LycianMonumentsInscription TL 61 It is on a rock-cut tomb in Sebeda (Bayındır Bay or Limanağzı). Transliteration (Melchert, 2001):1 ebẽ: prñnawã: m=e=ti: prñnawatẽ: sbikezijẽi: mrexisa: tideimi ladi ehbi: se tideime:2 ẽnẽ: xñtawata : wataprddatehe: Translation (from Schürr, 2012):Sbikezije, the child of Mrexisa, built this structure for himself, his wife, and his children, under the rule of Wataprddate. References:Bryce, … Read more
Located about 3 km south of Antiphellos (modern Kaş), Sebeda is thought to be situated at what is today Bayındır Bay, also known as Limanağzı. The fortress was built on a steep rocky hill behind a cove that opens northward.Although no inscription has been found to confirm the ancient name of the city, it is … Read more
Located northeast of Tlos, Kastabara is a fortress settlement on the route leading to the Girdev plateau behind the Akdağlar (Mount Kragos). It sits on a hill known as Deliktaş, south of the Darıözü plateau. It is the largest among nearby settlements such as Zindan, Erikli, Dikmen, and Cemalanı.Kastabara appears on the Patara Road Monument … Read more
Platane is a small settlement located on the mountain road from Tlos to Girdev. It is referred to as “Plata[…]” on the Patara Road Monument, on the route from Tlos to Oinoanda. The full name is thought to have been either Platane or Platasa. Apart from its city walls, most of the surviving structures belong … Read more
Arneai is located at the northernmost end of the Kasaba Plain, on the eastern slope of the valley formed by the Tokluca River. The fortress is situated on a rocky hill south of Günçalı (formerly Ernez) village; the former name of the village is derived from Arneai. The Patara Road Monument places Arneai on the … Read more
Korba is a small settlement located about 5 km north of Kyaneai, near the Körüstan area of Gökçeyazı village. The site was inhabited from the Dynastic period through to the Byzantine era. Its classical Lycian-style rock tombs and Lycian-inscribed sarcophagi attest to its early history. Although the city first recorded by Spratt and Forbes, it … Read more
Gürses is a fortress settlement dating to the Dynastic period, located on a hill just north of the present-day village of Gürses, approximately 6 km northwest of Myra. It was first documented by Petersen and von Luschan in 1889. Although no inscription confirming its ancient name has been discovered, Borchhardt has proposed that the site … Read more
Transliterations and Translations:Please note that Lycian being not an entirely deciphered language, even the partial translations given below are only proposals and include many uncertainties. Translations are given only for the sides A (south) and B (east) and mainly based on the works of D. Schürr, with side A, lines 41–55 supplemented from D. Sasseville, … Read more
N ??? The inscription is on a classical rock-cut Lycian tomb located in a place called Arpacık near Belören village of Demre. The 4-line inscription is carved above the door. Transliteration (İşler & Tekoğlu, 2024): ebẽñnẽ: xupã:mene:prñnawatẽXudrehila:selada:sehrmmã:ñteijetimetadi: adaijadi:ehbijedimeneñtepitãti: Xudreh<i>lã: sel<a>dã Translation:Xudrehila and (his) wife built this tomb … … Xudrehila and (his) wife will be … Read more
Inscription N 314 It has carved on a roughly smoothed natural cliff face of the rock near Kızılca village in Elmalı. The inscription is divided into two parts; the lower one is N314a and the upper one is N314b). There are two rock-cut tombs a little further up the inscription. Transliteration (Melchert, 2001): N314a: 1 … Read more
