Phrygia’dan Dionysos İçin Yeni Bir Adak Yazıtı

Year 2016, Volume: Suppl. 1, 74 - 80, 31.08.2016

Elif Akgün Kaya

Abstract

This article presents a 3rd-century CE marble votive altar
which is now in the Archaeolo­gi­cal Museum of Eskişehir. The altar was found
in Alpu in the territory of Dorylaion, but its exact pro­­venance is unknown.
Set up by three persons named as Bakchos, Demetrios and Aurelius Ale­kas, the
stone features a dedication to Dionysos. The inscription shows some interesting
points: e.g. Bakchos is mentioned as a free man (eleutheros) but has no
patronymic, whereas De­met­­rios, clearly defined as a slave (doulos) of
Postumius Festus, is mentioned as the son of Thallos. This phe­nomenon is
discussed in detail, one solution being that Bakchos and Demetrios were both
sons of Thallos. Demetrios seems to have been sold as a slave by his father.
The inscription reads as follows:

To good
fortune! Bakchos ἐλεύθερος and
Demetrios, sons of Thallos, slave of Postumius Festus, have dedicated the altar
with Aurelius Alekkas, son of Alekkas and grandson of Kathon, to Dionysos for
the good of the village and for the salvation of Bakchos.

Keywords

Dionysos, threptos, Dorylaion, Phrygia, votive altar, Eskişehir Museum

Phrygia’dan Dionysos İçin Yeni Bir Adak Yazıtı

Abstract

Bu makalede Eskişehir Arkeoloji Müzesi’nde korunmakta olan
mermerden bir adak altarı ve üzerinde yer alan yazıt tanıtılmaktadır. Altar
Eskişehir’in doğusunda yer alan ve antik dönemde Dorylaion territoryumu
içerisinde yer alan Alpu ilçesinden ele geçmiştir; ancak tam buluntu yeri
bilinmemektedir. Altar Bakkhos, Demetrios ve Aurelius Alekas isminde üç kişi
tarafından dikilmiştir ve Dionysos’a adanmıştır. Yazıttan adağı sunan
Bakkhos’un hukuki anlamda “özgür” olduğu anlaşılırken babasının isminin kendi
ismini takiben verilmemiş olması oldukça ilginç bir durum arz etmektedir. Buna
karşın Demetrios’un durumu daha da şaşırtıcıdır. Kendisi köle olarak
tanıtılmasına ve sahibinin ismi Postumius Festus olarak verilmesine rağmen
Demetrios ayrıca Thallos’un oğlu olarak yani baba ismiyle de anılmaktadır. Bu
durum ayrıntılı bir şekilde ele alınmıştır. Bakkhos ile Demetrios’un Thallos’un
oğulları olarak düşünülebilir. Demetrios’un babası tarafından köle olarak
satıldığı gözükmektedir. Yazıtın çevirisi şu şekildedir:

“Hayırlı
uğurlu olsun! Thallos’un oğulları özgür Bakkhos ve Postumius Festus’un kölesi
olan Demetrios, Kathon’un torunu, Alekkas’ın oğlu Aurelius Alekkas ile birlikte
köyün iyiliği ve de Bakkhos’un kurtuluşu için (bu) adağı Dionysos’a
(sundular)”.

Keywords

Dionysos, besleme, Dorylaion, Phrygia, adak yazıtı, Eskişehir Müzesi

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