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13 glass artifacts, evaluated within the scope of this study, were found from a chamber tomb unearthed in 2010 in the necropolis area of the Neapolis Ancient City, located within the borders of Yazıkent Town, Bozdoğan District, in today's Aydın Province. Among the mentioned works, there are various examples such as bowls, unguentariums and glasses, most of them; Conical body, pear-shaped body, miniature spherical body, tube-shaped and candelabra (bell) body, which is divided into various sub-types, form the vessel called unguentarium. The earliest example among the Neapolis artifacts is the bowl produced by mold making, which is understood to belong to the Hellenistic Period. All of the artifacts, except the bowl, were made by using the free blowing technique, which is thought to have originated in Syria in the 1st century BC. The works evaluated in this context; They were grouped typologically and dated as a result of analogical evaluations made with known examples in ancient glass art. It is understood that among the artifacts produced in a wide range of dates from the middle of the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD, especially the unguentariums are associated with burial rituals.

The concept of time in ancient Greek belief = Aion; It is a term used to express life span and eternal life. Within the concept of time, this concept, which expresses the duration of human life and the time and eternity before the beginning of everything, is not depicted in any kind of art until the Late Hellenistic period. Influenced by Egyptian and Persian beliefs, he was reflected in Greek art as a syncretic god. After this period, he began to be depicted as a human-shaped creature with the head of a lion and wings on his shoulders. He usually holds a scepter and a key in his hands with a snake entwined with him or his body. It has been a matter of debate to definitively consider these depictions as Aion. However, we come across depictions that we can define as Aion in the Roman Imperial Period. In almost all depictions, he is personified as a male figure with bushy and gray hair, old or young, usually holding the zodiac circle in one hand, as well as a globe, papyrus roll, and horn of fertility. The personification of Aion, which appeared in the art of this period, was used to propagate the eternity and eternality of the Empire.