Myra’dan Lykia Birliği Rahibi Platon ile Ailesinin Onurlandırılması

Abstract

Gerek Myra gerekse Andriake’de devam eden kazılar, hem Lykia hem de Küçükasya tarihinin geneli bakımından önemli belgelerin gün yüzüne çıkmasını sağlamıştır1. Andriake’de bölgenin ilk sinagogunun ortaya çıkarılması ve buradan gelen yazıtlar2 ile Myra Yahudi cemaatine mensup kişilerin tanınması ya da Iulius-Claudius İmparator Sülalesi için Andriake’de limanın tam önünde konumlandırılmış sebasteionun kazısı çerçevesinde, Tiberius’un oğlu Drusus’un “Myralıların kurtarıcısı ve hayırhahı Caesar” ve Limyra’da ölen Augustus’un torunu Genç Gaius’un “İmparator ve Genç Tanrı” olarak onurlandırıldıkları iki yeni yazıtın ele geçmiş olması gibi

Keywords

• Myra
• Lykia
• Platon

An Inscription from Myra Honouring Platon, the Priest of the Lycian League, and his Family

Abstract

In the 2011 campaign of excavations at Myra, a new honorary monument was uncovered just in front of the rear wall of the theatre’s stage building. The monument is comprised of four inscribed blocks registered as no. 72 by the author and was erected in honour of Platon the priest, his father Polyperchon, and his son Platon II after their deaths. The inscription can be dated to the Late Hellenistic-Early Roman periods based on the letter-forms. The honorary inscriptions presented in this article introduce a wealthy family of Myra from the Late Hellenistic-Early Roman periods. It is possible to track this family for four generations, and they seem to have undertaken certain magistracies and benefactions only within Myra. However, Platon I was the eponymous priest of the Lycian League, which shows that the family had ascended the ranks among the dignitaries of the League. It is not known at the present time whether family members undertook other services at the League level afterwards. It is possible that ongoing excavations will uncover other inscriptions that will cast light onto the subsequent generations of this family

Keywords

• Inscription
• Myra
• Honouring

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