Niğde Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum Niğde ( Turkish Niğde Arkeoloji Müzesi ) is located in the center of the Turkish provincial capital Niğde between Dışarı Cami Sokak and Öğretmenler Caddesi . It shows objects from the sites in the area, including the settlement hill Köşk Höyük and the Roman city of Tyana , both at nearby Kemerhisar .
history
In the Akmedrese , the central Koran school of Niğde in Ak Medrese Caddesi , parts of the collection of the Istanbul Archaeological Museum were relocated during the Second World War until 1950 . After that the building was used as a museum. After the existing space no longer met the requirements, the foundation stone for a new museum building was laid in 1971 . The Akmedrese was closed in 1977 and on November 12, 1982 the new collection building was opened to visitors. This too soon proved to be insufficient and was accordingly rebuilt and renovated again. The present museum was reopened in 2001. The museum is or was involved in excavations at Köşk Höyük, Porsuk Hüyük , Göltepe / Kestel, Göllüdağ , Andaval, Eski Gümüş and Kınık Höyük .
exhibition
The museum's exhibition area extends over six chronologically arranged halls. Room 1 houses finds from prehistoric times, including Stone Age artefacts such as spear and arrowheads, which were found as part of the obsidian project at Göllü Dağ, Köşk Höyük and in the settlement mounds of Pınarbaşı and Kaletepe . They are used until the 12th millennium BC. Dated. There are also numerous ceramic objects from the 6th and 5th millennium BC. BC, which mainly come from the excavations at Köşk Höyük. In addition, the reconstruction of a house from this settlement hill can be seen. In room 2 objects from the early Bronze Age from the 3rd millennium BC are shown, as well as from the time of the Assyrian trading colonies ( Karum ). They came to light during excavations in Acemhöyük , near Çamardı and in the prehistoric tin mines of Kestel.
In room 3, steles and other finds from the late Hittite / Luwian and Phrygian times are presented. The former are related to the Hittite cities of Nahita (Niğde) and Tuwanuwa ( Kemerhisar ) and its late Luwian successor state Tuwana . Noteworthy is the Niğde stele , which was found near the Niğde Castle Hill . It shows the weather god and is Warpalawas , the king of Tuwana in the 8th century BC. BC, dedicated by his son Muwaharanis. Warpalawas is also mentioned on the inscription on a fragment of a stele that was built into the floor of a Byzantine church in Andaval (today Aktaş ) northeast of Niğde. It was created by Saruwanis, ruler of Nahitiya, which is very likely to be equated with Nahita, i.e. Niğde. A further stela from this period was about 30 kilometers west of Niğde at in Keslík, Altunhisar found. It shows the weather god in a similar representation as the stele of Niğde, but its inscription is illegible. In addition, the hieroglyphic inscriptions from Porsuk and Veliisa , a portal lion from Göllü Dağ and small finds and vessels from the Phrygian period can be seen. They come from the excavation sites of Porsuk , Tepebağları, Kaynarca and Kemerhisar as well as the Niğde Castle Hill and are dated back to the first half of the 1st millennium BC. Dated.
Room 4 contains objects from the Roman period, mainly from Tyana. These include steles, statues (fragments), reliefs, a sarcophagus and also small finds and ceramics. In the transition to room 5 there is a smaller room with coins from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods. In the main room, the mummies of a woman and four children are on display, which, according to the information board , were found in the early Christian churches of the Ihlara Valley and date from the 10th century. Finally, room 6 houses the ethnographic section with books, carpets, weapons and traditional costumes.
gallery
Reconstruction of a house from Köşk Höyük
Vase from Köşk Höyük
Fragment of a stele from Andaval
Weather god on the stele of Niğde
Roman finds from Tyana
Child mummy from the Ihlara valley
Web links
- Niğde Museum
- Niğde Müzesi (Turkish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Niğde - İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü .
- ↑ OUP Anatolia ( Memento of the original of April 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ^ Stele of Niğde ; John David Hawkins : Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions. Vol. 1, de Gruyter, Berlin 2000, ISBN 311010864-X , pp. 431-432 ( Google Books ).
- ↑ Keşlik stele (with literature).
- ↑ Plaster cast, the original is in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara
Coordinates: 37 ° 58 ′ 6 ″ N , 34 ° 40 ′ 21 ″ E