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Ephesus Museum, Turkey

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In early 1929, the excavations and the surrounding objects were brought here and stored. In 1964, what is now a museum in the southern section was built, and artifacts were displayed there. The room was too small and the increasing number of objects, so in 1995 the second part was added and used in the show.

Selçuk-Ephesus Museum is the richest and most important museum of possession and display only local artifacts. Ephesus Museum is a rich and important museum of Ephesus and Anatolian archeology with artifacts dig at Ephesus, St. John’s Church, the mausoleum Belevi, and other local ruins. It contains articles Mycenaean, Archaic periods and turkish well, mostly from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine times.

Bungalows Room: In the first room of the museum is mainly from Roman times that have surfaced over the past fifty years of excavations in the “Houses of slope.” On the left is the house plan and photos of the excavation. In the first window are medical devices and cosmetics. The second case shows elements of worship religious home.

The most interesting of these is a glass tray. In front of the place is a mural of a house with a statue of Artemis, the huntress, and a bust of Socrates and fresh. On the left side of the room are a bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius and statues of gods and Priapus Bes. Three of the most important possessions of the museum is located in the central chamber. Eros is a dolphin in the second century, a statue of an Egyptian priest, and a copy of a Roman statue of Eros Lisipo.

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Artifacts Fontaine: In this room there are sources of Pollio, Trajan, and Laecanus at Ephesus. Immediately to the left of the door is a bust of Zeus and a statue of Aphrodite. In the center of the hall is a statue of a -Resting Warrior-. To the left is the statue of the group “Polyphemus Odysseus”, which adorned the Fountian Pollio.

The first figure is extended in Dionysius the trunk of a tree. The other statues are lying a satyr, an Aphrodite with oyster shells and a dog Androcles. On the right is a series of busts. Belonged to the statues of the source Laecanus Baso.

Recent findings of rooms: Some recent findings have been discussed here for a year or two. In the case of the right of the door is Byzantine Christian era. On the left side of the room are the coins and jewels. Pre-Roman coins of Ephesus is the city symbol, a bee, on the one hand and the deer of Artemis on the other. Coins of the Roman period show the emperor, or his lieutenants, or an imperial symbol. On the left wall hanging theatrical masks of leather or wood and were found in the Great Theater of Ephesus.

These masks of stone were used for decoration. On the same wall is a candlestick of Ephesus. Other important artifacts in the room include a masked Eros, amphoras, the figure of Eros, a statue of Aphrodite, and several busts, one of Menander, the playwright. All that remains permanently in the room is an ivory frieze of the “houses of the hillsides.” The frieze shows Trajan against oriental barbarians and three sections of his preparation to fight.

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The Garden: The museum has a garden that fits the local architecture. To the right are sarcophagi, gravestones, sacrificial altars and inscriptions. The second-century sarcophagus is decorated with interesting ornaments. The figures on it resemble figures of Moses. Judging from the inscription on its cover that was used again in the Byzantine period. Along the west wall of the garden and offering no headstones visible. The sundial in the center is in the form of a crescent.

Artemis room: This is where the statues of Artemis and the goddess related are on display. There are two statues on display showing their former glory. These were found by chance in the prythaneionda and dated in the 1st century AD. The statue on the left is known as “Great Artemis” and the other is “Beautiful Artemis.” In the cases are artifacts from the temple of Artemis. There is a horse of one of the cars of the temple on the screen, too.

Imperial Cult and Portrait Salon: In this room there is usually imperial family busts. The most notable feature is the crown that had settled on the foreheads of the busts. The statue to the right of the main gate of the Board of Artemis was the consul Stephanos. On the left, on both sides of the image of the Temple of Hadrian are original friezes from that temple. The altar in the center was a piece of U-shaped altar of the Temple of Domitian. There are friezes on three sides. Just before leaving the room are pieces of the gigantic statue of Domitian. There are also pieces of statues of August and his wife, Livia in the room.

The Ephesus Museum is located in the district of Selcuk, and displays works of art found during excavations in Ephesus since 1964. The museum was expanded in 1976 with new buildings and thus reached its present state. Rebuilding the Temple of Augustus tympanun (or Isis), appears in the gardens of the museum with the exhibition of the sculptures that decorated the frieze, then located near the source of polio. The sundial is heading marble 3 century AD. In this context also contains the tombs of interest from several periods. The room houses the results of materials has come to light during excavations in the homes of Ephesus. For the most part, these little statues, furniture, busts, paintings and pieces of mosaic.

Remarkable are the frescoes depicting the philosopher Socrates (2 nd century). The Board’s findings Fuentes is almost entirely dedicated to accessories and ornaments sculptures that decorated the city fountains. Among the highlights in this room can remember several sculptures discovered near the Fountain of Polio, namely marble representing the rest of the warrior (second century) and the head of Zeus. In the room of the grave finds down the contents of tombs discovered during archaeological excavations.In the room of the Artemis of Ephesus maintained most illustrious depictions of the goddess and the conclusions Artemision light in and near the altar of Artemis.

The so-called Great Artemis is a marble in the first century AD, the defense of two lions on his shoulders and taking a lot of sculptural ornaments. Above all, however, highlight the rich carved figurations used to decorate the friezes of the Temple of Hadrian (2 nd century AD) and were removed from their original location to protect from the elements.

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Ephesus History: The Prytaneion of Ephesus, Turkey

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Since its discovery in 1955, the Prytaneion of Ephesos, and its appearance, function and relationship to the neighbouring administrative quarter, have been a focus of research at Ephesos. Due to the fact that it was not possible to evaluate fully the building and its stratigraphic findings after its excavation, the individual building phases, its structure and the later usage of the area had not been satisfactorily clarified.

  

 

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The newly – conceived research project at the Prytaneion included, under consideration of the results of the old excavations, a fundamental analysis of the structure’s architectural state and its fittings.  

The study of the structure was thereby supported by a far – reaching archaeological investigation of the site, which should define the individual construction phases and post – construction periods of usage and identify a possible precursor of the structure.  

Furthermore, the building underwent a cultura l- historical analysis, which would shed light on its architectonic and functional relationship to the adjoining administrative quarter. Comparative studies on other Prytaneia of Asia Minor provided specific characteristics of this type of building. 

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The 1.170 m² large Prytaneion of Ephesos was constructed in the Augustan period and has a clearly defined floor plan that was only altered in Late Antiquity: The entrance to the south of the building leads into the 18 × 22 m measuring courtyard in the form of a triporticus of Ionic order. The imposing Doric façade of the 7 × 22 m large stoa that is situated to the north of the courtyard leads into the heart of the prytaneion. The columns of this stoa were restored and set up in the 1960s. The 13,50 × 13,50 m large ‘Hestia Hall’ to the north-east of the building could be accessed through the hall. A 13,50 × 4 m large room (rooms 2, 3, 4) to the north of the ‘Hestia Hall’ was closed off in Late Antiquity. To the west of the ‘Hestia Hall’ originally two rooms were located, measuring 8 × 6,50 m (room 6, in the south) and 9 × 6,50 m (room 5, in the north). The northern part of room 5 was divided into two smaller room sections in Late Antiquity (room 5A and 5B). 

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According to the epigraphic material, indicating that the building was the sanctuary of Hestia Boulaia, we are dealing with one of the very few securely identified Prytaneia of the ancient world. The interpretation of the building as a Prytaneion is supported by its integration into the city, i. e. right on the ‘State Agora’, the political center of the city, as well as through its immediate proximity to the bouleuterion. In the Prytaneion of Ephesos many of the important functions of such an institution can be verified: Among these are the home of the hearth of Hestia, the seat of the prytaneis as well as the reception and provision of meals for honored citizens financed by the government.

The functional analysis of the separate rooms of the Prytaneion demonstrates that in addition to this main function the building had incorporated many other functions:
In addition to the cult of Hestia Boulaia, the Prytaneion was home to numerous other cults. Demeter Karpophoros and her daughter Kore, Sosipolis, Apollon Klarios, Apollon Manteios, Theos Kinnaios, Tyche and the personified holy fire are attested. They demonstrate the immense cultic and religious importance of the building that was intensified especially after the early 2nd century A.D. through the integration of these new cults.

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Hestia Boulaia and the afore mentioned secondary cults, the Ephesian Prytaneion seems to have served as a dependence of the Artemision indicated by the essential meaning and presence of Artemis Ephesia in the building.
After a series of smaller modifications the Augustan edifice had been substantially rebuilt in the middle of the 3rd century. In the 4th century the building was abandoned and its building material gradually transported to the lower ‘Curetes Street’ and re-used as spoils.
 
The building was drastically altered during the 5th and 6th century and in the following used as an area for craftsmen and simple residential structures. The existence of a water reservoir in rooms 3 and 4 in connection with its usage through craftsmen was attested from the 5th century up until the middle of the 7th century.

  

The research resumed at the Prytaneion beginning in January 2007 with the aim of filling a gap in Ephesian research history and concentrated on one of the most important buildings in the administrative centre of the city, in a region in which fundamental questions of topography and chronology are still unanswered.

The final results of this project decisively enrich our knowledge concerning these questions, and form a significant contribution to the understanding of urban, architectural, and cultural processes.

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