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BAUBO AND GROTESQUE FEMALE FIGURINES FROM SMYRNA

Year 2023, Issue: 33, 91 - 110, 31.12.2023
https://doi.org/10.22520/tubaar.1364653

Abstract

Ancient Smyrna, re-founded on the slopes of Mount Pagos (Izmir/Kadifekale) at the end of the 4th century BC, became one of the most important coroplastic centers of Asia Minor from the Hellenistic Period until the end of the 2nd century AD. The female grotesque figurines, remarkable for their iconography and stylistic features and the “Baubo” figurines, which have a similar iconography and associated with the concepts of fertility and childbirth, constitute two interesting groups among the Smyrna coroplastic productions. In this paper, the attribution and contextual problems of Baubo and grotesque female figurines from Smyrna are analysed, their iconographic and stylistic features are examined and suggestions are made for their possible meanings and uses.

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  • Olender, M. (1985). Aspects de Baubô. Textes et contextes antiques. Revue de l’histoire des religions, 202(1), 3-55.
  • Petzl, Georg. (1987). Die Inschriften von Smyrna, Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien 24, II(1). Bonn. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
  • Picaud, S. (2004). Misthos, Grec de Smyrne et Gaudin, ingénieur français, leur vision de l’archéologie dans l’Empire ottoman. V. Krings ve I. Tassigon (Ed.), Archéologie dans l’Emprie ottoman autour de 1900: entre politique, économie et science (133-140) içinde. Brussels-Rome: Institut historique belge de Rome.
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  • Reinach, S. (1884). Les terres cuites de Smyrne et la Statuaire du IVeme Siècle. Mélanges Graux (143- 158) içinde. Ernest Thorin Publications.
  • Rumscheid, F. (2006). Die figürlichen Terrakotten von Priene: Fundkontexte, Ikonographie und Funktion in Wohnhäusern und Heiligtümern im Licht antiker Parallelbefunde. Wiesbaden. Reichert.
  • Schipporeit, S.T. (2013). Kulte und Heiligtümer der Demeter und Kore in Ionien Byzas 16. Ege Yayınları
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  • Şakar, G. (2019). Geç Osmanlı Dönemi’nde Arkeoloji ve İzmir. H. Göncü, A. Ersoy ve D.S. Akar-Tanrıver (Ed.), Smyrna/İzmir Kazı ve Araştırmaları III (395- 407) içinde. Ege Yayınları.
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SMYRNA’DAN BAUBO VE GROTESK KADIN FİGÜRİNLERİ

Year 2023, Issue: 33, 91 - 110, 31.12.2023
https://doi.org/10.22520/tubaar.1364653

Abstract

İÖ 4. yüzyılın sonunda Pagos (İzmir/Kadifekale) eteklerinde yeniden kurulan antik Smyrna, Hellenistik Dönem’den MS 2. yüzyılın sonuna kadar Batı Anadolu’nun en önemli koroplastik merkezlerinden biri olmuştur. Smyrna koroplastik üretimleri içerisinde yer alan, ikonografileri ve stil özellikleri ile dikkat çeken grotesk kadın figürinleri ve benzer bir ikonografiye sahip, bereket ve doğurganlık kavramları ile ilişkilendirilen “Baubo” figürinleri Smyrna üretimleri içerisinde ilgi çekici iki grubu oluşturmaktadır. Bu çalışmada Smyrna kökenli Baubo ve grotesk kadın figürinlerinin aidiyet ve kontekst sorunu irdelenmiş, figürinler ikonografik ve stilistik özellikleri üzerinden incelenmiş ve muhtemel anlamları ve kullanım alanları ile ilgili öneriler oluşturulmaya çalışılmıştır.

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  • Olender, M. (1985). Aspects de Baubô. Textes et contextes antiques. Revue de l’histoire des religions, 202(1), 3-55.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Hellenistic Period Archeology, Greek and Roman Period Archeology
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Gözde Şakar 0000-0001-8916-2185

Publication Date December 31, 2023
Submission Date September 22, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2023 Issue: 33

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APA Şakar, G. (2023). SMYRNA’DAN BAUBO VE GROTESK KADIN FİGÜRİNLERİ. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi(33), 91-110. https://doi.org/10.22520/tubaar.1364653
AMA Şakar G. SMYRNA’DAN BAUBO VE GROTESK KADIN FİGÜRİNLERİ. TÜBA-AR. December 2023;(33):91-110. doi:10.22520/tubaar.1364653
Chicago Şakar, Gözde. “SMYRNA’DAN BAUBO VE GROTESK KADIN FİGÜRİNLERİ”. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi, no. 33 (December 2023): 91-110. https://doi.org/10.22520/tubaar.1364653.
EndNote Şakar G (December 1, 2023) SMYRNA’DAN BAUBO VE GROTESK KADIN FİGÜRİNLERİ. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi 33 91–110.
IEEE G. Şakar, “SMYRNA’DAN BAUBO VE GROTESK KADIN FİGÜRİNLERİ”, TÜBA-AR, no. 33, pp. 91–110, December 2023, doi: 10.22520/tubaar.1364653.
ISNAD Şakar, Gözde. “SMYRNA’DAN BAUBO VE GROTESK KADIN FİGÜRİNLERİ”. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi 33 (December 2023), 91-110. https://doi.org/10.22520/tubaar.1364653.
JAMA Şakar G. SMYRNA’DAN BAUBO VE GROTESK KADIN FİGÜRİNLERİ. TÜBA-AR. 2023;:91–110.
MLA Şakar, Gözde. “SMYRNA’DAN BAUBO VE GROTESK KADIN FİGÜRİNLERİ”. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi, no. 33, 2023, pp. 91-110, doi:10.22520/tubaar.1364653.
Vancouver Şakar G. SMYRNA’DAN BAUBO VE GROTESK KADIN FİGÜRİNLERİ. TÜBA-AR. 2023(33):91-110.

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