Çepni Phrygian Inscriptions

Three Old Phrygian inscriptions were found in 1982 near the Çepni village of Ayfonkarahisar by Thomas Drew-Bear on three separate rocks in close proximity. All the inscriptions are shallowly engraved. 

Inscription W-08
A 4-line inscription is written on the southeast-facing flattened surface of a rock called Gelincik Rock, about three meters above the ground. The first, third, and fourth lines are dextroverse, and the second one is sinistroverse (thus partially boustrophedon). 






[-?-] ates agomoi
sa?ta tedaes
alus si𐊁eto?
bateles bab.[-?-]

‘Attes made the sa?ta for Agomos…’


Inscription W-09

A 2-line inscription is written on the east-facing flattened surface of a small rock near the top of Büyük Ay Hill. It is the shortest one among the three inscriptions found in Çepni. Both lines are written dextroverse.


si𐊁eto ae
alus


Inscription W-10

It is on the southeast-facing flattened surface of a rock near a location called Gencel Yatağı. The 3-line inscription is written in boustrophedon, starting dextroverse.





ạtai edae lel/ravo
vi𐊁e atevo atoios,
alụs si𐊁eto das




References:
Brixhe, C. & T. Drew-Bear. 1982. ‘Trois nouvelles inscriptions Paléo-Phrygiennes de Çepni’, Kadmos 21, 64-87.
Brixhe, C. & M. Lejeune. 1984. Corpus des inscriptions paléo-phrygiennes, Paris.
Obrador-Cursach, B. 2018. Lexicon of the Phrygian Inscriptions, Thesis, Barcelona.

Image Sources:
C. Brixhe & T. Drew-Bear, 1982