A Ceramic Kiln Dating from the Anatolian Seljuks Was Found in Konya

In the excavations of the Museum Directorate in the field of urban transformation in the city center of Konya, the ceramic oven where the kitchen utensils used in the Anatolian Seljuk palace were produced was unearthed. Konya Museum Directorate Specialist Mehmet Ali Çelebi visited the 3rd Floor in Şükran Neighborhood of the central Meram district. He said that they are carrying out excavations in the urban transformation area carried out in the Degree Archaeological Site under the direction of the Museum Directorate.

Çelebi stated that they obtained exciting finds in the excavations carried out by the Meram Municipality at the site of the urban transformation works carried out, and said, "Historians and archaeology experts used to discuss where Konya's ceramic kilns were. We would have liked to have witnessed this discovery. When we identified the materials belonging to the furnace in this field, we thought that there could be a ceramic oven. We uncovered this structure during drilling and salvage excavation. Its excavation took more than about 1 year. We uncovered the furnace with its well and outbuildings around it."

Çelebi stated that the bakery, which he said was one of the important Turkish period archaeological finds of recent years, was built in the middle of the 13th century, during the Anatolian Seljuk period.

The fact that 70 percent of the furnace found is robust also increases the degree of importance Stating that ceramic ovens have not survived to the present day because they are worn out due to high heat and there are no durable structures, Çelebi said, "The ceramic oven is the only furnace that has survived to the present day in a solid structure and maintains its own form. "

Çelebi pointed out that some finds were unearthed in addition to the furnace structure, "The boat was identified and processed quartz material, which is the raw material of ceramics, was found in it. Right next to this structure is the clay pool called the glaze boat. This is where secrets are broken down and turned into clay. The clay cracking pool and ceramic molds were the most important finds. The mold materials of the double-headed eagle and the peacock were uncovered."