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Yazarlar: Şükrü ÖZÜDOĞRU, Erkan DÜNDAR

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Ceramic,Unguentarium,Cibyra,Monogram,Late Roman,Early

Özet: The pieces of Late Roman Unguentaria, which are surface findings, bearing seal stamps, are the main content of this paper. The material has been found out on the south slope of the hill, where the theatre is leaning against; in the arcs that formed by the rain water just back of the Bouleuterion. It is considered as an important need to publish the material, as they are many and consist of qualified pieces and bear unique monograms to develop the repertory of the Late Roman unguentaria.During the first season of the investigations, the field that gives this material has been surveyed totally. As too many pottery shreds have been observed enough amount of pieces have been collected. The Terra Sigillata pieces are forming the most part of the pottery. Also a notable amount of figured and floral decorated “Megara Bowls” and amphora shreds have been gathered. Beside this, the existence of some production failures in 210 pieces of Unguentaria and the moulds of Megara Bowls; show that Cibyra had a workshop which was active from the Hellenistic period to the end of the 6th century A.D.There are monograms on 17 of the 210 sherds that are above. Three different fabrics have been observed among these examples %8 of which are production failures. The studies on these monograms enlarged the dispersal area of similar monograms with Cibyra examples while developing the repertory. The monograms on the production failures have been studied in the same typology and pointed out Cibyra as production centre of the similarly monogrammed examples of other settlements.Some arguments about the shapes and the functions of Unguentaria have taken part in this paper and in the light of recent evidence some new suggestions have been mentioned. Beside this, it is determined; relying on the production failures, that this kind of pottery may not be produced in every city but in some central settlements of the regions like Cibyra or Ephesus. So the suggestions of the earlier publications that depend on the similarities of fabrics and offer that all of these must be produced in one centre, have lost their validity and the proposals that point out south-western Anatolia get stronger

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