A Re-examination of Sitometroumenoi Andres in Light of Pliny’s Ep. X, 116-117 as a Term Peculiar to Lycia

Year 2016, Issue: 19, 111 - 132, 01.06.2016

Ebru N. Akdoğu Arca

Abstract

Some inscriptions on the cash delivery to a limited number of σιτομετρούμενοι ἆνδρες known from the northern and western Lycian cities of Oinoanda, Tlos and Xanthos are revisited in light of Pliny’s ep. X, 116-117. Firstly, the article concludes that the institution of sitonia as a magistracy, well known from numerous inscriptions from Asia Minor regarding purchasing grains, did not become established in Lycia

Lykia’ya Özgü Bir Kavram Olarak Sitometroumenoi Andres’i Plinius’un X, 116/117. Mektupları Işığında Yeniden Değerlendirme

Abstract

Lykia’da bulunmuş bazı yazıtlar euergetes’ler tarafından σιτομετρούμενοι ἆνδρες’e yapılan para dağıtımından bahseder. Sitometroumenoi, σιτομετρέω fiilinden türemiş medium çatıda bir participium’dur. σιτομετρέω ise buğday dağıtıyorum/tartıyorum anlamına gelmekte olup kentlerde buğday dağıtımını/ya da buğday alma amacına yönelik para dağıtımını σιτομέτριον gerçekleştiren bir memuriyeti σιτομέτρης ya da buğday dağıtımı yapma eylemini σιτομετρία ifade eder. Buğday tedarik etme her dönemde kentlerin en önemli meselesi olmuş ve bunun neticesinde kentler farklı memurlar ya da kurumlar geliştirmişlerdir. Bunlardan biri olan ve Küçük Asya’da yaygın olarak karşımıza çıkan σιτωνία, resmi buğday alımını gerçekleştiren bir magistratlıktır. Sitonia ve ilgili terimlere işaret eden 71 yazıt J. Strubbe tarafından 1987 yılında bir katalog halinde bir araya getirilmiş2, 1989 yılında da birkaç yazıt ekleme ve düzeltmesiyle söz konusu yazıtlar ışığında konunun değerlendirmesi yapılmıştır. Çalışmasında sitometria’ya da küçük bir yer ayıran Strubbe sitonia ile Lykia kentlerinde rastlanılan sitometria’nın yurttaşlara buğday dağıtma amacı güden benzer kurumlar olabileceğini önermiştir. Bu arada Strubbe’nin kataloğunda Lykia’dan sitonia’ya işaret eden yalnızca bir yazıt Arsada kentinden gelmektedir ve olasılıkla memuriyetten çok, Symbras’ın kent için buğday satın aldığına işaret etmektedir.

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