Terracotta lamps from Metropolıs in Ionia (Turkey): typological assessment

Abstract

The lamps studied in this article come from Metropolıs, a strategically located site between Pergamon and Ephesos, functioning in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Two different techniques of decorating the surfaces of the lamps were distinguished: Red-on-White and Red Slip. The lamps were dated contextually by terracotta oil lamps of the same morphological type found in the same assemblages. The material spanned a chronological range from the 1st to the 6th century AD.

The Art of Terracotta From the Perspective of Cultural Geography: Tavas Case (Deni̇zli̇ / Turkey)

“…They are found on different continents and regions, in Africa (Gosselain, 1999;Frank, 2002;Breunig and Ameje, 2006), in India (Pramanik et al, 2021), in Italy (Duarte Alonso and Bressan, 2014), Sardinia (Doria and D'Orlando, 2018), Romania (Ardeţ and Ardeţ, 2018;Petcu et al, 2018) or in China (Martinón-Torres et al, 2011;Li et al, 2016). Ancient finds from Turkey are also rich in literature (Hakan Verdu Martinez, 2012;Laflı, 2018;Güngor Alper, 2019). Handicrafts also contribute to the tourist attractiveness of destinations selected by travelers and enrich a tourist stay with the knowledge of the value of regional and local cultural heritage (Ilieş and Wendt, 2015;Atasoy and Wendt, 2016;Deac et al, 2019;Solmaz and Oran, 2020;Berdenov et al, 2021).…”