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City |
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Altitude:
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1396 m |
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Region:
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Central Anatolia |
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Province:
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Konya |
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District:
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Seydisehir |
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Village:
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Kizilca |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Roman Hellenistic |
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| It is situated at the Asar Mountain; 2.5 km south of the Kizilca Village; northwest of the Seydisehir District; southwest of the Konya Province. Strabo informs that the city was located on the border of the Phrygia-Caria regions and renown with the medicinal wine production [Strabo 12; 7; 2]. The first record about Amblada is a letter written by the Pergamon King Attalos II around 165-159 BC. Based on this letter; Amblada was incorporated to Pergamon under the Treaty of Apameia. The city minted coins from the 1st century BC; and continued to mint between the reigns of Commodus (176-192 AD)-Philippus Arabs (244-249 AD). It is known that she was incorporated to the Province of Galatia in 25 BC; Province of Pisidia in 297 AD; and then Province of Lycaonia in 371 AD [Hierocles 675; 4]. No systematic investigations have been conducted in the ancient city of Amblada other than the epigraphical researches in the city; which was discovered by J. Jüthner in 1902 [Jüthner et al. 1903:25]. Two blocks were found in an area; what appears to be the agora; one with a depiction of a horseman; and the other with an armour relief. The majority of the other remains of the city has already been moved to the neighboring villages. This site is surveyed A. Baldýran in 2009. Ruins of a city wall are encountered during the survey carried out in the Eastern slopes of the city called Asar Hill by the locals. The age of the wall was determined as Hellenistic Period considering its construction technique. Some building remains are encountered which are constructed by cutting natural rocks during the studies carried out at the top of the Asar Hill. However since they are destructed it is difficult to determine their original purpose. There is a half-complete altar outside the city wall which proves that there were stone workshops within the city center [Baldiran 2011:221]. During the survey conducted by Baldiran and her team in 2012, the western and northern slopes were surveyed. Amblada consists of two hills and fallen unfluted column drums; Attic-Ion bases and architrave block with fascia were found on the hill located in the northwest of Amblada. There is a large stylobate block at the back of these columns. These architectural remains indicate the existence of a temple. An area that has seven steps was found about 100 m north of the area mentioned above. These steps were carved into bedrock. The function of this area is not yet known. In the large plain, located on the hill in the west and called "bazaar" by local people, quite large statuette bases and an apex stone belonging to an arched structure were found. It is believed that this area functioned as agora of the city [Baldiran et al. 2014:401]. |
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