Haleplibahçe Mozaik Museumvisitor guide.

Haleplibahçe Mosaic Museum covers 6,000 m² and, with an 82-meter column-free span, is the largest unsupported structure in Türkiye. In the Haleplibahçe Mosaic Museum, the mosaics uncovered in Haleplibahçe are exhibited in situ. Villa of the Amazons Named for Amazon depictions found in excavations, this villa is termed the 'Villa of the Amazons.' The Villa of the Amazons consists of rooms arranged around a large rectangular hall situated between two symmetrically positioned interior courtyards. Its entrance is from the east, and its plan forms an inverted 'T' in an east-west direction. From the forecourt, an apsidal corridor on both sides leads into the main hall. On the floor of the rectangular room opposite the entrance lies the 'Hunting Amazons' mosaic. Positioned symmetrically north and south of the main hall, lit and ventilated from interior courtyards, are rooms with lion and tiger depictions alongside other rooms exhibiting 'Ktisis' and 'Black Man Leading a Zebra' mosaics. Orpheus Mosaic Smuggled abroad from Şanlıurfa, the Orpheus Mosaic was returned from Dallas Museum of Art first to Istanbul Archaeology Museums and then brought back to Şanlıurfa. Depicted on the panel wearing a Phrygian cap and seated facing right playing his lyre, carnivorous beasts including a lion, bear, leopard, and boar on his left, herbivores including a mountain goat and horse on his right, and birds in the upper left corner listen to his lyre. Featuring a Syriac inscription on the rectangular panel, the mosaic once decorated the floor of a rock tomb. The Orpheus Mosaic is highly important not only as the earliest dated mosaic among Edessa/Urfa mosaics (194 AD), but also because it bears the name of artist Bar Saged. Villa of the Amazons Named for Amazon depictions found in excavations, this villa is termed the 'Villa of the Amazons.' The Villa of the Amazons consists of rooms arranged around a large rectangular hall situated between two symmetrically positioned interior courtyards. Its entrance is from the east, and its plan forms an inverted 'T' in an east-west direction. From the forecourt, an apsidal corridor on both sides leads into the main hall. On the floor of the rectangular room opposite the entrance lies the 'Hunting Amazons' mosaic. Positioned symmetrically north and south of the main hall, lit and ventilated from interior courtyards, are rooms with lion and tiger depictions alongside other rooms exhibiting 'Ktisis' and 'Black Man Leading a Zebra' mosaics. Ktisis Mosaic The mosaic depicts a bust of Ktisis, the founding and protective deity of the Villa of the Amazons. Above her head is a crown adorned with pearl and gold-like tesserae. Her earrings are executed in a similar technique, featuring gold hoops and oval pearls. A necklace decorated with yellow, green, and brown stones adorns her neck. Ktisis holds a gray measuring rod across her chest with both hands. This measuring rod represents the Roman foot, measuring approximately 29.7 cm. She wears a yellow cloak and gray stola. Draped green piers are depicted at shoulder level on either side of Ktisis. Life of Achilles Mosaic In the main rectangular panel decorating the villa's hall, episodes from the life of Achilles are portrayed: infant Achilles in the arms of his nurse, his mother Thetis dipping Achilles into the River Styx by his heel to grant immortality, young Achilles bidding farewell to his mother, the Fates (Moirae) spinning his thread of life, Achilles being educated by the wise centaur Chiron, and Thetis sorrowfully watching Achilles depart for the Trojan War. Surrounding borders feature figures playing instruments, a farmhouse, running and grazing horses, sheep, and bulls. DOWNLOAD MUSEUM BROCHURE NEARBY MUSEUMS GÖBEKLİTEPE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE ŞANLIURFA ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM HARRAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE ŞANLIURFA CASTLE KARAHANTEPE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE