Özet:

Kültepe, which is located 21 km northeast of the city centre of Kayseri, appears as a city named Anisa within the borders of the Kingdom of Cappadocia during the Hellenistic Period. The subject of this article are 6 stamped amphora handle fragments found during the stratigraphic excavations of the Hellenistic Period settlement of Kültepe. Three of the fragments evaluated within the scope of this study were recovered during the excavations carried out in 1972, one in 2009 and the other two in 2022. As a result of these excavations, it was determined that two of the stamped amphora fragments belong to Thasos and four to Rhodes. The names of the eponyms Λεωμέδων (ca. 273 - ca. 256 BC) and Γόργος (ca. 226 - ca. 208 BC) were analysed on the Thasos amphora stamps. The stamp with the name of the eponym Λεωμέδων shows a bunch of grapes as a symbol, while the seal with the name of the eponym Γόργος shows a horn of fertility. Among the Rhodian amphora stamps, the names of Ἀριστόδαμος I (ca. 304 - ca. 271 BC) and Κλεώνυμος II (ca. 182 BC) among the eponyms, and Ἀριστοκράτης II (ca. 192 - c. 184 BC) and Νύσιος (169/167 BC - ca. 140-ca. 138 BC) among the producers were identified. The symbols on the Rhodian amphora stamps consist of a rose, a star and a statue.