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[[File:Konya archeological museum - Byzantine art 2.jpg|right|thumb|Byzantine artifact in Konya Archaeological Museum]]
'''Konya Archaeological Museum''' is a state archaeological museum in [[Konya]], Turkey. Established in 1901, it had been relocated twice before moving to its present location in 1962.<ref name=Kul>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN,39602/konya-museums-and-ruins.html|title=Konya Museums and Ruins:Archaeology Museum|access-date=29 August 2015|publisher=Republic Of Turkey, Ministry Of Culture And Tourism}}</ref> One of the most prominent displays in the museum is of sarcophagi and other antiquities from the ancient city of [[Çatalhöyük]]. Other exhibits relate to the [[Neolithic]], [[Bronze Age]] ([[Old Assyrian period|old-Bronze]] and [[Middle Assyrian period|mid-Bronze]] periods), [[Iron Age]] ([[Phrygia]]n and [[Urartu]]), [[Classical Greece|Classical]], [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]], [[Roman Empire|Roman]] and the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] periods; artifacts consist of [[ceramic ware]], stone and bronze wares, [[Ornament (art)|ornaments]] and inscriptions.<ref name=Kul/>{{Sfb|Fant|Reddish|2003|p=17}} Among the objects displayed is a marble [[sarcophagus]] of the 3rd century AD, with elaborate relief sculptures depicting the life of [[Hercules]].{{Sfb|Fant|Reddish|2003|p=17}} In the outer open yard of the museum there are a number of small sculptures, sarcophagi, column capitals, and samples of epigraphy.
==History==
The museum was established in 1901 in one corner of the Karma Secondary School. It was shifted in 1927 to the [[Mevlana Museum]] and to the İplikçi Mosque in 1953. The museum reopened in a new building at the present location in 1962.<ref name=Kul/> It is situated in the interior of Konya city, approached by narrow lanes,{{Sfn|Hope-Simpson|2014|p=246}} and is on the ''Sahip Ata Caddesi''.{{Sfb|Fant|Reddish|2003|p=17}} Konya Archaeological Museum is one of the eight museums owned by the state in Konya.{{Sfn|Dural|Hodder|2007|p=149}}
==Halls==
[[File:Roman Sarcophagus (6526103787).jpg|upright|thumb|A Roman sarcophagus from 250-260 AD depicting the labors of Hercules]]
The building houses a number of exhibition halls:<ref name=Kul/>
The '''Pre-Historic Hall''' with antiquities of the Neolithic period (3000-1950 BC) from the excavations at Çatalhöyük consisting of terracotta pottery and stone implements; artifacts of the Old Bronze Period (1950-1750 BC), mostly ribbed terracotta pottery, from the archaeological excavations at Virgin, [[Türkmen-Karahöyük|Karahöyük]] and Beyşehir;  Middle Bronze Age (1950-1750 BC) artifacts of terracotta wares and bronze rings from Konya Karahöyük.<ref name=Kul/>
The '''Iron Age Hall''' has exhibits of painted and other types of pottery in various shapes from the Iron Age (8th to 6th century BC) from Konya Alaaddin Hill, [[Phrygia]], and Kıcıkışla,  and figurines from [[Urartu]]; Classical Period antiquities which are finds from excavations at Kıcıkışla and  Lekythoses in the form of [[Kylix (drinking cup)|Kylixes]], and a ''oinokhoe'' decorated and painted black; the Hellenistic Period exhibits are dated to 330-30 BC and consist of pottery of different varieties; and Roman Period small bronze artifacts of [[Hermes]], [[Eros]] and a bull.<ref name=Kul/>
[[File:Konya archeological museum - hercules 7.jpg|upright|thumb|Hercules' sarcophagus]]
The '''Roman Period Hall''' has displays of antiquities from 30 BC to 395 AD  from Iconium of "Sidemara type marble Herakles Sarcophagus with columns (250-260 AD)", pottery, glassware, ivory and ornaments; Byzantine Period (395-1453 AD) artifacts of "base mosaics" from Tatköy Church in [[Sille (village)|Sille]], [[Tatköy, Korkuteli|Tatköy]], [[Çumra]], Alibeyhöyük, and [[Kırk Kilise|Kilise]], and also "bronze door knockers, cauldron handles, rolickers, crosses, marks and arrow ends" of the period.<ref name=Kul/> The prominent exhibits here are the 3rd century marble sarcophagus with carved scenes from the life of Hercules, a sarcophagus made in clay of the Roman period, a marble sarcophagus with engraved festoons, a 2nd-century sculpture of [[Poseidon]], and religious stone slab of the goddess [[Cybele]] (the [[Anatolia]]n mother goddess).{{Sfb|Fant|Reddish|2003|p=17}}
==Collections==
The museum has inscriptions collected from locations within the city, and nearby areas; these consist of 231 inscriptions in [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] of which 91 are from Konya and the rest are from other places in the vicinity. In addition, there 10 inscriptions in [[Latin language|Latin]].<ref name="McLean2002">{{cite book|last= McLean |first=B. Hudson |title=Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the Konya Archaeological Museum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BYQaAAAAYAAJ|year=2002|publisher=British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara|isbn=978-1-898249-14-6}}</ref>
Another notable collection on display consists of six commercial amphorae made to store wine, garum and olive oil for maritime trading. These were specially manufactured in various subgroups in shapes with pointed bottoms so that the maximum number of them could be fitted into vacant spaces on the ship to maintain a stable form during a voyage.<ref name=Amphorae>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/5108073/A_Group_Of_Commercial_Amphorae_At_Konya_Archeological_Museum|title=A Group Of Commercial Amphorae At Konya Archeological Museum|access-date=29 August 2015|publisher=Selçuk University Faculty of Letters Department of Archaeology}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Grounds==
In addition to exhibits within the museum, the grounds contain small sculptures,{{Sfn|Hope-Simpson|2014|p=246}} sarcophagi, column heads, and epigraphy.{{Sfb|Fant|Reddish|2003|p=17}} Exhibits are also maintained at the entrance porch and in the front garden. The porch has exhibits of the Byzantine Period in the form of stone and marble antiquities of grave stones from Sille and Konya; and cemetery slabs of the Roman Period.<ref name=Kul/> Two important sculptures exhibited in the open yard of the museum are a limestone block with an inscription of [[Derbe]] ascribed to the period of [[Paul the Apostle]], and two stone monuments with inscriptions; one is a limestone block with the name of the city of Derbe and the other is an [[altar]] piece with the name [[Lystra]] inscribed on it.{{Sfb|Fant|Reddish|2003|p=17}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last1= Dural |first1=Sadrettin |last2= Hodder |first2=Ian |title=Protecting Çatalhöyük: Memoir of an Archaeological Site Guard
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FduR3tqFRNoC&pg=PA149|year=2007|publisher=Left Coast Press|isbn=978-1-59874-050-9}}
*{{cite book|last1= Fant |first1=Clyde E. |last2= Reddish |first2=Mitchell G. |title=A Guide to Biblical Sites in Greece and Turkey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cPDXFPxKBzIC&pg=PR17|date=4 September 2003|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-988145-1}}
*{{cite book|last= Hope-Simpson |first=Dermot |title=Travels in My Eighties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z0Q5BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA246|date=31 July 2014|publisher=Author House|isbn=978-1-4969-8332-9}}
==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Konya Archeological Museum}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064402/http://fulbrightgrant.com/historical-ceramics/museums/konya-archaeological-museum/ Konya Archaeological Museum ceramics]
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