Lycian Inscription of Sebeda

Inscription 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, T. R. 1986 The Lycians Vol.1: The Lycians in Literary and Epigraphic Sources, Kopenhagen.
Kalinka, E. 1901. Tituli Asiae Minoris, Vol.1, Vindobonae.
Melchert, H. C. 2001. LycianCorpus.pdf at www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/Melchert
Schürr, D. 2012. “Der lykische Dynast Arttumbara und seine Anhänger,” Klio 94, 18–44.

Images:
E. Kalinka, 1901
Bora Bilgin, 2025