An Archaic Golden Pendant from Tralleis: A Brief Iconographic Reexamination

An Archaic Golden Pendant from Tralleis: A Brief Iconographic Reexamination

Tralleis’ten Arkaik Altın Kolye Ucu: Kısa İkonografik Yeniden Değerlendirme

Emre ERDAN
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4389-2016

PHASELIS VII (2021) 73-83
DOI: 10.18367/Pha.21007
Received Date: 11.03.2021 | Acceptance Date: 16.04.2021
Online Publication Date: 05.05.2021

Abstract: In this study, an archaic golden pendant found in Tralleis will be re-examined. First evaluated by Dumont in 1879, the pendant was briefly studied by Fröhner, Perrot and Chipiez, Poulsen, Akurgal, Boardman, Duplouy and finally Mazet in later years. In these studies, scholars mostly focused on the Daedalic figure depicted on the center of the pendant. In studies carried out so far, the idea that the pendant was produced by either Lydian or Rhodian workshops. The combination of ornaments; objects, animals and mixed creatures depicted beside the Daedalic female image on the pendant clearly reflects the belief of a “Potnia Theron” and even the “Mistress of the Snakes”. The production center of this work, which is especially important in terms of understanding the early local cults of Northern Caria, was also examined in the study, especially in the light of new information obtained in recent years, it was suggested that the pendant could have been also produced in Miletus or Ephesus.

Keywords: Northern Caria, Tralleis, Archaic, Potnia, Cult

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Öz: Bu çalışmada Tralleis’te bulunmuş arkaik bir altın kolye ucu yeniden incelenecektir. İlkin 1879’da Dumont tarafından değerlendirilen kolye ucu daha sonraki yıllarda Fröhner, Perrot ve Chipiez, Poulsen, Akurgal, Boardman, Duplouy ve son olarak Mazet tarafından incelenmiştir. Bu çalışmalarda daha çok eserin üzerinde betimlenen Dedalik görüntülü figüre odaklanılmıştır. Bugüne değin yürütülen çalışmalarda kolye ucunun Lydia ya da Rodos atölyelerinin üretimi olabileceği fikri ağır basmaktadır. Kolye ucunda Dedalik kadın görüntüsünün yanında betimlenen süslemeler; nesne, hayvan ve karışık yaratıkların bir arada değerlendirilmesi açıkça bir “Potnia Theron” ve hatta “Mistress of the Snakes” inancını yansıtmaktadır. Kuzey Karia’nın erken yerel kültlerinin anlaşılması açısından son derece önemli olan bu eserin üretim merkezi konusu da çalışma içerisinde irdelenmiş, özellikle son yıllarda elde edilen yeni bilgiler ışığında eserin Miletos ya da Ephesos’ta üretilmiş olabileceği önerilmiştir.

Anahtar sözcükler: Kuzey Karia, Tralleis, Arkaik, Potnia, Kült

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Erdan E. 2021, “An Archaic Golden Pendant from Tralleis: A Brief Iconographic Reexamination”. Phaselis VII, 73-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.18367/Pha.21007

http://dx.doi.org/10.18367/Pha.21007

Emre ERDAN 

Assoc. Prof., Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Department of Archaeology, Aydın. erdanemre@gmail.com. | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4389-2016.