. You can share this information with anyone you wish.
7- Please note that appointed times given on the timetable of the conference program are arranged according to the Athens-Istanbul time zone which is two hours ahead of Central European Time (CET-London).
8- During your presentation you should use the “share screen” option offered by Zoom so that all participants will be able to see the presentation directly from your computer screen.
9- We would like to edit the proceedings of this conference as quickly as possible. We therefore ask you to send your manuscript until December 15, 2023 to: [email protected]
It is our intention to publish the proceedings of this conference in 2025. Therefore, we would be thankful for any idea or advice concerning the publication of the proceedings of our conference. We are also interested to have co-editors for the proceedings.
Please note that we have no page limit.
10- Here are our contact information:
Our e-mail address is: [email protected]
Website of the conference is: https://deu.academia.edu/ErgunLAFLI/Annual-Archaeological-Symposia-on-Western-Anatolia
For further inquiries, the quickest way to reach to us is our telephone numbers: +90.539.577 07 33 or +90.232.301 87 21.
Please feel free to call us any time.
Thank you again for taking part in this e-conference despite these challenging times.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Numismatics, and 15 moreByzantine Studies, Lydian, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ionia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Ephesus, Ephesos, İzmir, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Smyrna, Ephesians, Roman Archaeology, and History of İzmir
In 2022 the Department of Archaeology of the Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) begun to organize a new series of an international annual symposium which will take place in every third Fridays and Saturdays of Novembers in each year, both live... more
In 2022 the Department of Archaeology of the Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) begun to organize a new series of an international annual symposium which will take place in every third Fridays and Saturdays of Novembers in each year, both live and virtually. A parallel virtual conferencing platform will be enable its delegates to participate remotely and interactively so that both in-person as well as virtual attendees can join to this archaeological event in İzmir easily. The lack of in-person conferences over the past three years has, however, hurt colleagues and gradudate students the most so we wholeheartedly support whatever maximizes their ability to participate in person.
The Department of Archaeology is glad to inform you that the second international symposium of this annual series has taken place on November 17, 2023 on online.deu.edu.tr with a focus on latest archaeological discoveries on the region of Cayster (Küçük Menderes) Valley in south-eastern inland part of İzmir in western Turkey. Since the 15th century archaeologically and historically the Cayster Valley became a special focus in the fields of ancient Anatolian studies. We warmly invite contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines related to this region. The aim of this symposium is to report on the state of archaeological research concerning the Cayster Valley from the Chalcolithic period until the end of the Ottoman period. Thematic and geographical focus of the second symposium will be latest archaeological research in the townships of the Cayster Valley, i.e. Tire, Ödemiş, Bayındır, Kiraz, Beydağ and Torbalı in the administrative territories of the today’s Turkish province of Izmir.
Intended to bring together scholars of archaeology, ancient history, historical geography, epigraphy and other related disciplines in ancient Anatolian studies to discuss a range of issues concerning this region’s archaeology and history, this symposium was an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this region. The following theme groups are the main questions of the symposium which are prescriptive:
- Recent archaeological field projects (excavations and surveys) and museum studies as well as discoveries in and around the Cayster (Küçük Menderes) Valley, in i.e. Tire, Ödemiş, Bayındır, Kiraz, Beydağ and Torbalı,
- The Cayster Valley in ancient mythology,
- Prehistorical and protohistorical researches in the Cayster Valley,
- The Cayster Valley during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- The Cayster Valley in ancient authors, eg. Homer, Herodotus, Strabo etc.,
- Ethno-cultural landscape of the ancient Cayster Valley and ethnoarchaeology,
- Epigraphical research in the Cayster Valley,
- Numismatic research in the Cayster Valley: circulations, dynamics and mechanisms,
- Relationships between the Cayster Valley and other parts of Lydia and Ionia, the Achaemenid Empire as well as other neighbouring regions,
- Historical geography and settlement patterns in the Cayster Valley during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Ancient roads, routes and population in the Cayster Valley,
- The Cayster Valley as a part of the Roman province Asia,
- The Cayster Valley under the tetrarchy reform of Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 296,
- Population and settlement boom in the “Justinianic” era in the region of the Cayster Valley,
- Thracesian Theme in western Asia Minor,
- Archaeometric researches in the Cayster Valley,
- Miscellanea.
On these themes and questions, all approaches and methods susceptible to bring some progress to our current knowledge were of course welcome: archaeology, ancient history, classics, historical geography, epigraphy, numismatic, history of art, cultural anthropology etc. English was the official language of the symposium and both abstracts as well as papers were written and presented in English. For those who wanted to present their papers in Turkish, German, French, Italian or Greek, Professor Ergün Laflı organized a simultaneous translation from those languages into English. The symposium has taken place on a conference platform on online.deu.edu.tr. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in December 2023. The symposium is free of charge.
We were delighted, if you would consider contributing to our symposium and contact us with the required information below before September 9, 2023. Our e-mail address is: [email protected] or [email protected]
Every abstract submitted to our symposium should at least be two pages, but not exceed four pages in total, and must include two or three figures related to its subject.
For all your queries concerning the symposium our phone number was: +90.539.577 07 33 (Professor Ergün Laflı). The organizers were seeking to widen participation at this symposium, and would like to encouraged colleagues from all parts of the world to attend. The symposium committee kindly requested that you alert any persons within your research community who would be interested in participating at this symposium, either by forwarding our e-mail, or by printing this circular and displaying it in your institution.
The Department of Archaeology is glad to inform you that the second international symposium of this annual series has taken place on November 17, 2023 on online.deu.edu.tr with a focus on latest archaeological discoveries on the region of Cayster (Küçük Menderes) Valley in south-eastern inland part of İzmir in western Turkey. Since the 15th century archaeologically and historically the Cayster Valley became a special focus in the fields of ancient Anatolian studies. We warmly invite contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines related to this region. The aim of this symposium is to report on the state of archaeological research concerning the Cayster Valley from the Chalcolithic period until the end of the Ottoman period. Thematic and geographical focus of the second symposium will be latest archaeological research in the townships of the Cayster Valley, i.e. Tire, Ödemiş, Bayındır, Kiraz, Beydağ and Torbalı in the administrative territories of the today’s Turkish province of Izmir.
Intended to bring together scholars of archaeology, ancient history, historical geography, epigraphy and other related disciplines in ancient Anatolian studies to discuss a range of issues concerning this region’s archaeology and history, this symposium was an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this region. The following theme groups are the main questions of the symposium which are prescriptive:
- Recent archaeological field projects (excavations and surveys) and museum studies as well as discoveries in and around the Cayster (Küçük Menderes) Valley, in i.e. Tire, Ödemiş, Bayındır, Kiraz, Beydağ and Torbalı,
- The Cayster Valley in ancient mythology,
- Prehistorical and protohistorical researches in the Cayster Valley,
- The Cayster Valley during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- The Cayster Valley in ancient authors, eg. Homer, Herodotus, Strabo etc.,
- Ethno-cultural landscape of the ancient Cayster Valley and ethnoarchaeology,
- Epigraphical research in the Cayster Valley,
- Numismatic research in the Cayster Valley: circulations, dynamics and mechanisms,
- Relationships between the Cayster Valley and other parts of Lydia and Ionia, the Achaemenid Empire as well as other neighbouring regions,
- Historical geography and settlement patterns in the Cayster Valley during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Ancient roads, routes and population in the Cayster Valley,
- The Cayster Valley as a part of the Roman province Asia,
- The Cayster Valley under the tetrarchy reform of Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 296,
- Population and settlement boom in the “Justinianic” era in the region of the Cayster Valley,
- Thracesian Theme in western Asia Minor,
- Archaeometric researches in the Cayster Valley,
- Miscellanea.
On these themes and questions, all approaches and methods susceptible to bring some progress to our current knowledge were of course welcome: archaeology, ancient history, classics, historical geography, epigraphy, numismatic, history of art, cultural anthropology etc. English was the official language of the symposium and both abstracts as well as papers were written and presented in English. For those who wanted to present their papers in Turkish, German, French, Italian or Greek, Professor Ergün Laflı organized a simultaneous translation from those languages into English. The symposium has taken place on a conference platform on online.deu.edu.tr. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in December 2023. The symposium is free of charge.
We were delighted, if you would consider contributing to our symposium and contact us with the required information below before September 9, 2023. Our e-mail address is: [email protected] or [email protected]
Every abstract submitted to our symposium should at least be two pages, but not exceed four pages in total, and must include two or three figures related to its subject.
For all your queries concerning the symposium our phone number was: +90.539.577 07 33 (Professor Ergün Laflı). The organizers were seeking to widen participation at this symposium, and would like to encouraged colleagues from all parts of the world to attend. The symposium committee kindly requested that you alert any persons within your research community who would be interested in participating at this symposium, either by forwarding our e-mail, or by printing this circular and displaying it in your institution.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian History, and 15 moreGreek Epigraphy, Numismatics, Byzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Asia Minor, İzmir, Archeologia Romana, Roman Archaeology, History of İzmir, and Byzantine history and archaeology
The purpose of this first international video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the archaeology of Izmir and its environs in western Anatolia during the Middle Ages, i.e. a period between the fifth and... more
The purpose of this first international video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the archaeology of Izmir and its environs in western Anatolia during the Middle Ages, i.e. a period between the fifth and fifteenth centuries AD, with its social and material contexts. We intended thus to bring together researchers who can present especially new syntheses of archaeological, historical, numismatic and sigillographic data concerning Medieval Smyrna and its environs. In this online conference we have also included three papers on the archaeology of Smyrna in the ancient Greek and Roman periods which composed our first session.
This video conference took place on November 18, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey with an archaeological excursion to the sites and museums within the city of Izmir on November 19. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were on Zoom and in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance presentation. The symposium was first announced in May 2022. Between May and September 2022 there were more than ten paper applications from six countries, including – in alphabetical order – Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Turkey and U.S.A., ten of which were accepted. Three speakers held their lectures both physically in Izmir and virtually on Zoom; the rest of the papers were presented on Zoom. Session 1 was organized in the Main Conference Hall of the Faculty of Letters in Tınaztepe Campus (in Block C), and Session 2 was organized in the office of Professor Laflı. This book was arranged mainly in November 2022 where papers were placed in order by speakers’ turns at the conference. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. It is also published by the Press House of the Dokuz Eylül University in December 2022.
This first symposium on the archaeology of western Anatolia is dedicated to the 20th death anniversary of Professor Ekrem Akurgal, founder of modern Turkish archaeology, who passed away on November 1st, 2002.
ISBN for this book: 978-625-00-1043-3.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1o__WLJLyM
This video conference took place on November 18, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey with an archaeological excursion to the sites and museums within the city of Izmir on November 19. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were on Zoom and in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance presentation. The symposium was first announced in May 2022. Between May and September 2022 there were more than ten paper applications from six countries, including – in alphabetical order – Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Turkey and U.S.A., ten of which were accepted. Three speakers held their lectures both physically in Izmir and virtually on Zoom; the rest of the papers were presented on Zoom. Session 1 was organized in the Main Conference Hall of the Faculty of Letters in Tınaztepe Campus (in Block C), and Session 2 was organized in the office of Professor Laflı. This book was arranged mainly in November 2022 where papers were placed in order by speakers’ turns at the conference. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. It is also published by the Press House of the Dokuz Eylül University in December 2022.
This first symposium on the archaeology of western Anatolia is dedicated to the 20th death anniversary of Professor Ekrem Akurgal, founder of modern Turkish archaeology, who passed away on November 1st, 2002.
ISBN for this book: 978-625-00-1043-3.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1o__WLJLyM
Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Byzantine Sigillography, Medieval numismatics, Byzantine and Medieval Numismatics, Archeologia medievale, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, İzmir, Smyrna, Archéologie médiévale, Early Byzantine Archaeology, History of İzmir, and Byzantine history and archaeology
The purpose of this first international video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the archaeology of Izmir and its environs in western Anatolia during the Middle Ages, i.e. a period between the fifth and... more
The purpose of this first international video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the archaeology of Izmir and its environs in western Anatolia during the Middle Ages, i.e. a period between the fifth and fifteenth centuries AD, with its social and material contexts. We intended thus to bring together researchers who can present especially new syntheses of archaeological, historical, numismatic and sigillographic data concerning Medieval Smyrna and its environs. In this online conference we have also included three papers on the archaeology of Smyrna in the ancient Greek and Roman periods which composed our first session.
This video conference took place on November 18, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey with an archaeological excursion to the sites and museums within the city of Izmir on November 19. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were on Zoom and in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance presentation. The symposium was first announced in May 2022. Between May and September 2022 there were more than ten paper applications from six countries, including – in alphabetical order – Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Turkey and U.S.A., ten of which were accepted. Three speakers held their lectures both physically in Izmir and virtually on Zoom; the rest of the papers were presented on Zoom. Session 1 was organized in the Main Conference Hall of the Faculty of Letters in Tınaztepe Campus (in Block C), and Session 2 was organized in the office of Professor Laflı. This book was arranged mainly in November 2022 where papers were placed in order by speakers’ turns at the conference. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. It is also published by the Press House of the Dokuz Eylül University in December 2022.
This first symposium on the archaeology of western Anatolia is dedicated to the 20th death anniversary of Professor Ekrem Akurgal, founder of modern Turkish archaeology, who passed away on November 1st, 2002.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1o__WLJLyM
This video conference took place on November 18, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey with an archaeological excursion to the sites and museums within the city of Izmir on November 19. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were on Zoom and in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance presentation. The symposium was first announced in May 2022. Between May and September 2022 there were more than ten paper applications from six countries, including – in alphabetical order – Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Turkey and U.S.A., ten of which were accepted. Three speakers held their lectures both physically in Izmir and virtually on Zoom; the rest of the papers were presented on Zoom. Session 1 was organized in the Main Conference Hall of the Faculty of Letters in Tınaztepe Campus (in Block C), and Session 2 was organized in the office of Professor Laflı. This book was arranged mainly in November 2022 where papers were placed in order by speakers’ turns at the conference. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. It is also published by the Press House of the Dokuz Eylül University in December 2022.
This first symposium on the archaeology of western Anatolia is dedicated to the 20th death anniversary of Professor Ekrem Akurgal, founder of modern Turkish archaeology, who passed away on November 1st, 2002.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1o__WLJLyM
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, Aegean Prehistory (Archaeology), Aegean Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ionia, Pergamon, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Ephesos, İzmir, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Roman Archaeology, History of İzmir, and Classical Studies
The purpose of this first international video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the archaeology of Izmir and its environs in western Anatolia during the Middle Ages, i.e. a period between the fifth and... more
The purpose of this first international video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the archaeology of Izmir and its environs in western Anatolia during the Middle Ages, i.e. a period between the fifth and fifteenth centuries AD, with its social and material contexts. We intended thus to bring together researchers who can present especially new syntheses of archaeological, historical, numismatic and sigillographic data concerning Medieval Smyrna and its environs. In this online conference we have also included three papers on the archaeology of Smyrna in the ancient Greek and Roman periods which composed our first session.
This video conference took place on November 18, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey with an archaeological excursion to the sites and museums within the city of Izmir on November 19. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were on Zoom and in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance presentation. The symposium was first announced in May 2022. Between May and September 2022 there were more than ten paper applications from six countries, including – in alphabetical order – Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Turkey and U.S.A., ten of which were accepted. Three speakers held their lectures both physically in Izmir and virtually on Zoom; the rest of the papers were presented on Zoom. Session 1 was organized in the Main Conference Hall of the Faculty of Letters in Tınaztepe Campus (in Block C), and Session 2 was organized in the office of Professor Laflı. This book was arranged mainly in November 2022 where papers were placed in order by speakers’ turns at the conference. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. It is also published by the Press House of the Dokuz Eylül University in December 2022.
This first symposium on the archaeology of western Anatolia is dedicated to the 20th death anniversary of Professor Ekrem Akurgal, founder of modern Turkish archaeology, who passed away on November 1st, 2002.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube:
This video conference took place on November 18, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey with an archaeological excursion to the sites and museums within the city of Izmir on November 19. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were on Zoom and in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance presentation. The symposium was first announced in May 2022. Between May and September 2022 there were more than ten paper applications from six countries, including – in alphabetical order – Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Turkey and U.S.A., ten of which were accepted. Three speakers held their lectures both physically in Izmir and virtually on Zoom; the rest of the papers were presented on Zoom. Session 1 was organized in the Main Conference Hall of the Faculty of Letters in Tınaztepe Campus (in Block C), and Session 2 was organized in the office of Professor Laflı. This book was arranged mainly in November 2022 where papers were placed in order by speakers’ turns at the conference. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. It is also published by the Press House of the Dokuz Eylül University in December 2022.
This first symposium on the archaeology of western Anatolia is dedicated to the 20th death anniversary of Professor Ekrem Akurgal, founder of modern Turkish archaeology, who passed away on November 1st, 2002.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube:
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Aegean Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Mediterranean archaeology, Ionia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, İzmir, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Romana, Roman Archaeology, History of İzmir, Classical Studies, and Classics and Ancient History
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Cerdylium/Kerdylion (Κερδύλιον)/Kerdyllion is an elevated settlement on the west bank of the Strymon (or Struma) delta, on top of Grandiskos or Gradista Hill within the territory of Argilus near Amphipolis in north Aegean Coast, Thrace, north-eastern Greece. Historically Cerdilium is known as during the first decade of the Peloponnesian War the Spartan General Brasidas took up position there against the Athenians in 422 BC (Thuc. V, 6, 2-3). Also a mountain with an altitude of 1091 m and its range in this area are called Kerdylion. The village Nea Kerdylia in the prefecture of Amphipolis, which is located on the mod. road between Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis (50 km away from Nigrita and 70 km from Serres), is named after the Mount Kerdylion. The ancient site of Cerdilium has been identified beyond any doubt on the south-eastern slope of this mount. The historical sources and archaeological research have both allowed to associate the remains on Grandiskos (at a short distance northwest of the village of Agios Pneuma in the prefecture of Serres; a Slavic name meaning town or castle) with Cerdilium as Thucydides quoted. Topographically its location on the west bank of the Strymon River made it a part of the χωρίον of Argilus, which was one of the earliest Greek colonies in this area founded in 655/654 BC in the district Bisaltia between Amphipolis and Bromiscus. According to Thucydides (V, 6, 10-15), Brasidas observed the Athenian General Cleon’s movements in Amphipolis from Cerdilium during the Peloponnesian War, what clearly illustrates the strategic position of Mount Cerdilium in the Lower Strymon Valley.
This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in a set of books, called as the Lexicon of the Greek and Roman cities and place names in Antiquity, ca. 1500 B.C. – ca. A.D. 500, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to ancient Greek and Roman geographies.
Cerdylium/Kerdylion (Κερδύλιον)/Kerdyllion is an elevated settlement on the west bank of the Strymon (or Struma) delta, on top of Grandiskos or Gradista Hill within the territory of Argilus near Amphipolis in north Aegean Coast, Thrace, north-eastern Greece. Historically Cerdilium is known as during the first decade of the Peloponnesian War the Spartan General Brasidas took up position there against the Athenians in 422 BC (Thuc. V, 6, 2-3). Also a mountain with an altitude of 1091 m and its range in this area are called Kerdylion. The village Nea Kerdylia in the prefecture of Amphipolis, which is located on the mod. road between Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis (50 km away from Nigrita and 70 km from Serres), is named after the Mount Kerdylion. The ancient site of Cerdilium has been identified beyond any doubt on the south-eastern slope of this mount. The historical sources and archaeological research have both allowed to associate the remains on Grandiskos (at a short distance northwest of the village of Agios Pneuma in the prefecture of Serres; a Slavic name meaning town or castle) with Cerdilium as Thucydides quoted. Topographically its location on the west bank of the Strymon River made it a part of the χωρίον of Argilus, which was one of the earliest Greek colonies in this area founded in 655/654 BC in the district Bisaltia between Amphipolis and Bromiscus. According to Thucydides (V, 6, 10-15), Brasidas observed the Athenian General Cleon’s movements in Amphipolis from Cerdilium during the Peloponnesian War, what clearly illustrates the strategic position of Mount Cerdilium in the Lower Strymon Valley.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, and 15 moreAncient Greek History, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), Ancient Greece (History), Thracian Archaeology, Thracian History, Ancient Thrace, History of ancient Thrace, Thracian provinces of the Roman Empire, Hellenistic Greece, Thracians, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Classical Greece, Greek and Roman Archaeology, archaeology of Macedonia and Thrace, and Classics and Ancient History
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Cercinium/Kerkineion (Κερκινείον)/Kerkinion (Κερκινέον) was a city in mod. Magnesia, in ancient Thessaly, near the Lake Boebeis (mod. Lake Karla) in north-eastern Greece. Today the site is located at a village called Ano Amygdali in south-west of Larissa, near the Titarisios River and c. 35 km south-east of Tyrnavos. As many of the ancient sites in Thessaly were known by more than one name, Cercinium is one of these cities. Etymologically, however, the Greek name of the site attested as Cercinium only in its transcription in Latin in Livy’s History of Rome §31.41 and its ethnic is known in the form of Κερκινεύς in Greek, based on a possibly related inscription from Aiani (cf. below and Kaczmarek 2015, 70 ff, appendix for the epigraphic evidence from Cercinium).
Geographically the location of Cercinium allowed Thessaly to have rich agricultural potential and to become a strategic transit point. The Titarisios River, a major tributary of the Pineios, provides the city with a water source. Additionally, Cercinium’s strategic location in the western part of Thessaly stands out with its proximity to other important cities of the region and its access to trade routes. We also know that during the Roman period a secondary road from Ayia towards the South-East was passing through Cercinium following the foothills of Mavrovouni near Krannonas in direction of Demetrias, which is situated at the head of the Pagasaean Gulf near Volos.
This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in a set of books, called as the Lexicon of the Greek and Roman cities and place names in Antiquity, ca. 1500 B.C. – ca. A.D. 500, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to ancient Greek and Roman geographies.
Cercinium/Kerkineion (Κερκινείον)/Kerkinion (Κερκινέον) was a city in mod. Magnesia, in ancient Thessaly, near the Lake Boebeis (mod. Lake Karla) in north-eastern Greece. Today the site is located at a village called Ano Amygdali in south-west of Larissa, near the Titarisios River and c. 35 km south-east of Tyrnavos. As many of the ancient sites in Thessaly were known by more than one name, Cercinium is one of these cities. Etymologically, however, the Greek name of the site attested as Cercinium only in its transcription in Latin in Livy’s History of Rome §31.41 and its ethnic is known in the form of Κερκινεύς in Greek, based on a possibly related inscription from Aiani (cf. below and Kaczmarek 2015, 70 ff, appendix for the epigraphic evidence from Cercinium).
Geographically the location of Cercinium allowed Thessaly to have rich agricultural potential and to become a strategic transit point. The Titarisios River, a major tributary of the Pineios, provides the city with a water source. Additionally, Cercinium’s strategic location in the western part of Thessaly stands out with its proximity to other important cities of the region and its access to trade routes. We also know that during the Roman period a secondary road from Ayia towards the South-East was passing through Cercinium following the foothills of Mavrovouni near Krannonas in direction of Demetrias, which is situated at the head of the Pagasaean Gulf near Volos.
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Ancient Geography, and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), Ancient Greece (History), Ancient Greece, Greece, Hellenistic Greece, Roman Greece, Ancient Topography, Thessaly, Classical Greece, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Ancient Greece and Rome, 1 Thessalonians, Ancient Roman Topography, and Roman Archaeology
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Cerassai (Κέρασσαι), a Lydian toponym, but not-precisely localized place name in central Lydia, which was mentioned by Nonnus
as a wine country where the wine was prepared from the “sweet stone” (Dionysiaca 13.468):
Λυδῶν δ᾽ ἁβρὸς ὅμιλος ἐπέρρεεν, οἵ τ᾽ ἔχον ἄμφω, 464
Κῖμψον ἐυψήφιδα καὶ ὀφρυόεσσαν Ἰτώνην, [p. 464]
οἵ τε Τορήβιον εὐρύ, καὶ οἵ πλούτοιο τιθήνας
Σάρδιας; εὐώδινας, ὁμήλικας ἠριγενείης,
καὶ χθόνα Βακχείην σταφυληκόμον, ἧχι τεκούσῃ
ἀμπελόεις Διόνυσος ἔχων δέπας ἔμπλεον οἴνου
Ῥείῃ πρῶτα κέρασσε, πόλιν δ᾽ ὀνόμηνε Κεράσσας, 470
καὶ σκοπιὰς Ὀάνοιο, καὶ οἳ ῥόον ἔλλαχον Ἕρμου
ὑδατόεν τε Μέταλλον, ὅπῃ Πακτώλιον ἰλὺν
ξανθὸς ἀποπτύων ἀμαρύσσεται ὄλβος ἐέρσης
This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in a set of books, called as the Lexicon of the Greek and Roman cities and place names in Antiquity, ca. 1500 B.C. – ca. A.D. 500, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to ancient Greek and Roman geographies.
Cerassai (Κέρασσαι), a Lydian toponym, but not-precisely localized place name in central Lydia, which was mentioned by Nonnus
as a wine country where the wine was prepared from the “sweet stone” (Dionysiaca 13.468):
Λυδῶν δ᾽ ἁβρὸς ὅμιλος ἐπέρρεεν, οἵ τ᾽ ἔχον ἄμφω, 464
Κῖμψον ἐυψήφιδα καὶ ὀφρυόεσσαν Ἰτώνην, [p. 464]
οἵ τε Τορήβιον εὐρύ, καὶ οἵ πλούτοιο τιθήνας
Σάρδιας; εὐώδινας, ὁμήλικας ἠριγενείης,
καὶ χθόνα Βακχείην σταφυληκόμον, ἧχι τεκούσῃ
ἀμπελόεις Διόνυσος ἔχων δέπας ἔμπλεον οἴνου
Ῥείῃ πρῶτα κέρασσε, πόλιν δ᾽ ὀνόμηνε Κεράσσας, 470
καὶ σκοπιὰς Ὀάνοιο, καὶ οἳ ῥόον ἔλλαχον Ἕρμου
ὑδατόεν τε Μέταλλον, ὅπῃ Πακτώλιον ἰλὺν
ξανθὸς ἀποπτύων ἀμαρύσσεται ὄλβος ἐέρσης
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, Lydian, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Ancient Topography, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, The Greek and Latin Classics, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Asia Minor, and Roman Archaeology
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Cercetius/Cercetium (Κερκέτιον ὄρος) is a mountain located between Thessaly and the southern spur of Mount Pindus that
separates the greater Epirus region from Macedonia and Thessaly. According to some authors, its name can be attributed to ancient
Illyrians. Its current name is Koziakas (Κόζιακα; 1901 m), and it is located near the ancient city of Tricca (Asclepieion) in northwestern Thessaly (fig. 1). Trikala municipality, situated at the north-west boundaries of western Thessaly, is surrounded by
Cercetius on the West. Topographically the long ridge of Cercetius dominates the plain of Thessaly, and it is thus a mountain on the
eastern edge of central Pindus range, with bare and rocky ridges and peaks but also with fir forests. To that part of the range south of
Lakmos, a mountain in eastern Ioannina and western Trikala, and a part of the Pindus Mountain range, the name of Cercetius was
given. It is probably the main ridge of Chasia (Khassia) Ori and one of the principal passes from Epirus into Thessaly lies across this
mountain. Geologically high quality radiolarite outcrops in the Pindus-Koziakas Mountain range (Ardaens 1978; Chiari et al. 2012).
Several classical authors quote Cercetius: e.g. Livy refers the whole mountain chain as montes Lyncon (Ab urbe condita
XXXII.13.2f.), of which he says vestiti frequentibus silvis sunt. In Strabo the extensions of Kerketion oros were defined (IX.434). In
Plinius, Nat. hist., 4,8, 30: “In Thessalia quattuor atque triginta, quorum nobilissimi Cercetii, Olympus Pierius, Ossa, cuius ex
adverso Pindus et Othrys, Lapitharum sedes, hi ad occasum vergentes, ad ortus Pelius, omnes theatrali modo inflexi, caveatis ante
eos LXXV urbibus. flumina Thessaliae Apidanus, Phoenix, Enipeus, Onochonus, Pamisus, fons Messeis, lacus Boebeis et ante
cunctos claritate Penius, ortus iuxta Gomphos interque Ossam et Olympum nemorosa convalle defluens D stadiis, dimidio eius
spatii navigabilis”.
This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in a set of books, called as the Lexicon of the Greek and Roman cities and place names in Antiquity, ca. 1500 B.C. – ca. A.D. 500, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to ancient Greek and Roman geographies.
Cercetius/Cercetium (Κερκέτιον ὄρος) is a mountain located between Thessaly and the southern spur of Mount Pindus that
separates the greater Epirus region from Macedonia and Thessaly. According to some authors, its name can be attributed to ancient
Illyrians. Its current name is Koziakas (Κόζιακα; 1901 m), and it is located near the ancient city of Tricca (Asclepieion) in northwestern Thessaly (fig. 1). Trikala municipality, situated at the north-west boundaries of western Thessaly, is surrounded by
Cercetius on the West. Topographically the long ridge of Cercetius dominates the plain of Thessaly, and it is thus a mountain on the
eastern edge of central Pindus range, with bare and rocky ridges and peaks but also with fir forests. To that part of the range south of
Lakmos, a mountain in eastern Ioannina and western Trikala, and a part of the Pindus Mountain range, the name of Cercetius was
given. It is probably the main ridge of Chasia (Khassia) Ori and one of the principal passes from Epirus into Thessaly lies across this
mountain. Geologically high quality radiolarite outcrops in the Pindus-Koziakas Mountain range (Ardaens 1978; Chiari et al. 2012).
Several classical authors quote Cercetius: e.g. Livy refers the whole mountain chain as montes Lyncon (Ab urbe condita
XXXII.13.2f.), of which he says vestiti frequentibus silvis sunt. In Strabo the extensions of Kerketion oros were defined (IX.434). In
Plinius, Nat. hist., 4,8, 30: “In Thessalia quattuor atque triginta, quorum nobilissimi Cercetii, Olympus Pierius, Ossa, cuius ex
adverso Pindus et Othrys, Lapitharum sedes, hi ad occasum vergentes, ad ortus Pelius, omnes theatrali modo inflexi, caveatis ante
eos LXXV urbibus. flumina Thessaliae Apidanus, Phoenix, Enipeus, Onochonus, Pamisus, fons Messeis, lacus Boebeis et ante
cunctos claritate Penius, ortus iuxta Gomphos interque Ossam et Olympum nemorosa convalle defluens D stadiis, dimidio eius
spatii navigabilis”.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Greek Archaeology, and 15 moreAncient Greek History, Paleolithic Europe, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), Ancient Greece (History), Ancient Greece, Greece, Hellenistic Greece, Roman Greece, Ancient Topography, Thessaly, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Greek and Roman Archaeology, archaeology of Macedonia and Thrace, Ancient Macedonia, and Roman Archaeology
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Cerge or Kerge (Κέργη) is a formerly unlocalized site in Mysia on the south coast of Propontis (mod. the Sea of Marmara), mentioned by Hierocles and quoted by Albert Forbiger (1798–1878), who suggests that the name ought to be Certe, as in the 19th cent. there is a small village Kerteslek on the Rhyndacus (mod. Mustafakemalpaşa River), where, Forbiger believes, that there are ruins of ancient Cerge. W. I. Hamilton who was at the place, mentions, however, only about the remains of a castle upon a hill, commanding the pass of the river, which are probably of Byzantine period (Hamilton 1837, 35).
This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in a set of books, called as the Lexicon of the Greek and Roman cities and place names in Antiquity, ca. 1500 B.C. – ca. A.D. 500, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to ancient Greek and Roman geographies.
Cerge or Kerge (Κέργη) is a formerly unlocalized site in Mysia on the south coast of Propontis (mod. the Sea of Marmara), mentioned by Hierocles and quoted by Albert Forbiger (1798–1878), who suggests that the name ought to be Certe, as in the 19th cent. there is a small village Kerteslek on the Rhyndacus (mod. Mustafakemalpaşa River), where, Forbiger believes, that there are ruins of ancient Cerge. W. I. Hamilton who was at the place, mentions, however, only about the remains of a castle upon a hill, commanding the pass of the river, which are probably of Byzantine period (Hamilton 1837, 35).
Research Interests: Ancient History, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Roman History, and 15 moreAnatolian Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Ancient Anatolia, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Archaeology of the Hellenistic East, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Bursa, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Roman Asia Minor, Roman Cities, Ancient Greek geographical writings, and Roman Archaeology
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This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in north-western Turkey.
Daedalses was a Late Classical ruler/dynast who captured Astacus and established the Kingdom of Bithynia around 435 BC. There is very little information in ancient sources about this legendary ruler, who is estimated to have lived between 435-376. Despite the constant confusion under the influence of Pharnabazus II (413-374 BC), Daedalses followed a balanced policy, and carried out reconstruction and restoration in the city of Astacus. In Late Classical period, Astacus has maintained its political and political relations as it is an important port city for the shipment of commercial products to the regions on the Black Sea and Mediterranean coastlines. After Daedalses, Boteiras, Bas and Zipoetes I are mentioned among the dynasts of Bithynia.
This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in north-western Turkey.
Daedalses was a Late Classical ruler/dynast who captured Astacus and established the Kingdom of Bithynia around 435 BC. There is very little information in ancient sources about this legendary ruler, who is estimated to have lived between 435-376. Despite the constant confusion under the influence of Pharnabazus II (413-374 BC), Daedalses followed a balanced policy, and carried out reconstruction and restoration in the city of Astacus. In Late Classical period, Astacus has maintained its political and political relations as it is an important port city for the shipment of commercial products to the regions on the Black Sea and Mediterranean coastlines. After Daedalses, Boteiras, Bas and Zipoetes I are mentioned among the dynasts of Bithynia.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Historical Geography, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, and 15 moreGreek History, Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Archaic Greek history, Ancient Greek History, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ancient Anatolia, Greek and Roman History, Bithynia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Asia Minor, Cultural history of the Ancient world, and Ancient History and Archaeology
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Daedalus or Doedalses, who lived between 264 and 228 BC, was a sculptor born in Bithynia. The name Daedalus (originally “Δαίδαλος”; Latin “Daidalus”) means “crafty” or “working”. Pliny (HN 36,35) mentions a work in marble in Rome Venerem lavantem †sesededalsa† stantem, from which the Bithynian name Daedalus is gleaned, an emendation which is largely accepted.
The artist is also referred to as Doedalses, Dedaldes, Doidalsas (Δοιδάλσας) or Doidalses (Δοιδάλσης) in ancient sources. There is another Athenian Daedalus by the same name, who was both architect and sculptor, but this artist was much more famous than his Nicomedian namesake. In addition, the name of Daidalsos, the ruler of Bithynia, who founded the city of Astacus (Başiskele) after the Megarians and Athenians, resembles the sculptor Daedalus.
According to a Byzantine source, the most important work of Bithynian sculptor Daedalus is the statue of Zeus Stratios, which was created for King Nicomedes of Bithynia and received great acclaim in Nicomedia. Since Nicomedia was founded in 264 BC, the Aphrodite Doidalses (so-called “Squatting Aphrodite”) statue which is attributed to Daedalus could not be carved before this date. There is very little information about the statues that Daedalus carved and none of his works have survived. There is much speculation about the artist's life and works. The most important work attributed to him is Crouching Aphrodite. Of the works of Daedalus, the "Venus" seen by Plinius is often identified with Crouching Aphrodite, of which there are many copies. Pliny probably saw only a marble copy of the bronze original of this statue. In addition, the Zeus type seen on the tetradrachms of Prusias I of Bithynia was copied from the famous Zeus Stratios statue of this artist which was situating in the Temple of Zeus in Nicomedia. Zeus' raised left hand standing on a scepter or spear and his right hand holding a wreath are the main signs of this figure (fig. 1). This depiction appears on tetradrachms up to Nicomedes.
Daedalus is one of the few known artist names of the high-level art environment that existed in Nicomedia, Bithynia and Nicomedian Kingdom in the Early Hellenistic period
References
Carl Robert, Doidalses 2, in: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE), vol. V,1 (Stuttgart 1903), p. 1266.
Walter Amelung, Doidalses, in: Ulrich Thieme (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker. Cilt 9: Delaulne–Dubois (Leipzig: E. A. Seemann, 1913), pp. 380–381.
This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in northwestern Turkey.
Daedalus or Doedalses, who lived between 264 and 228 BC, was a sculptor born in Bithynia. The name Daedalus (originally “Δαίδαλος”; Latin “Daidalus”) means “crafty” or “working”. Pliny (HN 36,35) mentions a work in marble in Rome Venerem lavantem †sesededalsa† stantem, from which the Bithynian name Daedalus is gleaned, an emendation which is largely accepted.
The artist is also referred to as Doedalses, Dedaldes, Doidalsas (Δοιδάλσας) or Doidalses (Δοιδάλσης) in ancient sources. There is another Athenian Daedalus by the same name, who was both architect and sculptor, but this artist was much more famous than his Nicomedian namesake. In addition, the name of Daidalsos, the ruler of Bithynia, who founded the city of Astacus (Başiskele) after the Megarians and Athenians, resembles the sculptor Daedalus.
According to a Byzantine source, the most important work of Bithynian sculptor Daedalus is the statue of Zeus Stratios, which was created for King Nicomedes of Bithynia and received great acclaim in Nicomedia. Since Nicomedia was founded in 264 BC, the Aphrodite Doidalses (so-called “Squatting Aphrodite”) statue which is attributed to Daedalus could not be carved before this date. There is very little information about the statues that Daedalus carved and none of his works have survived. There is much speculation about the artist's life and works. The most important work attributed to him is Crouching Aphrodite. Of the works of Daedalus, the "Venus" seen by Plinius is often identified with Crouching Aphrodite, of which there are many copies. Pliny probably saw only a marble copy of the bronze original of this statue. In addition, the Zeus type seen on the tetradrachms of Prusias I of Bithynia was copied from the famous Zeus Stratios statue of this artist which was situating in the Temple of Zeus in Nicomedia. Zeus' raised left hand standing on a scepter or spear and his right hand holding a wreath are the main signs of this figure (fig. 1). This depiction appears on tetradrachms up to Nicomedes.
Daedalus is one of the few known artist names of the high-level art environment that existed in Nicomedia, Bithynia and Nicomedian Kingdom in the Early Hellenistic period
References
Carl Robert, Doidalses 2, in: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE), vol. V,1 (Stuttgart 1903), p. 1266.
Walter Amelung, Doidalses, in: Ulrich Thieme (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker. Cilt 9: Delaulne–Dubois (Leipzig: E. A. Seemann, 1913), pp. 380–381.
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Arrian of Nicomedia was a Greek historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher of the Roman period. The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian is considered the best source on the campaigns of Alexander the Great. However, more recently, even though modern scholars have generally preferred Arrian to other extant primary sources, this attitude towards Arrian is beginning to change in the light of studies into Arrian's method.
Selected sources
Kai Brodersen (ed.), Arrianos / Asklepiodotos: Die Kunst der Taktik, Sammlung Tusculum, Berlin: De Gruyter 2017. ISBN: 978-3-11-056216-3.
Paul Cartledge, James S. Romm, Robert B. Strassler, Pamela Mensch, The landmark Arrian: the campaigns of Alexander, Landmark Series, New York: Pantheon 2010. ISBN: 978-0-375-42346-8.
Rudolf Hercher, Arriani Nicomediensis Scripta Minora, Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana, Leipzig: B. G. Teubner 1854.
Philip A. Stadter, Arrian of Nicomedia, Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1980.
Ronald Syme, “The career of Arrian”, Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 86, 1982, pp. 171–211.
Everett L. Wheeler, Flavius Arrianus: a political and military biography, Durham, NC: Duke University, unpub. Diss. 1977.
This is a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in northwestern Turkey.
Arrian of Nicomedia was a Greek historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher of the Roman period. The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian is considered the best source on the campaigns of Alexander the Great. However, more recently, even though modern scholars have generally preferred Arrian to other extant primary sources, this attitude towards Arrian is beginning to change in the light of studies into Arrian's method.
Selected sources
Kai Brodersen (ed.), Arrianos / Asklepiodotos: Die Kunst der Taktik, Sammlung Tusculum, Berlin: De Gruyter 2017. ISBN: 978-3-11-056216-3.
Paul Cartledge, James S. Romm, Robert B. Strassler, Pamela Mensch, The landmark Arrian: the campaigns of Alexander, Landmark Series, New York: Pantheon 2010. ISBN: 978-0-375-42346-8.
Rudolf Hercher, Arriani Nicomediensis Scripta Minora, Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana, Leipzig: B. G. Teubner 1854.
Philip A. Stadter, Arrian of Nicomedia, Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1980.
Ronald Syme, “The career of Arrian”, Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 86, 1982, pp. 171–211.
Everett L. Wheeler, Flavius Arrianus: a political and military biography, Durham, NC: Duke University, unpub. Diss. 1977.
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Menodotus of Nicomedia was a physician and Pyrrhonist philosopher; a student of Antiochus of Laodicea; and tutor to Herodotus of Tarsus. He belonged to the Empiric school, and lived probably about the beginning of the second century AD. He refuted some of the opinions of Asclepiades of Bithynia, and was exceedingly severe against the Dogmatists. He enjoyed a considerable reputation in his day, and is several times quoted and mentioned by Galen. He appears to have written some works which are quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, but are not now extant.
Menodotus of Nicomedia (Greek original Μηνόδοτος) AD. He is a physician and pyrrhonist (skeptical) philosopher who was born in the 100s and lived in Bithynia in the 124s. He is one of the most important physicians of the so-called Greek empirical school, he is also recognized, according to ancient testimonies, as a leading figure of skepticism, a pioneer of modern experimental science, and the person who developed the first method of scientific observation. Menodotus of Nicomedia is a very important character to understand the role of Greek empiricism in the history of science.
Menodotus was the student of Antiochus of Laodicea and the teacher of Herodotus of Tarsus. He adopted the doctrines of the empirical medical school (Ἐμπειρικοί) founded in Alexandria in the middle of the third century. Menodotus, like most physicians of his age, saw medicine as an art, and tried to perfect his art by maintaining his skepticism. He opposed the medical routine, believing that a doctor should strive for fame and profit. In his eyes, analogy was the key to the possible, not the truth. To him, simple experiences must be supplemented by more advanced experiences, and memory was the third part of medicine, along with sensory perception. He wrote against Asclepiades of Bithynia (129/124-40 BC), who argued that atomism and the imbalance between cells in the blood could cause disease, and he refuted some of his views. He also exhibited extremely harsh attitudes towards dogmatists. It had a considerable reputation in its time and was quoted several times by the famous physician Galen of Pergamon and his name was mentioned in Galen's works. However, some researchers argue that two different physicians with the same name may have lived at that time, considering that Galenos frequently refers to the volumes of Menedotos' writings. Menodotus, He seems to have written some works, which are now quoted, but not now available, by Diogenes Laertios, who lived in the third century BC and wrote histories of Greek philosophers. The date and place of his death are unknown.
REFERENCES
Véronique Boudon-Millot, Ménodote de Nicomédie, in: Richard Goulet (ed.), Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques, vol. 4, (Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2005), pp. 476-482. ISBN: 2-271-06386-8.
Lorenzo Perilli, Menodoto di Nicomedia. Contributo a una storia galeniana della medicina empirica, Beiträge zur Altertumskunde 206 (Munich; Leipzig: Saur Verlag, 2004).
This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in north-western Turkey.
Menodotus of Nicomedia was a physician and Pyrrhonist philosopher; a student of Antiochus of Laodicea; and tutor to Herodotus of Tarsus. He belonged to the Empiric school, and lived probably about the beginning of the second century AD. He refuted some of the opinions of Asclepiades of Bithynia, and was exceedingly severe against the Dogmatists. He enjoyed a considerable reputation in his day, and is several times quoted and mentioned by Galen. He appears to have written some works which are quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, but are not now extant.
Menodotus of Nicomedia (Greek original Μηνόδοτος) AD. He is a physician and pyrrhonist (skeptical) philosopher who was born in the 100s and lived in Bithynia in the 124s. He is one of the most important physicians of the so-called Greek empirical school, he is also recognized, according to ancient testimonies, as a leading figure of skepticism, a pioneer of modern experimental science, and the person who developed the first method of scientific observation. Menodotus of Nicomedia is a very important character to understand the role of Greek empiricism in the history of science.
Menodotus was the student of Antiochus of Laodicea and the teacher of Herodotus of Tarsus. He adopted the doctrines of the empirical medical school (Ἐμπειρικοί) founded in Alexandria in the middle of the third century. Menodotus, like most physicians of his age, saw medicine as an art, and tried to perfect his art by maintaining his skepticism. He opposed the medical routine, believing that a doctor should strive for fame and profit. In his eyes, analogy was the key to the possible, not the truth. To him, simple experiences must be supplemented by more advanced experiences, and memory was the third part of medicine, along with sensory perception. He wrote against Asclepiades of Bithynia (129/124-40 BC), who argued that atomism and the imbalance between cells in the blood could cause disease, and he refuted some of his views. He also exhibited extremely harsh attitudes towards dogmatists. It had a considerable reputation in its time and was quoted several times by the famous physician Galen of Pergamon and his name was mentioned in Galen's works. However, some researchers argue that two different physicians with the same name may have lived at that time, considering that Galenos frequently refers to the volumes of Menedotos' writings. Menodotus, He seems to have written some works, which are now quoted, but not now available, by Diogenes Laertios, who lived in the third century BC and wrote histories of Greek philosophers. The date and place of his death are unknown.
REFERENCES
Véronique Boudon-Millot, Ménodote de Nicomédie, in: Richard Goulet (ed.), Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques, vol. 4, (Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2005), pp. 476-482. ISBN: 2-271-06386-8.
Lorenzo Perilli, Menodoto di Nicomedia. Contributo a una storia galeniana della medicina empirica, Beiträge zur Altertumskunde 206 (Munich; Leipzig: Saur Verlag, 2004).
Research Interests: Classics, Empiricism, Philosophical skepticism, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Textual criticism (Classics), and 15 moreHistory of mentality (Classics), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Skepticism, Cynicism (Ancient Greek Philosophy), Ancient Anatolia, Phyrronism and Ancient Skepticism, Ancient Greek Philosophy / Aristotle, Bithynia, Classical Greek Philosophy, Roman Philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, GREEK PHILOSOPHY, Ancient Greek Medicine, history of ancient Greek philosophy, and Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy
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Nicomedia had minted coins from the remote times of the Kingdom of Bithynia. It was also the capital of Diocletian. It is clear that there was no better place to install the imperial mint that had to provide cash to the Diocese of Pontus. From 294 it coins gold, silver and especially bronze. The latter in two offices: a surprisingly low number for such an important city. In fact, the tetrarchian follis of Nicomedia are significantly scarcer than those of the other mints. It is not something that is reflected too much in market prices, possibly because it is a bit counterintuitive, but the truth is that numismatically it is like this.
During the second tetrarchy, the Nicomedia mint increased its production considerably, operating eventually with four simultaneous workshops, to which three more were added during the government of Licinius I. After the victory of Constantine in the war with Licinius, Nicomedia continues minting profusely in its seven officinas (only some few reverse types). The monetary reform of Julian the Apostate (363) will reduce the production and with it the number of offices to three. As the development of Constantinople persuades the emperors of the convenience of securing Nicomedia as a bastion of the imperial capital, the military presence in its area of influence increases, what translates into an increase in the need for cash. A new office, the fourth, joins the three existing in the mint to face such an increase. The quartet will work until the reign of Arcadius when it is reduced to a duet. The dawn of the Byzantine Empire will find the Nicomedia mint with a single operating officina. This one will continue strucking coins during the early Byzantine period, especially in the reign of Justinian I. Its final closure occurs in the year 627.
The style of Nicomedia coins is characterized by a very marked oriental flavour, with a charming lack of realism. Although the manufacture quality of the coins is good, it is not so high the artistic level reached by its workers, especially in the tetrarchic age; later it improves considerably until reaching the level of the rest of the mints of the period. The coins in photos 3, 4, 5 and 6 were struck in Nicomedia between 295 and 326.
This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in north-western Turkey.
Nicomedia had minted coins from the remote times of the Kingdom of Bithynia. It was also the capital of Diocletian. It is clear that there was no better place to install the imperial mint that had to provide cash to the Diocese of Pontus. From 294 it coins gold, silver and especially bronze. The latter in two offices: a surprisingly low number for such an important city. In fact, the tetrarchian follis of Nicomedia are significantly scarcer than those of the other mints. It is not something that is reflected too much in market prices, possibly because it is a bit counterintuitive, but the truth is that numismatically it is like this.
During the second tetrarchy, the Nicomedia mint increased its production considerably, operating eventually with four simultaneous workshops, to which three more were added during the government of Licinius I. After the victory of Constantine in the war with Licinius, Nicomedia continues minting profusely in its seven officinas (only some few reverse types). The monetary reform of Julian the Apostate (363) will reduce the production and with it the number of offices to three. As the development of Constantinople persuades the emperors of the convenience of securing Nicomedia as a bastion of the imperial capital, the military presence in its area of influence increases, what translates into an increase in the need for cash. A new office, the fourth, joins the three existing in the mint to face such an increase. The quartet will work until the reign of Arcadius when it is reduced to a duet. The dawn of the Byzantine Empire will find the Nicomedia mint with a single operating officina. This one will continue strucking coins during the early Byzantine period, especially in the reign of Justinian I. Its final closure occurs in the year 627.
The style of Nicomedia coins is characterized by a very marked oriental flavour, with a charming lack of realism. Although the manufacture quality of the coins is good, it is not so high the artistic level reached by its workers, especially in the tetrarchic age; later it improves considerably until reaching the level of the rest of the mints of the period. The coins in photos 3, 4, 5 and 6 were struck in Nicomedia between 295 and 326.
Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, Numismatics, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreLate Antiquity, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Roman numismatics and archaeology, Ancient Roman Numismatics, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Byzantine Numismatics, Ancient Numismatics (Anatolia), Roman coins, Byzantine and Medieval Numismatics, Ancient Numismatics, Bithynia, Roman Imperial Coins, Late Antiquity and Byzantium (History and Art), Byzantine coins, and Numismatica
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İn Bayırı Cistern is an important part of the water system of the ancient city of Nicomedia in the Roman and Byzantine periods, and it is located in the Cedit Neighborhood of the Izmit District, Eski Hastanesi Street, Tepeli Street, next to the Saraybahçe Primary School. It is also known as “İmhaber” or “Hospital Bayırı”. It is known that water is carried to İn Bayırı Cistern from Paşasuyu, 22 km away from İzmit, which is known to meet the water needs of Nicomedia. Today, İn Bayırı Cistern is surrounded by slums and unplanned buildings, and the cistern is partially under these structures, its walls are about to collapse and are covered with vegetation due to neglect (fig. 1).
This structure was probably built during the reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian (284-305), that is, AD. It must have been built or enlarged at the end of the 3rd century and the beginning of the 4th century, and was repaired twice during the Early Byzantine and Middle Byzantine periods. The walls of the cistern, İ.S. 3.-4. It was built using tiles, as it was frequently seen in the centuries and the Byzantine Period. The main scheme of the cistern is square-planned spaces with domes resting on round arches connected by piers, and the transitions to the domes are in the form of triangles. Belt systems unique to the Byzantine Period were used in these places. There are flattened domes that sit on 36 pillars in this way in the building. When examined in terms of materials and dimensions, it is highly probable that it was expanded and used more intensively in the Early Byzantine Period. During this period, approximately 1500 m³ of water was stored in the building. The architecture and operating mechanism of the cistern, where the water inlet and outlet are restricted, resembles the cistern in Mardin-Dara-Anastasiopolis, the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul-Fatih and the Byzantine Period gigantic cistern in Izmir-Kadıfekale. It is possible that it was used by repairing from time to time during the Ottoman Period; because the fact that it has been preserved until today must be owed to its use in the Ottoman Period.
Almost all travelers visiting Izmit mention this cistern. British orientalist and priest Richard Pacocke speaks of a cistern that was built with 24 columns, 15 feet and one finger thick brick on the hill where the Jewish cemetery is located in the east of Izmit in 1740, and this structure is thought to be the İn Bayırı Cistern. The French orientalist Félix Marie Charles Texier reported in Nicomedia in 1834 that there was a cistern where the Roman waterway mentioned by Plinius ended. In the second half of the 19th century, the French archaeologist Georges Perrot visited the İn Bayırı Cistern and gave information about this cistern in his travel book. It is seen that at the beginning of the 20th century, Russian researchers P. D. Pogodin and O. F. Wulf mentioned two cisterns belonging to Nicomedia, and they described in detail the İn Bayırı Cistern, the ruins of which are partially still standing today. At least two engravings of the cistern from the 18th century have been preserved. It is understood from these engravings that the cistern has been heavily damaged in the last two centuries.
MAIN REFERENCES
K. Belke, Bithynien und Hellespont, Tabula Imperii Byzantini 13; Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Denkschriften 513 (Vienna 2020), vol. 2, pp. 833-856 <https://www.austriaca.at/9783700183297>;
Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerleri (TAY) 8, İmbaher / İn Bayırı Sarnıcı.
This is an abstract of an unpublished entry in Turkish language.
İn Bayırı Cistern is an important part of the water system of the ancient city of Nicomedia in the Roman and Byzantine periods, and it is located in the Cedit Neighborhood of the Izmit District, Eski Hastanesi Street, Tepeli Street, next to the Saraybahçe Primary School. It is also known as “İmhaber” or “Hospital Bayırı”. It is known that water is carried to İn Bayırı Cistern from Paşasuyu, 22 km away from İzmit, which is known to meet the water needs of Nicomedia. Today, İn Bayırı Cistern is surrounded by slums and unplanned buildings, and the cistern is partially under these structures, its walls are about to collapse and are covered with vegetation due to neglect (fig. 1).
This structure was probably built during the reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian (284-305), that is, AD. It must have been built or enlarged at the end of the 3rd century and the beginning of the 4th century, and was repaired twice during the Early Byzantine and Middle Byzantine periods. The walls of the cistern, İ.S. 3.-4. It was built using tiles, as it was frequently seen in the centuries and the Byzantine Period. The main scheme of the cistern is square-planned spaces with domes resting on round arches connected by piers, and the transitions to the domes are in the form of triangles. Belt systems unique to the Byzantine Period were used in these places. There are flattened domes that sit on 36 pillars in this way in the building. When examined in terms of materials and dimensions, it is highly probable that it was expanded and used more intensively in the Early Byzantine Period. During this period, approximately 1500 m³ of water was stored in the building. The architecture and operating mechanism of the cistern, where the water inlet and outlet are restricted, resembles the cistern in Mardin-Dara-Anastasiopolis, the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul-Fatih and the Byzantine Period gigantic cistern in Izmir-Kadıfekale. It is possible that it was used by repairing from time to time during the Ottoman Period; because the fact that it has been preserved until today must be owed to its use in the Ottoman Period.
Almost all travelers visiting Izmit mention this cistern. British orientalist and priest Richard Pacocke speaks of a cistern that was built with 24 columns, 15 feet and one finger thick brick on the hill where the Jewish cemetery is located in the east of Izmit in 1740, and this structure is thought to be the İn Bayırı Cistern. The French orientalist Félix Marie Charles Texier reported in Nicomedia in 1834 that there was a cistern where the Roman waterway mentioned by Plinius ended. In the second half of the 19th century, the French archaeologist Georges Perrot visited the İn Bayırı Cistern and gave information about this cistern in his travel book. It is seen that at the beginning of the 20th century, Russian researchers P. D. Pogodin and O. F. Wulf mentioned two cisterns belonging to Nicomedia, and they described in detail the İn Bayırı Cistern, the ruins of which are partially still standing today. At least two engravings of the cistern from the 18th century have been preserved. It is understood from these engravings that the cistern has been heavily damaged in the last two centuries.
MAIN REFERENCES
K. Belke, Bithynien und Hellespont, Tabula Imperii Byzantini 13; Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Denkschriften 513 (Vienna 2020), vol. 2, pp. 833-856 <https://www.austriaca.at/9783700183297>;
Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerleri (TAY) 8, İmbaher / İn Bayırı Sarnıcı.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Late Antique Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Ancient water systems, Ancient Water Technology, Bithynia, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art, Early Byzantine Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, and Byzantine history and archaeology
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Saint Agathonicus was a third-century AD citizen of Nicomedia. Meanwhile, the imperial governor began persecuting Christians, following the orders of Emperor Maximian. In this persecution, Agathonicus' companion Zoticus was seized in Carpe, and his followers were crucified. He was sent to Nicomedia, where Agathonicus and his companions Princeps, Theoprepius, Acyndinus, Severian, Zeno, along with many others, were then taken to Byzantium. On this journey, many of the companions died from exhaustion and abuse, and the others were killed in Chalcedon. The survivors were taken to Thrace in Selymbria, where, after being tortured in front of the Greek Emperor, were beheaded.
References
BHG = François Halkin (ed.), Bibliotheca hagiographica graeca, Subsidia Hagiographica 8a, Brussels: Société des Bollandistes 1957 (three vols.).
Pascal Boulhol, “L’apport de l’hagiographie à la connaissance de la Nicomédie paléochrétienne (toponymie et monuments)”, Mélanges de l’Ecole française de Rome. Antiquité 106/2, 1994, pp. 921-992.
This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in northwestern Turkey.
Saint Agathonicus was a third-century AD citizen of Nicomedia. Meanwhile, the imperial governor began persecuting Christians, following the orders of Emperor Maximian. In this persecution, Agathonicus' companion Zoticus was seized in Carpe, and his followers were crucified. He was sent to Nicomedia, where Agathonicus and his companions Princeps, Theoprepius, Acyndinus, Severian, Zeno, along with many others, were then taken to Byzantium. On this journey, many of the companions died from exhaustion and abuse, and the others were killed in Chalcedon. The survivors were taken to Thrace in Selymbria, where, after being tortured in front of the Greek Emperor, were beheaded.
References
BHG = François Halkin (ed.), Bibliotheca hagiographica graeca, Subsidia Hagiographica 8a, Brussels: Société des Bollandistes 1957 (three vols.).
Pascal Boulhol, “L’apport de l’hagiographie à la connaissance de la Nicomédie paléochrétienne (toponymie et monuments)”, Mélanges de l’Ecole française de Rome. Antiquité 106/2, 1994, pp. 921-992.
Research Interests: Hagiography, Patristics, Early Christianity, Saints' Cults, Late Antiquity, and 15 moreMartyrdom, Late Antique Hagiography, Late Antique Religion, Byzantine Hagiography, Patristic Studies, Patristics and Late Antiquity, Bithynia, Early Christian Studies, Early Christian Literature, Early Christian Martyrs, Saints, Latin and Greek Literature of Early Christianity, Christian Studies, Ancient Christian Literature, and Greek Patristics
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This is a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in northwestern Turkey.
Vasilissa (300–309) is venerated as a child martyr by the Russian Orthodox Church. According to tradition, she was a small child when martyred, suffering in Nicomedia not long after the death of Anthimus. According to Russian Orthodox tradition, the torturers covered her whole body with wounds, but she remained faithful to Jesus Christ.
According to legend she was tortured with fire and wild beasts, yet remained unharmed. Her torturer, Alexander, seeing these wonders, repented and became a Christian. Vasilissa is said to have gone into a field, and fallen to her knees in prayer, thanking God for her endurance under torture, and she was killed while praying. She died in 309.
This is a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in northwestern Turkey.
Vasilissa (300–309) is venerated as a child martyr by the Russian Orthodox Church. According to tradition, she was a small child when martyred, suffering in Nicomedia not long after the death of Anthimus. According to Russian Orthodox tradition, the torturers covered her whole body with wounds, but she remained faithful to Jesus Christ.
According to legend she was tortured with fire and wild beasts, yet remained unharmed. Her torturer, Alexander, seeing these wonders, repented and became a Christian. Vasilissa is said to have gone into a field, and fallen to her knees in prayer, thanking God for her endurance under torture, and she was killed while praying. She died in 309.
Research Interests: Christianity, Hagiography, Patristics, History of Christianity, Early Christianity, and 15 moreCult of Saints, Saints' Cults, Russian Orthodox Church, Early Christian Apocryphal Literature, Russian Orthodoxy, Late Antique Hagiography, Orthodox Christianity, Byzantine Hagiography, Patristics and Late Antiquity, Bithynia, Comparative hagiography, Saints, Eastern Orthodox Theology, Hagiographie Médiévale, and Medieval Hagiography
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This is a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in northwestern Turkey.
Theophylact or Theophylaktos (d. A.D. 845) became bishop of Nicomedia in Asia Minor following the Iconoclastic Controversy of the eighth century. He was well known for having built churches, hospices, and homes for wanderers. He generously distributed alms, was the guardian of orphans, widows and the sick, and personally attended those afflicted with leprosy, not hesitating to wash their wounds. During the iconoclast reign of Leo (A.D. 813-820), Theophylaktos argued vigorously for the use of art in the Church. The emperor sent him into exile for his disagreement. He is recognized as a Saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church for his tireless defense of the faith, for miraculous deeds attributed to him, and for his Christian spirit.
This is a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in northwestern Turkey.
Theophylact or Theophylaktos (d. A.D. 845) became bishop of Nicomedia in Asia Minor following the Iconoclastic Controversy of the eighth century. He was well known for having built churches, hospices, and homes for wanderers. He generously distributed alms, was the guardian of orphans, widows and the sick, and personally attended those afflicted with leprosy, not hesitating to wash their wounds. During the iconoclast reign of Leo (A.D. 813-820), Theophylaktos argued vigorously for the use of art in the Church. The emperor sent him into exile for his disagreement. He is recognized as a Saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church for his tireless defense of the faith, for miraculous deeds attributed to him, and for his Christian spirit.
Research Interests: Hagiography, Anatolian Studies, Patristics, Byzantine Literature, Byzantine Studies, and 15 moreByzantine History, Byzantine Iconography, Byzantine Archaeology, Byzantine monasticism, Byzantine Paleography and codicology, Byzantine Philosophy, Byzantine historiography, Patristic Exegesis, Byzantine Hagiography, Patristic Studies, Byzantine art, Latin Medieval Hagiography, Patrística, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Byzantine Diplomatics (Imperial and Patriarchal Chancellery)
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This is a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in northwestern Turkey.
In the 19th century there were few religious buildings belonging to the Greek community in Izmit. Among these, there is a smaller church compared to the Hagios Pantelemon Monastery which has passed into Turkish as "Aya Vasil Church" and does not exist today. This church was located in the Greek quarter in the town center of Izmit; however, we have very few photographs and documents regarding this church, which was probably situated close to the sea shoreline. At the end of the 19th century, the local Greeks of Izmit did not have any other churches in the district center of Izmit except the Hagia Vasilissa Church.
This is a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in northwestern Turkey.
In the 19th century there were few religious buildings belonging to the Greek community in Izmit. Among these, there is a smaller church compared to the Hagios Pantelemon Monastery which has passed into Turkish as "Aya Vasil Church" and does not exist today. This church was located in the Greek quarter in the town center of Izmit; however, we have very few photographs and documents regarding this church, which was probably situated close to the sea shoreline. At the end of the 19th century, the local Greeks of Izmit did not have any other churches in the district center of Izmit except the Hagia Vasilissa Church.
Research Interests: Art History, Ottoman History, Anatolian Studies, Anatolian Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, and 15 moreHistory of Ottoman Art and Architecture, Ottoman art and architecture, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Post Medieval Archaeology, Church architecture, Bithynia, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Orthodox Church, Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology, Post-byzantine art history, Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art, Archaeology and Art History, Ottoman Heritage Art and Architecture, Greeks in Asia Minor, and Art and Art History
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This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in northwestern Turkey.
Friedrich Karl Dörner (1911-1992) was a classist, epigrapher and archaeological scholar. Born in 1911 as son of the mining office Karl Dörner and his wife Klara in Gelsenkirchen, he studied at the Universities of Münster and Greifswald under Josef Keil Classics, and finished his PhD in 1935. Immediately after that, he was employed by the German Archeological Institute in Berlin and went abroad with the institute's archeological scholarship for 1936/37. 1938-1940, he worked for the DAI in Istanbul as research associate. During this time, he worked at Boğazkale/Hattuša in Turkey, and also visited Bithynia and the Kingdom of Commagene in Asia Minor, which from then on formed his major research area.
This is an abstract of a forthcoming entry in Turkish language in a set of books, called as the Encyclopedia of Kocaeli, containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects related to Kocaeli, ancient Nicomedia, in northwestern Turkey.
Friedrich Karl Dörner (1911-1992) was a classist, epigrapher and archaeological scholar. Born in 1911 as son of the mining office Karl Dörner and his wife Klara in Gelsenkirchen, he studied at the Universities of Münster and Greifswald under Josef Keil Classics, and finished his PhD in 1935. Immediately after that, he was employed by the German Archeological Institute in Berlin and went abroad with the institute's archeological scholarship for 1936/37. 1938-1940, he worked for the DAI in Istanbul as research associate. During this time, he worked at Boğazkale/Hattuša in Turkey, and also visited Bithynia and the Kingdom of Commagene in Asia Minor, which from then on formed his major research area.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Anatolian Archaeology, Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreGreek Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Ancient Anatolia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Bithynia, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Epigraphy, Asia Minor, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Archeologia Romana, and Roman Archaeology
This is the posture of a public lecture for the overseas scholarships to Turkish archaeological studies which was held on October 26, 2023 at Dokuz Eylül University. Bu toplantı öğrencileri yurtdışı bursları ile ilgili bilgilendirmek... more
This is the posture of a public lecture for the overseas scholarships to Turkish archaeological studies which was held on October 26, 2023 at Dokuz Eylül University.
Bu toplantı öğrencileri yurtdışı bursları ile ilgili bilgilendirmek için 26 Ekim 2023 Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi'nde toplanmıştır.
Bu toplantı öğrencileri yurtdışı bursları ile ilgili bilgilendirmek için 26 Ekim 2023 Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi'nde toplanmıştır.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classics, and 15 moreScholarship of Teaching and Learning, Archaeological Science, Anatolian Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, History of Archaeological Praxis, Archaeological Education, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Archaeological Methodology, Archaeological Heritage Management, Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Scholarships for Master and Phd Degree, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, History and archaeology, Asia Minor, and Roman Archaeology
Between 13 July and 24 August 2023, a summer school has been organized at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Archaeology in Buca, Izmir. The focus of the vacation school was ancient Greek which consisted of six... more
Between 13 July and 24 August 2023, a summer school has been organized at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Archaeology in Buca, Izmir. The focus of the vacation school was ancient Greek which consisted of six weeks.