SOLİ (KIBRIS) NEKROPOLÜNDEN KIBRIS-KLASİK DÖNEM TARİHLİ BİR APHRODİTE-EROS FİGÜRİNİ

Bu makalenin konusu, 2005-2006 yılında Güzelyurt Bölgesi Soli antik kentinin nekropol alanında gerçekleştirilen bir kurtarma kazısında keşfedilmiş olan Mezar 4A'da bulunmuş bir Aphrodite-Eros figürinidir. Sunduğu eserler sayesinde kentin Kıbrıs-Klasik Döneminde hüküm sürmüş soylu bir aileye ait olduğu anlaşılan Mezar 4A'da ele geçmiş olan kireçtaşı Aphrodite-Eros figürini, mezar odasındaki diğer eserler gibi büyük bir arkeolojik öneme sahiptir. Figürin, en başta sergilediği özellikler ile dönemin heykeltraşlık sanatı, etkin sanat akımları ve yerel üretimlerin karakteri hakkında oldukça değerli ipuçları sunmaktadır. Figürinin stilistik değerlendirmesi, birçok yerel örnekle daha önceden kurulmamış ilişki ve bağların kurulmasını da sağlamaktadır. Ama daha da önemlisi Mezar 4A Aphrodite-Eros figürininin, Soli kentinin Attika Bölgesi ve Atina kenti ile olan sosyo-kültürel bağlarını Kıbrıs-Klasik Dönem için daha önce hiç olmadığı kadar güçlü bir şekilde aydınlatmasıdır. Figürinin sunduğu güçlü Attik heykeltraşlık etkileri, Attikalı ustaların kentteki varlığını vurgulamakta ve Marion ile Salamis yanında Soli'yi de sanatsal anlamda Atina kültüründen etkilenmiş Kıbrıs-Klasik Dönem krallıkları arasına sokmaktadır

A CYPRO-CLASSICAL APHRODITE AND EROS FIGURINE FROM SOLOI (CYPRUS)

The subject of this article is an Aphrodite and Eros figurine found in Chamber 4A of a family grave complex which was found in 2005-2006, during a rescue excavation that was conducted at the Necropolis of Soloi in Cyprus. The figurine from the chamber, which likely was the burial place of a high status aristocratic family from the Cypro-Classical Period of the city, bears a significant importance for the world of archaeology like many other finds from the chamber. The figurine sheds light to the art of sculpturing of the era, artistic influences on the local productions as well as the character of the CyproClassical Solian sculpture. Stylistic examination of the figurine also reveals the presence of important local connections and a possible common cult shared by many Cypriot city kingdoms. But the most important of them all is that Chamber 4A figurine enables us to solidly realise the socio-cultural connections that the city of Soloi had with Attica Region and especially with Athens during the Cypro-Classical Period. Strong Attic influence shown by the figurine mixed with local character proves the presence of the Attic sculptors in the city thus placing Soloi amongst the other Atticly influenced phil-Hellenic city kingdoms like Marion and Salamis

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