Areyastis Phrygian Inscriptions

Inscription W-01a
It consists of three lines surrounding the triangular pediment. The lower horizontal line (I), including also the three letters that are incised on the right adjacent rock wall, is written dextroverse (from left to right). The two upper lines (II and III) are written sinistroverse (from right to left).


II  ←
III ←
I   →


materanareyastin
bonokakenanogavọṣ
vrekuntedatoyyos tututạ.m.noyakenanogavos | aey

‘Bonok, the akenanogavos, made this Mother-Goddess as his idol?. Whoever …’

Inscription W-01b
It has two lines on the main rock above the monument. The lower one is written dextroverse, and the upper one is sinistroverse (boustrophedon with a dextroverse start).


yos esaitmatereyeveteksetẹ?yovevinonomanda𐊵etla
kedo keyvenavtunavtaymaterey

‘Whoever puts his own name in this Mother eveteksetẹ?y, let him be took by the Mother‑Goddess herself.’

Inscriptions W-01c
The third one is written on the side of the natural frame of the façade, from top to bottom. At the bottom, it turns ninety degrees to the façade surface. Therefore, the last letters are only visible from the front.


ataniyenkuryaneonta|n egertoy

‘Ataniyen the ruler X-ed it.’




References:
Brixhe, C. & M. Lejeune. 1984. Corpus des inscriptions paléo-phrygiennes, Paris.
Obrador-Cursach, B. 2018. Lexicon of the Phrygian Inscriptions, Thesis, Barcelona.