A HOARD FOUND AT THE EXCAVATIONS OF TEPEBAĞLARI

Yıl 1972, , 0 - 0, 01.01.1972

Saadet Taner

https://doi.org/10.1501/andl_0000000137

Öz

The hoard which is thc subject of this article was found in a vasc with a broken neck in thc season of 1973 at the excavations of Tepebağları in Niğde province. As can be seen in the illustrations, this vase (excavation inventory number T.b.38), which kept the hoard undisturbed for 2000 years, is apparently from the Hellenistic pcriod and is contcınporary with the coins. According to tbe description in the excavation inventory book, its neck is broken; its body is slightly squat, and its base is flat. It is nıade of reddish clay and stili shows traces of black slip. (Plato I).
WIıen the coins were brought to us for study by Prof. Nimet Ozgiic2 3 thcir inscriptions and figurcs were covered with a thick layer of oxidation.
Aftcr they werc cleaned at the Conservation Laboratory of the Ankara Ar- chaeological Museum, we were able to idcntify the figures, inscriptions and monogramsS (plato I). Thus, one more hoard of the Cappadocian kings4 has joined the vvorld of numismatics.

Anahtar Kelimeler

TEPEBAĞLARI, EXCAVATIONS, FOUND

Kaynakça

• Ankara Üniversitesi- Ankara Anadolu ( Anatolia) Dergisi