3. Cilt - Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı

The objects found by Hogarth and which are today on the Istanbul ArchaeologicalMuseum are almost in the nature of amulets. A lot of them are beads, hardly anypiece of his fi ndings can be regarded as an independent object (Fig. 2). Amberhas been used to decorate objects of bone and ivory with inlaid discs or studs (Fig.3). A further use of amber is on the bows of fi bulae where the bow is made up ofalternate pieces of bone or ivory and amber (Fig. 4).(7) Hogarth found one very interesting independent fi gure (3. 7, cm high) it isa nude female, cut square at the back (Fig. 5). The head is rudely modelleld, theforehead recedes almost a right angle from the brows, the eyes are mere dots,and the mouth is a scratch. Below the buttocks the fi gure is foreshortened, the feetbeing carved without due allowance of room for legs. Such little fi gures are alsoknown from Italy, for example from Satrico and Vetulonia (Grosseto) Both comefrom tombs and represent nude females 4 .The biggest representation made of amber which has been found during theAustrian Excavations came to light 1977 at the western end of the archaic temple.It is a fragment in high relief of a female fi gure made in dedalic style (3, 0 cm high),it belongs to the 2nd half of the 7th century B.C. (Fig. 6).A second excavation in the so called central base has been carried out by theAustrians from 1987 onwards. Here, in the interior of a small peripteral temple - arectangular foundation surrounded by six columns with bases of green schist wasfound which we think has been used as a base for a divine image. The base wasdestroyed by a strong inundation around 600 B.C. The fi nds come from a spotnorth of the rectangular foundation and consist of beads of glazed clay, scarabs,objects made of faience, like for example a fi gure of a bes and a horse or donkey)and bronze fi bulae 5 .The beads belong to necklaces and the scarabs were drilled through andtherefore also belong to necklaces, while the remaining objects were votiveofferings attached to the drapery of the divine image.One may imagine that the appearance of such a fi gure was similar to that ofstatues and icons of Mary, which were not only given new clothing on the occasionof particular festivals, but which were also overloaded with votives by the faithful.4 N. Negrobi Catacchio, in: Amber in Archaeology, Proceedings of the Second InternationalConference on Amber in Archaeology 1990 (1993) 191ff.5 A. Bammer, ÖJh 58, 1988 Beibl. 1–32; idem, AnatSt 40, 1990, 137-160.; idem RA 1991,63–83.14