A Hittite Figurine Found in the Excavation of Kadıkalesi in Kuşadası

Engin AKDENİZ

Makale detayları

A Hittite Figurine Found in the Excavation of Kadıkalesi in Kuşadası

Yazarlar:

Engin AKDENİZ

Yayıncı:

Mersin University

Dergi:

OLBA 2004 Issue 9, pp.21-59

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2004

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000532118

Sıklık:

Yıllık

eISSN:

2687-6558

pISSN:

1301-7667

Özet:

 

The bronze male figurine examined in this study was found in 2002 in the
   excavation carried out in Kad›kalesi in Kufladas›1. Kad›kalesi is located on a mound
   reaching out to the sea, approximately 8 km south of Kufladas› in Ayd›n, in the
   north-west of Davutlar district, in the area which is named as “Nazilli Estates”
   today due to the summer housing estates in the area2. The figurine, which was exhibited in Ayd›n Museum, is not a layer find and has been discovered in the
   south-western section of the mound, in the south of the fortress belonging to the
   Byzantium period, outside the wall extending between the bastions numbered
   3 and 4, and approximately 30 cm above the layers dating back to the 2nd Millenium
   B.C. The work of art has been found to be lying by the side of a single-rowed stone
   wall which perpendicularly leans to the city wall. This bronze figurine personifies
   a male with his left foot stepping forward and his right hand holding up a spear (?),
   lightning be am (?) or a similar object. It has a height of 7,8 cm as the way it was
   preserved. A long pony tail reaching down to his waist is attached to the conic head
   of this round-faced and pop-eyed figurine with large prominent ears and a big
   nose. The neck shape of the figurine excavated in Kad›kalesi in Kufladas› differs
   from other figurines of its like. The neck is not straight and is attached to the body
   under the head gear in a convex form. The position of the feet is uncertain since
   the legs are broken near the ankles. It is impossible to comment on whether this
   work has got pointed feet observed in some figurines. The legs were not given a
   straight shape, but were formed with a plumpness in the lower part of the knee. The
   fact that the figurine is not a layer find rises difficulties in the exact dating of the
   work. However, considering similar examples, it is possible to state that this
   figurine is a Hittite work dating back to 15th-14th centuries B.C.

Makale detayları

A Hittite Figurine Found in the Excavation of Kadıkalesi in Kuşadası

Yazarlar: Engin AKDENİZ

Yayıncı: Mersin University

Dergi: OLBA 2004 Issue 9, pp.21-59

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2004

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000532118

Sıklık: Yıllık

eISSN: 2687-6558

pISSN: 1301-7667

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Engin AKDENİZ

Yayıncı:

Mersin University

Dergi:

OLBA 2004 Issue 9, pp.21-59

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2004

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000532118

Sıklık:

Yıllık

eISSN:

2687-6558

pISSN:

1301-7667