Diadem Examples from the Adana Museum
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Tarih
2019
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Yayıncı
Mersin Univ Publ Res Center Cilician Archaeology
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
The collection of 14 diadems which were brought by the the Adana Museum is the subject of this study. These diadems were produced by the hammering method. The term diadem, which means a thin strip of tape wrapped around the head, was used by Ksenephon to describe the band surrounding the tiara of the Persian king, Kyros. As can be seen from the examples uncovered in the Bronze Age tombs, this head ornament, which is based on a long tradition, turned into an indispensable accessory of the Hellenistic period kings, thus gained a royal prerogative. This process also triggered the use of diadems made of cheap and thin gold foil in a wide geography as part of the burial tradition. Due to its function, these diadems, which fall within the scope of Funerary Jewelry, are much thinner than diadems used in daily life. The diadems in the Adana Museum were used as funerary diadems because of both the thickness of the foil and the low labor quality. In the article, the diadems of the Adana Museum, consisting of three main forms as strip, pedimental and elliptical shapes, are grouped under two main headings according to being ornamental or plain. The diadems were decorated geometric, plantal and figurative. Zig zag is the main motif in geometric decoration. Curled branch and ivy leaf form the theme of herbal decoration. The diadem, in which the wedding ceremony is performed in figured narratives, is a singular example with its quality of workmanship and rich iconography. In the other figured diadems that have dominant local workmanship characteristics, male or female mixed or only women's cortege are depicted. There are larger female figures in the middle of the cortege or at the level of diadem's pediment than the other figures. During our literature researches it was not possible to find parallel diadem examples. In terms of decoration, style and iconography characteristics, the Adana Museum diadems were evaluated under three periods as Bronze Age, Geometric Period, Late Classical-Hellenistic Period. The ones that are in pedimental form among the four diadems of the plain group were dated to Hellenistic Period and the elliptical shaped example was dated to Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. As the provenance and context of the diadems in the Adana Museum collection are not known, they are dated according to similiar representations in ancient art.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Diadem, Jewellery, Funeral, Aphrodite, Wedding's Ceremony
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Olba
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Q4
Cilt
27
