Özet:

This study examines the African red slip pottery found in the ancient city of Germanicia, on the Cilicia-Cappadocia border of the Commagene region in antiquity, today’s Dulkadirolu district of Kahramanmaraş Province. During excavations carried out in the city in 2021, a residential structure with mosaic flooring was unearthed. In this area, late Roman African red-slipped pottery was discovered. Within this group, eight different forms were identified. There are similar African red slip pottery forms to those found in Germanicia found in many cities throughout Anatolia. However, this example, which is a closed form oinophoros (?), has yet to be found anywhere else and is a unique example. Hayes' grouping was taken as an example for the creation of the form typology. The African red slip pottery found in Germanicia examined in this context can be dated to between the IVth century A.D. and the VIIth century A.D. These pottery finds from this ancient city are important in showing that in this period there were commercial relations between Germanicia and North Africa.