These are followed by items from Kültepe excavations which belong to the Assyrian merchantilist Colonies Age which are given typologically.They include inscribed tablets, round, beak and clover mouthed jugs, bowls, vases, fruit cups, animal shaped drink cups (Rython), moulds, metal items, syclindirical seals and seal presses. In the narrow south section of the same hall there are the stone statues of the Late Hittite age and hieroglyph inscribed stells.
In the second hall; After the plain and colored ceramics from Fhryigian Age in the passage corridor, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine pieces collected from the vicinity of Kayseri, and tomb offerings from the Beştepeler and Garipler tumuluses. In the garden; Hellenistic and Roman and Byzantine age marble statues, tomb stellers, sarcophaguses and large jars from baked earth are displayed in open air.
The Archaeological Museum of Kayseri
It is located in the Center Melikgazi District of the Kayseri province at no. 2 Kışla Caddesi in Gültepe neighbourhood, in a building on plot no. 17 in block no. 1200. The construction of the museum building was started in 1965 and it started to function in 1969 following the completion of exhibition and display works.
The two storey museum in a 8704 m² garden, has a usable space of 580 m² . The building consists of two large halls, a corrrridor and offices and storage area.

The museum collection which has only archaeological material is exhibited and displayed in a chronological order as far as possible in the two large halls and the garden. At the entrance of hall no. 1 there are examples of painted and monochrome pottery and marble (alabastron) idols from the early Bronze Age. Further on, there are the findings from Kültepe, which belong to the Assyrian Trading Colonies exhibited in a typological order. Among these, tablets with hieroglyph inscriptions, round beak and clove shaped sprouted baked earth jugs, pots, vases, fruit plates, cylindric and stamp seals, animal shaped rythons, metal objects and moulds are prominent. In the narrow southern section of the same hall, stone statues and steles with hieroglyph insriptions dating from the late- Hittite period are exhibited.
In the corridor which leads to the second hall, there are samples of painted and monochrome ceramics of the

Phrygian period. In hall no. 2, material from Hellenistic - Roman and Byzantine period scollected from the vicinity of Kayseri, grave offerings discovered at the Beştepeler - Garipler tumuli and the Heracles sarcophagus and umas are exhibited.
In the garden, marble statues of the Hellenistic and Roman periods, grave steles, sarcophagi and large baked earth jugs are displayed in the open air.
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