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Tumulus |
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Central Anatolia |
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Nigde |
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Bor |
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Kaynarca |
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| It is situated at Dipsiz Mevkii near the Kaynarca Village of the Bor District in Nigde. It lies in the middle of a field 400 m far from the Kayseri-Adana motorway, 14 km far from the provincial center of Nigde. While the owner of the field was about to start destruction of the tumulus for levelling the field by bulldozer in 1984, the work was halted by two gendarmeries charged by the District Governorship of Bor. The representatives of the Museum of Nigde visited the site, and took the bronze artifacts to the museum. The Kaynarca Tumulus yielded 7 bronze vessels and a bronze belt, which was in 4 pieces during recovery. The bronze finds include a dinos decorated with a pair of bull's head and rings, another same type of dinos, but slightly more damaged, a bowl with ring handles perforating from a reel, two phiales with omphalos, a bowl with a semicircular body, and a trefoil jug. Also found is a bronze belt with an appearance of a very thin and substantially wide strip plate. The lower and upper sections are decorated with five rows of thin grooves and holes. On the end with the hook, there are two holes on the lower and upper parts framed with concentric circles. There is a half-ring, with a lion-head ending, clinched at the lower edge of the holes. This half-ring was attached to the beginning of the hook, which was decorated with grooves and sets, using a nail with a moving roller at the center. On the other end of the belt is a buckle of thin strips in rectangular forms, fitted for attaching the hook. On the buckle there are vertical and horizontal strips, and a decoration of full and half-circles in between these strips. The buckle was fastened to the belt on both ends. The entire belt was made using the casting technique. The bronze artifacts with a fine craftmanship uncovered at the Kaynarca Tumulus fully bear characteristics of the Phrygian art. Identical of these artifacts were recovered from the Tumuli W, MM and P at Gordion. Thus, the Kaynarca Tumulus and related finds were dated to the last quarter of the 8th century and the early 7th century BC, i.e. 725-700 BC. Fine craftmanship of these grave goods and use of precious metals such as electron for their decorations suggest that the burial in the Kaynarca Tumulus may have belonged to one of the notables of the region or one of the kings of Tuwana, which was founded 5 km northwest of the tumulus, and which is rich in Phrygian inscriptions. |
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