Cremna, ancient city of southwest Turkey, has one of the most spectacular sites in Pisidia, high in the Taurus mountains. Strabon announces that Cremna was conquared by Amyntas, the king of Galatia and kept under control of the city from 39 BC. to the year 25 BC. When he passed away. After his death the city had been made a Roman colony called “Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Cremna” by Augustus. İt has been thought that the emperor Hadrianus visited Cremna in 129 AD. During the reign of emperor Probus, Cremna had been occupies by forces controlled by an Isaurian bandid Lydius. Two lamp moulds from Cremna discussed here provide important informations about the production of Hellenistic lamp in city.In light of these moulds, Cremna from 2.mid-century BC to 1. centuries, produced by an lamp has been confirm accurately. Mould 1 was commonly found in most of the Mediterranean cities. on the other hand Mould 2, which features a different form suggested that the city produced new forms.
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