Phrygian MonumentsInscription HP-02:A 3-line Old Phrygian inscription on a stone block was found in 2011 in the center of Kocagür village, which is 14 km from the ancient city of Parion on the south coast of the Marmara Sea. It is so far the westernmost found Old Phrygian inscription. The left and upper parts of the … Read more
Inscription B-06:The marble funerary stele with the inscription was found in Daskyleion in a tumulus (Kösemtuğ) dating from the 4th century. It was reused as the door threshold of the burial chamber. An unknown section of the stele is cut off at the top, and a round hole was dug to accommodate the door pivot. … Read more
Inscription B-05:It is an inscription on a Greco-Persian-style limestone stele found in two pieces in the Sangarios valley near the Vezirhan district of Bilecik. The 1.5-meter-high stele has three separate reliefs on the upper part. At the top is the relief of a female bust with open arms on both sides. There is a bird … Read more
Ancient writer Pausanias, who lived in the 2nd century BCE, claims that the city of Ankara was founded by the Phrygian King Midas. Although the identity of Midas mentioned here is controversial, archaeological research in Ankara supports that the city was founded during the Phrygian period. In terms of the number of tumuli found, Ankara … Read more
Alacahöyük, better known for the presence of the Hittites, is also a Phrygian settlement. The Old Phrygian inscriptions found in this area were engraved on block stones (P-01, P-02, P-04), a slab (P-03), a lion sculpture (P-05), and a rock-altar (P-06, see Kalehisar). Most of the inscriptions contains an Assyrian name Kanutî. All of them are … Read more
Inscription B-03It is on a rectangular block found in 1976 reused as a building material in the Fıranlar village of Bilecik Pazaryeri. On the narrow front side are the two lines of a dextroverse writing separated by a horizontal line. The lower line continues to the right side of the block. It is thought that … Read more
Inscription B-02The inscription is on a Greco-Persian style funerary stele found near Birinciafşar village (old name is Afşarıevvel) of Gerede in the province of Bolu. There is a relief of a mounted rider on the stele, and just next to the relief is the inscription that is written vertically and dextroverse. The stele is in … Read more
Inscription W-12The inscription is on a stone slab that was found in 2010 during the excavations in Seyitömer Höyük near Kütahya. The two-line inscription is written sinistroverse. Dated to the early 4th century BCE. ← sitoros aros← ispas References:Bilgen A. N., C. Brixhe & G. Coşkun. 2011. ‘Un Nouveau site épigraphique Paléo-Phrygienn: Seyitömer Höyük’, Kadmos 50, 141-150.Obrador-Cursach, … Read more
Inscription B-04The marble block with an inscription was found in 1926 in the village of Üyücek near Tavşanlı, Kütahya. The slab was reused in a wall of a village house. There are rough engravings of a lion and two animals (possibly deer) on the upper part of the stone and a 7-line Old Phrygian inscription … Read more
Deliklitaş Monument is located on the Harmancık road near Köprücek village, 13 km west of Tavşanlı in Kütahya province. It was built on the southeastern face of a 15 meter-high rock, just north of the road. It was found in 1836 by W. J. Hamilton, but the first detailed examination was done in 1861 by … Read more
