Archaeologists from the Cluster of Excellence make an
unusually large find in Turkey – surprisingly vivid insights into the piety of
the time
Classical scholars from the Cluster of Excellence “Religion
and Politics” made an unusually large find of seals in an ancient sanctuary in
Turkey. They discovered more than 600 stamp seals and cylinder seals at the
sacred site of the storm and weather god Jupiter Dolichenus, 100 of which in
the current year alone. “Such large amounts of seal consecrations are
unheard-of in any comparable sanctuary”, said excavation director Prof. Dr.
Engelbert Winter and archaeologist Dr. Michael Blömer at the end of the
excavation season. In this respect, the finding of numerous pieces from the 7th
to the 4th centuries B.C. close to the ancient city of Doliche is unparalleled.