Diadem Examples from the Adana Museum

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dc.contributor.authorUygun, Cilem
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T20:15:11Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T20:15:11Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage306en_US
dc.identifier.issn1301-7667
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85072274257en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage265en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/9494
dc.identifier.volume27en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000467807800012en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherMersin Univ Publ Res Center Cilician Archaeologyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofOlbaen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectDiademen_US
dc.subjectJewelleryen_US
dc.subjectFuneralen_US
dc.subjectAphroditeen_US
dc.subjectWedding's Ceremonyen_US
dc.titleDiadem Examples from the Adana Museumen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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