Adana Archaeology Museum

The Archaeological Museum Adana ( Adana Turkish Arkeoloji Muzesi) is located at the Turhan Cemal Beriker Bulvarı corner Fuzuli Caddesi in Adana, in addition to the Sabancı Central Mosque, in the southern Turkish province of the same name. It is one of Turkey older archaeological museums and therefore accommodates pieces that come not only from the immediate vicinity, so the Çukurova, but also, for example, from Tarsus and Diocaesarea in the province of Mersin.

History

The first collection, consisting of columns, capitals and sarcophagi was created in 1924 under the museum director Alyanakzade Halil Kamil Bey on the premises of the police department. In 1928, the exhibits were moved into the Madrassah the defunct Cafer - Pasha Mosque near the Taşköprü bridge and opened to the public. In 1950 the collection was again moved to the building on Zıyapaşa Bulvarı in Kuruköprü district, which is home to the Ethnographic museum. The then director Ali Riza Yalman put on an extensive collection of ethnographic material, so that the premises no longer meet the requirements soon. Then, the current building was built and opened on 7 January 1972.

Collection

In two storeys and the building enclosing the outdoor exhibits are presented. Above the entrance are among others a Hittite Torlöwe and a statue of Augustus. On the ground floor, a native of Tarsus Achilles sarcophagus can be seen with depictions of the Trojan War. In the Hall of the stone finds in addition to various statues and stelae from the Roman period a sarcophagus with antropomorphem cover is issued and the statue in 1997, found by Cineköy that contains a bilingual inscription in Phoenician and Luwian language.

Upstairs is seen as another centerpiece of the collection, the stone statue of a god or ruler from Tell Halaf. In the other halls variety of objects from the immediate and wider surroundings of the city, from all periods of Hittite times are shown to the Ottoman era. The pieces come in large part from earlier excavations of the Museum in the barrows of Gözlükule at Tarsus (1934 ), on the Yumuktepe at Mersin ( 1936), on the Sirkeli Höyük near Ceyhan (1938 ) and Misis (1958). In another room are coins and jewelry, issued the oldest of Lydian time. Outside of the museum sarcophagi, stelae, statues and other fragments from every period of the Hittite to the Islamic period are set up.

Overall, the museum has more than 17,000 archaeological exhibits and 26,500 coins.

Statue of Cineköy

Hall of Stone finds

Achilles sarcophagus

Statue from Tell Halaf

Outside