Cooking vessels from the church sounding excavation at Laodikeia (Hellenistic-Early Imperial period)

The ceramic finds which was conquered during the sounding excavations for protective roof of the Church of Laodicea and were dated to the Late Hellenistic - the Roman Empire Period of the city, have a substantial repertoire as a form and a group of finds. The ceramics in question are divided into two parts as table and kitchen containers, and table containers which created the thin ware group, were evaluated typologically and published in the book "Laodikeia Kilisesi Sondaj Buluntuları Hellenistik Dönem Seramiği-Laodikeia Çalışmaları 6" in 2021. Kitchen containers which are in the second group, were evaluated with that thesis study. Kitchen containers which were conquered during sounding excavations, are divided according to their form and features of usage in the form of auxiliary containers at the stage of cooking and preparation in the kitchen. The most intensive group of finds consists of pottery used in cooking. The second intensive group is the lekanes which are used as an auxiliary form in the preparation of food. Moreover, the situla, which is mainly used for the transportation of liquids with casserole and pans in the cooking group, is among the forms evaluated. Keywords: Laodicea, The Lykos Valley, Kitchen Containers, Pottery, Hellenistic Period, Early Imperial Period.