FOUR TERRACOTTA VOTIVE PLAQUES FROM MILETOS

Abstract

During a rescue excavation at the site of ancient Miletos conducted by the staff of the Miletos Museum, four terracotta plaques belonging to one of the Anatolian heros cults were recovered. These examples are distinguished by their find spots. While similar plaques from other cities were votive offerings from around sanctuaries, in Miletos these plaques were found in a tomb context. The rituals of this cult are not completely known, but it is thought that the cult might have been influential around the Aegean coastal strip of Thrace, Troas, Aeolis and Ionia. This article presents these four new examples and aims to contextualise them in respect to previous finds and works

Keywords

• Miletos,Hero’s Cult,Terracotta,Votive Plaques

MİLETOS’TAN DÖRT PİŞMİŞ TOPRAK ADAK LEVHASI

Abstract

Miletos antik kentinde Milet Müzesi Müdürlüğü tarafından yapılan bir mezar kurtarma kazısında, Anadolu’da tapınım görmüş bir heros kültüne ait pişmiş toprak adak levhaları bulunmuştur. Başka kentlerde mezar kontekstleri dışında, örneğin kutsal alanlar yakınında adak sunusu olarak bulunmuş olan pişmiş toprak levhaların benzerleri, Miletos’ta geçmiş yıllardaki kazılarda yine mezarlarda ele geçmiştir. Ritüelleri tam olarak bilinmeyen bu kültün Trakya, Troas, Aeolis ve İonia’yı kapsayacak şekilde Doğu Ege kıyıları boyunca yayılmış olduğu benzer buluntulardan anlaşılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, dört yeni buluntu yardımıyla öncül araştırmalara katkı sağlamak amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

• Miletos,Heros Kültü,Pişmiş Toprak,Adak Levhaları

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