Phrygia in Antiquity: From the Bronze Age to the Byzantine Period: Proceedings of an International Conference ‘The Phrygian Lands over Time: From Prehistory to the Middle of the 1st Millennium AD’, held at Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey, 2nd–8th No

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by  Gocha R. Tsetskhladze (editor)

Phrygia in Antiquity:
From the Bronze Age
to the Byzantine Period
Edited by
Gocha R. Tsetskhladze
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PHRYGIA IN ANTIQUITY:
FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO THE BYZANTINE PERIOD
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PHRYGIA IN ANTIQUITY:
FROM THE BRONZE AGE
TO THE BYZANTINE PERIOD
Proceedings of an International Conference
‘The Phrygian Lands over Time:
From Prehistory to the Middle of the 1st Millennium AD’,
held at Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey, 2nd–8th November, 2015
Dedicated(cid:2)to(cid:2)the(cid:2)memory(cid:2)of(cid:2)Prof.(cid:2)G.K.(cid:2)(Ken)(cid:2)Sams
Edited by

GOCHA R. TSETSKHLADZE
with the assistance of
MAHMUT BILGE BAŞTÜRK and JAMES HARGRAVE
PEETERS
LEUVEN – PARIS – BRISTOL, CT
2019
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface – Gocha(cid:2)R.(cid:2)Tsetskhladze .............................. XIII
List of Illustrations ......................................... XV
List of Abbreviations........................................ XXIX
INTRODUCTION Pre-Hellenistic Phrygia: Some Matters in Debate
(cid:2) Gocha(cid:2)R.(cid:2)Tsetskhladze......................... 1
PART I
FROM MIDAS TO CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER 1 Phrygia: Between East and West
(cid:2) Maya(cid:2)Vassileva .............................. 25
CHAPTER 2 P hrygia and Hellenism: Phrygian Interactions with
Asia Minor Greeks, 8th–6th Centuries BC
(cid:2) Lynn(cid:2)E.(cid:2)Roller ............................... 37
CHAPTER 3 M idas and Matar: The Intertwining of Phrygian Poli-
tics and Cult
Cecily(cid:2)Grace ................................ 57
CHAPTER 4 T o Drink Bull’s Blood: An Analysis of the Story of
Midas
Susanne(cid:2)Berndt .............................. 93
CHAPTER 5 The ‘Golden’ Midas: Phrygian Metalworking in Early
and Middle Iron Age
Anne-Maria(cid:2)Wittke............................ 109
CHAPTER 6 M idas in the Trojan War: Refractions of the Arche-
typal Phrygian King in the Trojan Allies Glaucus,
Sarpedon, Nastes and Amphimachus
Guy(cid:2)P.(cid:2)Smoot................................ 123
CHAPTER 7 T he Luwian Origin of the Phrygian Imprecations
Bartomeu(cid:2)Obrador-Cursach .................... 145
VIII TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 8 T he Eastern Border of Phrygia
A.(cid:2)Tuba(cid:2)Ökse................................ 161
CHAPTER 9 A ctivating the Achaemenid Landscape: The Broken
Lion Tomb (Yılan Taş) and the Phrygian Highlands
in the Achaemenid Period
Catherine(cid:2)M.(cid:2)Draycott......................... 189
CHAPTER 10 R oman Senators from Phrygia
Olga(cid:2)Pelcer-Vujačić .......................... 221
CHAPTER 11 R oman Fine Ware Production and Circulation in
Central Turkey
Andrew(cid:2)L.(cid:2)Goldman........................... 235
CHAPTER 12 P hrygia in the Byzantine Period and the Continuity
of the Rock-Cut Architecture Tradition of the Region
B.(cid:2)Yelda(cid:2)Uçkan(cid:2)and(cid:2)Seçkin(cid:2)Evcim ............... 253
CHAPTER 13 F rom the Pagan to the Christian World in the Centres
of Phrygia Epiktetos: Is there Any ‘Transformation’
or ‘Transition’ Period for the Rural People?
Erkan(cid:2)İznik.................................. 271
CHAPTER 14 D eciphering Phrygian: Blind Alleys and Viable Ways
Anna(cid:2)Elisabeth(cid:2)Hämmig ....................... 287
CHAPTER 15 P hrygian Personal Names in Phrygian Inscriptions
Alexandru(cid:2)Avram............................. 305
CHAPTER 16 Remarques sur l’onomastique et l’acculturation en
Phrygie Parorée
Hadrien(cid:2)Bru................................. 351
PART II
FROM REGION TO SITES
CHAPTER 17 The Eskişehir Region in the Early Bronze Age
Deniz(cid:2)Sarı .................................. 365
CHAPTER 18 T he Middle Bronze Age Layer of Seyitömer Höyük
– the West End of the Phrygian Region
A.(cid:2)Nejat(cid:2)Bilgen............................... 381
TABLE OF CONTENTS IX
CHAPTER 19 Iron Age Burial Customs in Central Anatolia: the View
from Boğazköy
Hermann(cid:2)Genz............................... 395
CHAPTER 20 I ron Age Pottery from Suluca Karahöyük and its Pos-
sibility of Being ‘Phrygian’
Atila(cid:2)Türker(cid:2)and(cid:2)Mehmet(cid:2)Ali(cid:2)Özdemir ............ 411
CHAPTER 21 T he Ethnic Composition of the Halys Basin and its
Surrounding Area in Protohistorical Times and the
Iron Age
Şevket(cid:2)Dönmez............................... 429
CHAPTER 22 The Cult of Cybele in Hierapolis of Phrygia
Francesco(cid:2)D’Andria .......................... 479
CHAPTER 23 M idas City in Phrygia: Small Horizontal Reliefs
between Idols and Step Monuments
Dietrich(cid:2)Berndt .............................. 501
CHAPTER 24 T he North Necropolis and a Soldier’s Grave from
Aizanoi in Phrygia
Elif(cid:2)Özer.................................... 525
CHAPTER 25 K erkenes and Phrygia: Old and New Directions of
Research
Scott(cid:2)Branting,(cid:2)Yasemin(cid:2)Özarslan,(cid:2)Joseph(cid:2)Lehner,(cid:2)
John(cid:2)M.(cid:2)Marston(cid:2)and(cid:2)Sarah(cid:2)R.(cid:2)Graff............. 539
CHAPTER 26 S tratigraphic Sequence at Şarhöyük/Dorylaion: An
Overview
Mahmut(cid:2)Bilge(cid:2)Baştürk......................... 561
CHAPTER 27 Şarhöyük (Dorylaion) during the Hellenistic Period
Turgay(cid:2)Yaşar(cid:2)Yedidağ......................... 581
CHAPTER 28 Studies on Hellenistic and Roman Pottery from the
Kanlitaş Survey
Alptekin(cid:2)Oransay............................. 597
CHAPTER 29 T he ‘Temple State’ of Phrygian Pessinus in the
Context of Seleucid, Attalid, Galatian and Roman
Hegemonic Politics (3rd–1st Centuries BC)
Altay(cid:2)Coşkun ................................ 607