Amasya Archaeological Museum
The Amasya Archaeological Museum is located in the northern Turkish provincial capital Amasya in Mustafa Kemal Paşa Caddesi 91. It shows finds from the area around the city, including Oluz Höyük and Doğantepe , from all epochs from prehistory through the Hittite period to the Ottoman period.
history
A first museum collection was put together in 1925 in the rooms of the Külliye of Sultan Bayezid II . This included some archaeological objects and mummies from Islamic times. When space ran out after a while, the collection was moved to the Seljuk Gökmedrese mosque from 1266 in 1962. In March 1977 the collection objects were finally transported to the newly built building on Mustafa Kemal Paşa Caddesi, which was opened to the public in 1980.
exhibition
The three-storey building houses storage, workshop and other administrative rooms in the basement. The archaeological exhibition is located on the ground floor, while the upper floor contains the ethnographic section. In an adjoining room on the upper floor, six mummies from the time of the Ilkhan can be seen, which come from graves in Amasya.
The oldest exhibits date from the Early Bronze Age (from 3500 BC), from Mahmatlar, Oymaağaç ( Nerik ) and Oluz Höyük, and mainly include ceramics and smaller bronze objects such as axes and knives as well as bone needles. The finds from the Hittite period also include ceramic objects, vessels in the form of animals and human figures, as well as bronze or stone seals. The showpiece of the collection is the so-called figurine by Amasya , a bronze statuette of the Hittite weather god Teššup , which was found in Doğantepe in the early 1960s . This is followed in chronological order by some purchased Urartean and Phrygian pieces, mostly made of clay, Hellenistic vessels and a large number of objects from the Roman period . These include glassware, ceramics, masks, jewelry, and bronze vessels. Ceramic finds and jewelery also date from the Byzantine period , after all there is an extensive coin collection that ranges from Hellenism to the Middle Ages.
The ethnographic exhibition on the upper floor shows a selection of Seljuk and Ottoman manuscripts and works of art of all kinds, including jewelery, textiles, weapons and astronomical instruments, as well as life-size dioramas showing scenes from the past centuries.
The tomb of Sultan Mesut I is located outside the museum , in front of which there is a rich collection of stone works of art and fragments from all periods from Hellenistic to Ottoman times.
Figurine of Amasya
Late Iron Age rhyton in the shape of a bull's head
Roman gold jewelry
Iron Age lion sculpture
Saddlery in the ethnographic department
Outside area with sultan's tomb
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Coordinates: 40 ° 38 ′ 58.4 " N , 35 ° 49 ′ 28.9" E