The Ancient Routes and New Lycian Inscriptions around Fethiye
The first part of this contribution contains the results of the field surveys made in recent years for the ancient road network around Fethiye, including the routes between Pinara, Telmessos, Kalynda, Kadyanda, Araxa and Tlos. According to these results, there are two options for the road between Pi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Akdeniz University
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Gephyra |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/gephyra/issue/53182/647750?publisher=nalan-eda-akyurek-sahin |
| Summary: | The
first part of this contribution contains the results of the field surveys made
in recent years for the ancient road network around Fethiye, including the
routes between Pinara, Telmessos, Kalynda, Kadyanda, Araxa and Tlos. According
to these results, there are two options for the road between Pinara and
Telmessos, one through Kabaağaç and Gökben, one over Babadağ. In the article,
the second option is suggested for the road recorded in Monumentum Patarense
(MP). While the road between Tlos and Telmessos is preliminary expected to have
passed through today’s Seydikemer, the field surveys concluded a better option
which suggests a course through Çaltıözü, Bozyer ve Esenköy crossing over an
ancient bridge, only a footing-base of which survived, in today’s Allıkavak. It
is understood that the ancient route between Telmessos and Kalynda mostly
follows the modern road between Fethiye and Dalaman, and the localizations of
İnlice/Daidala and Şerefler/Kalynda are rediscussed. It is observed that the
road between Kadyanda and Telmessos lead through Eldirek as a better option,
and that the road between Kadyanda and Araxa passed over the ancient bridge in Atlıdere.
The route from Kadyanda to Tlos also passed over the same bridge and reached
Tlos following a course leading by Kıncılar, Girmeler and Güneşli. Similarly,
the road between Araxa and Tlos followed the same route to the south of
Atlıdere Bridge. In the second part of the contribution two new Lycian
inscriptions are published. One is found in Asarcık (ancient Aloanda) located
ca. 7,5 km to the north of Pinara, and the other one is on the road between
Kadyanda and Araxa. The inscription from Aloanda reflects a religious and
funerary content. It cannot entirely be understood what kind of monument this
was, due to the missing half of the inscribed stone. The inscription made
contributions concerning vocabulary and morphology to the study of Lycian language.
It is opened up for a discussion that the finding place of the inscription
might have been a religious location, because there is no funerary remains from
the Lycian period in the spot. Therefore, it is difficult to suggest that
inscription is associated with a funerary character, if there was no a rock cut
tomb or a sarchophagus from earlier period in the finding spot, though there
are several funerary monuments such as a sarcophagus and rock cut tombs of
later period nearby. The second inscription examined in the article has a usual
content of rock cut tombs, the examples of which are quite prevalent in Lycia.
Unfortunately, it cannot be understood whom the tomb belonged to, due to the
natural erosion of the inscription surface. Conjecturally it is suggested that
name of the owner might be Armazapimi. It is possible to read that the owner
built the tomb for himself, his wife, his household and for those who were
descendants of his mother. Besides the regulations for burials, the inscription
ends with a closure stating that anyone, who violate the burial regulations,
shall be considered criminal against several institutions of Lycia and the
gods. |
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| ISSN: | 1309-3924 2651-5059 |