Background: The scanty remains of a kiln were identified by Empereur and Picon (1989) near the Kleopatra Kapısı (Cleopatra’s Gate).

Location: At a close distance from the Kleopatra Kapısı, almost by the ancient wall.

Number of kilns: Unknown.

Period of activity: Unknown. Nonetheless, it seems worth noting that proto-LRA1s have been recently found in urban excavations by the northern sector of the city; interpreted as an import from Elaiussa on the basis of macroscopic observation of their fabric (a hypothesis that would require further investigation), they represent a good indicator of the very early presence of the amphora at Tarsus (cp. Alkaç-Işık and Adibelli 2024, who seem not to be aware of a local Tarsus production of LRA1s).

Description of the facilities: Probably disappeared without being documented, as already in the 1980s Empereur and Picon stressed the impact of modern urbanization on the site.

Typology: Unknown.

Local fabric: Unknown. However, ceramics produced in Iron Age Tarsus kilns have a medium to fine fabric with “diverse mineral temper[s], probably natural in the alluvial clays carried by the rivers” (see Cilician Iron Age Plain Ware produced in Tarsus). 

Distribution: Unknown.