Konya's Çumra District, an Approximately 3,500-year-old Luwian Hieroglyphic Seal and a Gold Amulet From the Roman Period

During the excavations carried out in Türkmen Karahöyük in Konya's Çumra district, an approximately 3,500-year-old Luwian hieroglyphic seal and a gold amulet from the Roman period were unearthed. After six years of surface research, the third season of the excavations started with the permission of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Bilkent University Faculty Member Assoc. Dr. Michele Rüzgar Massa and University of Chicago Faculty Member Assoc.

Dr. Under the co-chairmanship of James Osborne, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University Faculty Member Assoc. Dr. He continues under the assistantship of Hüseyin Erpehlivan. Remarkable finds were unearthed this year in the excavations supported by Bilkent, Chicago, New York and Pavia universities, Ankara British Archeology Institute and Konya Metropolitan Municipality.

Excavation co-chairman Assoc. Dr. Michele Rüzgar Massa said that excavations were carried out in five places in the mound. Pointing out that the region is a very important center, Massa said, "We found a Christian amulet (amulet) dating back to the 4th or 5th century AD.

Inside the copper box, a very thin, 0.1 millimeter gold plate is written, most likely a passage from the Bible. It belongs to a little boy. So we can think of it like an evil eye bead.

Such amulets are not very common. "As far as we know, one of the similar examples was found in Germany, he said. Massa stated that a stone seal with hieroglyphic Luwian writing, two copper seals and a clay seal impression were unearthed during the excavations, and said, "There is a Luwian hieroglyphic writing on the seal.

Name and title. This person is not in a very high role, but we still see a hierarchy belonging to the bureaucracy and the state. "We can say that this was a large administrative center around 1500-1400 BC, he said.

Stating that the name "Kurunti-ziti" is included in the stone seal, Massa stated that this name is related to the god named "Kurunta", which has an important place in the Hittite world. Massa explained that there was a different name on the clay seal print, and that these were the seals used by the administrative staff working in the region to seal documents. Deputy Head of Excavations Assoc. Dr. Hüseyin Erpehlivan also emphasized that a team of approximately 150 people worked in the excavations, and a significant portion of them were researchers from Türkiye and abroad.