Abstract

The aim of this study is to introduce the sculpture works of the ancient city of Heracleia Pontica (Karadeniz Ereğlisi) to the scientific world. Heracleia Pontica was a prominent city in Bithynia during the Ancient Period. No systematic and regular excavation has yet been conducted in the city. A total of eight sculptures found in the city up to this date were discovered entirely randomly and not through regular excavation in the ancient city, which are three portraits belonging to private persons, a head of the goddess Artemis (?), a herm of Dionysos (?), the lower half of a statuette of Cybele, a piece from a plinth and the support of a statue. These works are currently exhibited in the Karadeniz Ereğli Museum. The iconographic and stylistic analysis of these sculptures have dated them to the Roman Period. The quality and fine workmanship of these works denote a significant sculpturing activity in the ancient city.

Keywords

• Bithynia
• Heracleia Pontica
• Sculpture
• God
• Goddess
• Cybele

Heracleia Pontica Antik Kenti’nden Heykeltıraşlık Eserleri

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı Heracleia Pontica (Karadeniz Ereğlisi) antik kentinin heykeltıraşlık eserlerini bilim dünyasına tanıtmaktır. Heracleia Pontica, Antik Dönem’de Bithynia Bölgesi’nin önemli kentlerinden biri idi. Kentte henüz sistemli ve düzenli bir kazı çalışması yapılmamıştır. Günümüze kadar kentte bulunmuş olan toplam sekiz adet heykeltıraşlık eseri antik kentte yapılan düzenli bir kazı sonucunda değil tamamen tesadüfi biçimlerde bulunmuştur. Bu eserler; özel kişilere ait üç adet portre, Tanrıça başı: Artemis (?), Dionysos Herme’si (?), Kybele heykelciği gövde alt yarısı, plinthe parçası ve heykel desteğinden oluşmaktadır. Eserler, Karadeniz Ereğlisi Müzesi’nde sergilenmektedir. İkonografik ve stilistik analiz sonucunda eserler, Roma Dönemi’ne tarihlendirilmiştir. Kentte bulunmuş olan bu eserlerin nitelikleri ve kaliteli işçilikleri kentin önemli bir heykeltıraşlık aktivitesine sahip olduğuna işaret etmektedir.

Keywords

• Bithynia
• Heracleia Pontica
• Heykel
• Tanrı
• Tanrıça
• Kybele

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