The Mushroom-Rimmed Amphora as an Indicator of Hekatomnid Regional Hegemony An Analysis of Production Patterns Based on a Back-Filled Deposit at Patara

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Dündar E.

JAHRBUCH DES DEUTSCHEN ARCHAOLOGISCHEN INSTITUTS, cilt.136, ss.111-150, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 136
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.34780/kvm8-57cv
  • Dergi Adı: JAHRBUCH DES DEUTSCHEN ARCHAOLOGISCHEN INSTITUTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, Art Abstracts, Art Index, Art Source, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.111-150
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The excavations on the Tepecik settlement at Patara furnish important new evidence for the mushroom-rimmed amphorae in the 4th c. B.C. This evidence is based primarily on the ceramics recovered from a back-filled burnt soil layer in a deposit located on the Tepecik settlement. These finds include eight amphorae and two unguentaria. One of these amphorae is Lycian, and seven others belong to the mushroom-rimmed amphora type. Our analysis indicates that the mushroom-rimmed amphora reflects production and distribution of commodities generated under the aegis of the Hecatomnid dynasty in Karia and the mushroom rim could have been used as a geographical marker, a ›brand‹ by the Hekatomnids during the 4th c. B.C.