Yeni bir Smyrna Amphorası Mühür Kalıbı
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2025
Yazarlar: Cankardeş Şenol, Gonca, Şenol, Ahmet Kaan
OLBA No. XXXIV, Uluslararası, 2025
Özet
Smyrna is among the cities that produced wine in antiquity. Wine production in the city was known by ancient authors. To date, finds that may be related to this production, such as amphora workshops or deposits, have not been identified during excavations and research carried out in or around the city. Although not numerous, some amphora stamp finds recovered from various centers indicate that stamped amphorae were produced in Smyrna during the Hellenistic Period. Three amphora stamps bearing the ethnic of Smyrna are known from Pergamon, two from Istros and one from Olbia. These stamps, made in the same style as seen on Smyrna coins, bearing the ethnic above and the shrimp device below, are probably the production of the same workshop. All of the stamps in question were obtained from the same matrix. A stamp uncovered in 2023 during the Smyrna Theater excavations was impressed by a different matrix. Thus, it has been currently determined that ethnic bearing stamps have at least two different matrices. The fact that this stamp is in the same style as the stamps found in different centers reveals that they were all produced by the same workshop.Two anepigraphic stamps, bearing only a shrimp device and found in Olbia and Istros, are also suggested to be Smyrnaean production. It is not yet known whether the inscribed and ethnic-bearing stamps and the anepigraphic stamps belong to the same workshop. In addition, since the finds are only stamped handles, there is still insufficient data on the forms of Smyrnaean amphorae. Some researchers have noted their similarity to Rhodian amphorae. The clay characteristics of some amphora fragments of unknown origin, unearthed in the Smyrna excavations, are similar to the clay characteristics of the stamped handle found in the theater. Further clay analysis will help clarify this issue. The filling layer where the stamped handle was found does not provide sufficient evidence for dating. However, with the help of chronological data from the other sites, the stamped Smyrnaean amphorae are dated to the first half of the 2nd century BC.