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
Inscription TL 83 It is on a rock-cut tomb at the southwest of Arneai. Transliteration (Melchert, 2001): 1 [ebẽñnẽ: …….: m….pr]ñnaw- 2 [atẽ ……………h]: xahba 3 [hrppi ……….e]hbi se mu- 4 [………….]ma: asawãza 5 [………]: krzzubi: ẽnẽ: peri- 6 [klehe:]xñtawata: me=i ñtepi: ta- 7 [sñti:]epñ=[e]pi ppu[w]ẽti tijẽi 8 [xup]a: ebe[hi] a[d]ãma: se ladas 9 [eb]tte[his] … Read more
The remains of the ancient city are located at an altitude of 1,350 m on Kavak Mountain, approximately 37 km southwest of Antalya. Since no inscription has been found to clearly identify the city, there are different opinions and interpretations regarding the name of the city. B. İplikçioğlu (2002), based on a funerary inscription discovered … Read more
The city is located at the southwestern end of the Xanthos Valley, where the Xanthos River (Eşen Stream) flows into the sea. Patara is also mentioned in 13th-century BCE Hittite texts. Its Lycian name is Pttara. The settlement has been inhabited since the Bronze Age and became the principal port of the region during the … Read more
The city is located on a hill to the south of the town of Üzümlü in the Fethiye district of Muğla. It was first identified by Charles Fellows in 1840. The Lycian name of the city is Kadawanti. Coins bearing its Lycian name suggest that Kadyanda was an independent city during the dynastic period. It … Read more
