Özet:

A group of figurines found in Hyllarima (today known as Derebağ-Kapraklar village, Kavaklıdere town in Muğla) within the borders of Caria were handed to the Aydın Archaeological Museum in 1994; these will be discussed in this study. No excavation work was carried out in the ancient city except the short-term survey researches. In recent survey researches, detailed information is obtained on the theatre, necropolis and tombs of the city. Within the scope of the study, three figurines of the priestesses of Aphrodite which are dressed and two ephebos figurines with quivers are evaluated. The clay of the figurines, which are produced by the molding technique and are semi-mouldings, is homogenous and contains mica and sand. The ground fire holes of the figurines are small. Their bases have high tetragonal forms. Production characteristics and technical details of the figurines show that they were produced in the Roman Imperial Period. The figurines TK. 1-3 belong to the type known as ‘Aphrodite’s priestess’. These figurines with himation and chiton appear since the Hellenistic Period in Western Anatolia. It is determined that this type, known especially with the lion protom on the right shoulder is peculiar to the Carian region. As a result the figurines numbered as TK. 1-3 reflect the stylistic characteristics of the 2nd century AD with their postures, positions and hemline structures. The origin, development and iconography of the other group discussed here, numbered as TK. 4-5, consist of young men figurines with quivers who were dressed with ephaptis. The recent studies show that the earliest forms of this type are seen in funerary steles originating from Smyrna. The Hellenistic and Roman Imperial Period fashion of this type go back to figures of the 4th century BC in terms of typology. The iconographical characteristics of these samples show that the young men with quivers were related to professional sportsmen who were interested in archery. Dating is carried out by comparing the typologies of those samples with the findings in other contemporary cities and contexts. Stylistic and typological examinations showed that the Hyllarima findings reflect the style of Roman Imperial Period. The types especially seen more intentionally in the samples of the Carian region is evaluated in the coroplastic of the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial Period.

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