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PORTRAITS OF HELLENISTIC KINGS ON THE SEAL IMPRESSIONS OF ZEUGMA

Zeugma Mühür Baskılarında Hellenistik Kral Portreleri

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89–96
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2022-10-11
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For this reason, seal impressions which present the portraits of kings and refer to the style of the Late Hellenistic period must have been made between the last quarter of the Second century and the First century B.C

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Objective & Hypothesis:An amount of 102.500 seal impressions (bullae) were found in 1998-2000 during the salvage excavations carried out by the archaeological team of Gaziantep Museum in Zeugma.
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Conclusion & Impact:For this reason, seal impressions which present the portraits of kings and refer to the style of the Late Hellenistic period must have been made between the last quarter of the Second century and the First century B.C
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Abstract

An amount of 102.500 seal impressions (bullae) were found in 1998-2000 during the salvage excavations carried out by the archaeological team of Gaziantep Museum in Zeugma. The depictions of the figures of the seal impressions are generally in Roman style. The subjects of these are kings, emperors, philosophers, gods, goddesses and animals a.s.o. on the obverse side. Less than a hundred a few of the seal impressions with portraits of kings belong to the Late Hellenistic period. Traces of papyrus and parchments of the documents attached on the reverse side were found.The subject of this article is the portraits of Hellenistic kings chosen from among the seal impressions of Zeugma. There are less than a hundred of portraits of Hellenistic kings on the seal impressions of Zeugma. The features of the figures are idealized, as was typical in the art of the Late Hellenistic Kingdom: a strongly emphasized turn of the neck, an idealistic long face, wavy hair, broad cheeks, full forehead, deep eyes, a remarkably straight nose and a round chin. The kings on these seal impressions are presented in full profile. They have a flattering diadem band, long wavy hair and idealistic face. Some of them are similar to the figures that were named the soldier kings in the Seleucid period with chlamys, armour, long hair and idealistic face. Portraits of Seleucid, Pontic, and Ptolemaic kingdoms of the Late Hellenistic period are seen on some seal impressions of Zeugma. There are several similarities among this group of seal impressions: one of them is close resemblance to the late portrait of Antiochus VIII, the other is the portrait of Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator and the other is similar to the portrait of Mitridates VI Eupator. Some portraits have resemblance to the portraits of Hellenistic kings that are of the type of Alexander. For this reason, seal impressions which present the portraits of kings and refer to the style of the Late Hellenistic period must have been made between the last quarter of the Second century and the First century B.C

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Gaziantep Müze Müdürlüğü arkeoloji ekibi tarafından 1998-2000 yıllarında alan sorumluluğumda Zeugma'da yapılan kurtarma kazılarında yaklaşık 102.500 adet kil mühür baskısı (bullae) bulundu. Zeugma mühür baskıları içinden seçilen Hellenistik kral portreleri bu makalenin konusunu oluşturmaktadır.Mühür baskılarının ön yüzünde krallar, imparatorlar, imparatoriçeler, filozoflar, tanrılar, tanrıçalar, hayvanlar v.b. figürler yer almakta olup, bunlar genel olarak Roma stilindedir. Bu mühür baskıları içinde yaklaşık 100 adetten daha az sayıda Geç Hellenistik Dönem üslubunda kral portreleri de yer alır. Mühür baskılarının arka yüzünde papirüs ve deri izleri mevcuttur.Zeugma mühür baskılarında kral olarak tanımlanan figürler de görülür. Profilden betimlenen bu portreler, Geç Hellenistik kralllığı sanatının tipik özelliği olan idealist tarzdadır; güçlü biçimde dönen boyun, idealist uzun yüz, dalgalı saç lüleleri, geniş yanak ve yüksek alın, derinde gözler, etkili düz burun ve yuvarlak dolgun çene. Bant diademli, uzun dalgalı saçlı ve idealist yüzlü olan bu portrelerden bazı örnekler pelerin ve zırh giysili, uzun saçlı ve idealist yüz hatlarıyla Seleukoslar Dönemi'nde asker krallar olarak tanımlanan figürlere yakın olarak benzemektedir.Kral portrelerinin bazısı Hellenistik Dönem krallıkları Seleukos, Pontos ve Ptolemaios krallarının portrelerinden oluşmaktadır. Bunlardan biri VIII. Antiokhos'un geç portresine benzerdir. Diğerleri Antiokhos X Eusebes Philopator ve Mitridates VI Eupator'un portrelerine yakın olarak benzemektedir. Bazı portreler ise Büyük İskender'in portre stilindedir. Bu nedenlerle, kral portrelerinin olduğu Zeugma agora arşivinde bulunan mühür baskıları Geç Hellenistik Dönem stili göstermekte olup, MÖ 2. yüzyılın son çeyreği ile MÖ 1. yüzyılın 3. çeyreği arasına tarihlendirilmesi uygun görülmektedir

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ÖNAL, M. (2022). PORTRAITS OF HELLENISTIC KINGS ON THE SEAL IMPRESSIONS OF ZEUGMA. Arkeoloji ve Sanat, Cilt: 0 - Sayı: 153, 89–96. https://ajindex.com/articles/448634

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