Inscription TL 84
It is on a rock-cut tomb, the so-called Mizretije tomb.
Transliteration (Melchert, 2001):
1 ebẽñnẽ: prñnawã: m=e=ti: prñnawatẽ: mizretije: murãzah: tuhes: mluhidaza: surezi
2 hrppi atli: ehbi: se ladi: se tideime: ehbije: s=ed=adẽ: atli: hrzzẽ [i]spazijẽ: me=te: ñta tãti
3 ebñnẽ: hãtã: se ladã: hrppi=(i)je=me=i: tadi: tike: tike: m=ene qla: [q]a[s]tt(i)=ebi: surezi: s=ed=adẽ
4 hrm̃mã: ijase: atlahi: me=(e)p(i)=ẽti hãxxati: mluhidaza: ddeipñte: xitẽ=(e)pi: term̃ mluhidazãi
5 m=ed=i: ñte xultti: hrm̃mã: pñtbahi: ñte=(ẽ)nẽ(?): xruwi: m=ede=te=w[ẽ] kumezeiti: uhazata: tuweri se
6 mizratijehe: kumehi: adaijẽ: ||-: urazijẽ […] adi: ẽ: se(j)=epi hadi ti:[s]e me=i=ne: kumazati:
7 m=ene: pddẽ: qla: sm̃mati: ebi: surezi
Translation (based on Bryce, 1986 with revisions by Schürr 2010 and Christiansen, 2021):
Mizretije, the nephew of Murãza, the mluhidaza of Sura, has built this tomb for himself, for his wife and children. And he made the upper ispazi(bench) for himself and they will place this deceased(?)/holder(?) and the wife therein. If (anyone) places someone else upon them, the sanctuary(?) here at Sura will punish him. And he made a hrm̃mã to his own ijas. (me=(e)p(i)=ẽti hãxxati: mluhidaza: ddeipñte: xitẽ=(e)pi: term̃ mluhidazãi m=ed=i: ñte xultti: hrm̃mã: pñtbahi: ñte=(ẽ)nẽ(?): xruwi) Now -de before(?) they should sacrifice annually to Tuweris a sacrificial animal of the Mizratije. If he has no priest, then (he is) not responsible before the sanctuary of Sura.
Inscription N 304
It is on a ‘base’ located at the southern end of the acropolis hill. The base is in the form of a monolithic cuboid carved from the bedrock. The inscription highly damaged, and only a few words and letters are visible.
Transliteration (Melchert, 2001):
1 …k]umezei.[
2 ….]wa: [
3 ….]ze.i(=)ti: [
4 ….]lezi: [
5 ….]arm̃ma [
6 ….] zi.[
7 …]him [
8 …]i:
9 ..t]ibe mul[
10 ..]edi tib[e
11 mãh]ãi httem̃[
12 ..].l.b.[
13 ..]ma: .j.[
14 ..]e seja[
15 ..]mede .ar[
References:
Bryce, T. 1986. 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
Neumann, G. 1979. ‘Neufunde lykischer Inschriften seit 1901’, ÖAW Phil.-hist. Kl. Denkschriften 135, Ergänzungsbände zu den TAM 7, Wien.
Schürr, D. 2010. ‘Eine Lykische Fluchformel Mit Zukunt’, Epigraphica Anatolica 43, 149-158.
Christiansen, B. 2021. ‘Linguistic and Archaeological Criteria for Dating Lycian Tombs and Tomb Inscriptions’, in Beyond all Boundaries – OBO 295, eds: Payne, A. et al. Leuven. 119-147
Image Sources:
E. Kalinka, 1901
G. Neumann, 1979
Bora Bilgin, 2022
Tayfun Bilgin, 2022, 2024