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Maussollos and the Date of the Transfer of the Seat of the Karian Satrapy to Halikarnassos

Year 2021, Volume: 7, 93 - 97, 31.12.2021
https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202106

Abstract

This paper argues that Maussollos (377–353 BC) transferred the seat of the Karian satrapy from Mylasa to Halikarnassos early in his reign. Until now the date of the transfer was a matter of speculation and various proposals in the interval 377–362 BC based on thin evidence have been proposed. Numismatic evidence, however, provides a clear indication that the move took place in c. 375 BC. This early date has historical and archaeological consequences, among which is the question of the attribution of the monumental Uzunyuva tomb whose owner can no longer be entertained as Maussollos.

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This study received financial support from the French government in the framework of the University of Bordeaux’s IdEx «Investments for the Future» program / GPR Human Past.

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  • Van Bremen 2013 R. van Bremen, A Property Transaction Between Kindye and Mylasa. I.Mylasa 11 Reconsidered, Epigraphica Anatolica 46, 2013, 1–26.

Maussollos ve Karia Satraplık Merkezinin Halikarnassos’a Taşınma Tarihi

Year 2021, Volume: 7, 93 - 97, 31.12.2021
https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202106

Abstract

Bu makale, Maussollos’un (M.Ö. 377–353) Karia satraplık merkezini Mylasa’dan Halikarnassos’a kendi saltanatının başlarında naklettiğini iddia etmektedir. Nakil tarihi için şimdiye kadar M.Ö. 377–362 aralığında zayıf kanıtlara dayanan çeşitli varsayımlar öne sürülmüştü. Bununla birlikte, nümizmatik kanıtlar, taşınmanın M.Ö. 375 sularında gerçekleştiğine dair açık bir veri sağlar. Nakil sürecinin bu şekilde daha erkene tarihlendirilmesi, Maussollos’un artık sahibi olarak kabul edilemeyeceği Uzunyuva anıtsal mezarının kime ait olduğu sorunu da dahil tarihsel ve arkeolojik yeni sonuçlar doğurmaktadır.

References

  • Bean – Cook 1955 G. E. Bean – J. M. Cook, The Halicarnassus Peninsula, ABSA 50, 1955, 85–71.
  • Babelon 1893 E. Babelon, Les Perses achéménides. Les satrapes et les dynastes tributaires de leur empire, Cypre & Phénicie, Paris 1893.
  • Brett 1955 A. B. Brett, Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1955.
  • Debord 1999 P. Debord, L’Asie Mineure au IVe siècle (412–323 a.C.), Bordeaux 1999.
  • Flensted-Jensen 2004 P. Flensted-Jensen, Karia, in: M. H. Hansen – T. H. Nielsen (eds.), An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis, Oxford 2004, 1108–1137.
  • Henry 2014 O. Henry, Then whose tomb is that?, in: L. Karlsson – S. Carlsson – J. B. Kullberg (eds.), ΛΑΒΡΥΣ, Studies presented to Pontus Hellström. Boreas 35, Uppsala 2014, 71–85.
  • Henry 2021 O. Henry, Les Hékatomnides et la création d’une identité culturelle hybride au contact des mondes grecs et orientaux, Pallas, 2021, 71–97.
  • HNO Historia Numorum Online. http://hno.huma-num.fr/
  • Hornblower 1982 S. Hornblower, Mausolus, Oxford 1982.
  • Konuk 1998 K. Konuk, The Coinage of the Hekatomnids of Caria, unpublished D.Phil. thesis, Oxford 1998.
  • Konuk 2002 K. Konuk, Hecatomnus (c. 392–377 BC), in: R. H. J. Ashton – P. Kinns – K. Konuk – A. R. Meadows, The Hecatomnus Hoard (CH 5.17, 8.96, 9.387), in Coin Hoards, IX, Greek Hoards, A. Meadows – U. Wartenberg (eds.), London 2002, 95–158.
  • Konuk 2009 K. Konuk, The Coinage of Hyssaldomos, Dynast of Mylasa, in: R. Einicke – S. Lehmann – H. Löhr et al. (eds.), Zurück zum Gegenstand. Festschrift für Andreas E. Furtwängler, Langenweissbach 2009, 145–152.
  • Konuk 2013 K. Konuk, Coinage and Identities under the Hekatomnids, in: O. Henry (ed.), 4th century Karia, Defining a Karian Identity under the Hekatomnids, Istanbul 2013, 101–121.
  • Konuk 2020 K. Konuk, Archaic and Classical Coins of Caria. Karia Bölgesi’nin Arkaik ve Klasik Dönem Sikkeleri, in: O. Henry – A. Henry (eds.), The Carians: From Seafarers to City Builders/ Karialılar: Denizcilerden Kent Kuruculara, Istanbul 2020, 240–251.
  • Marek 2016 C. Marek, In the Land of a Thousand Gods. A History of Asia Minor in the Ancient World, Princeton – Oxford 2016.
  • Pedersen 1994 P. Pedersen, The Fortifications of Halikarnassos, REA 96, 1994, 215–235.
  • Pedersen 2010 P. Pedersen, The City Wall of Halikarnassos, in: R. van Bremen – J.-M. Carbon (eds.), Hellenistic Karia, Bordeaux 2010, 269–316.
  • Pimouguet–Pédarros 2000 I. Pimouguet–Pédarros, Archéologie de la défense. Histoire des fortifications antiques de Carie (époques classique et hellénistique), Luxeuil-les-Bains 2000.
  • Roland 2020 H. Roland, Carian ‘portraiture’ and Coan coinage in the fourth century BCE, CLARA 6, 2020, 1–37.
  • Rumscheid 2010 F. Rumscheid, Maussollos and the ‘Uzun Yuva’ in Mylasa: an unfinished Proto-Maussolleion at the heart of a new urban centre?, in: R. van Bremen – J.-M. Carbon (eds.), Hellenistic Karia, Bordeaux 2010, 69–121.
  • Rumscheid 2020 F. Rumscheid, Hekatomnidengräber in Halikarnassos und Mylasa. Voraussetzungen und Folgen, in: C. Berns – C. Huguenot (eds.), Griechische Monumentalgräber, Düren 2020, 175–204.
  • Ruzicka 1992 S. Ruzicka, Politics of a Persian Dynasty. The Hekatomnids in the Fourth Century B.C., Norman – London 1992.
  • Troxell 1984 H. A. Troxell, Carians in Miniature, in: A. Houghton – S. Hurter et al. (eds.), Studies in Honor of Leo Mildenberg. Numismatics, Art History, Archaeology, Wetteren 1984, 249–257.
  • Van Bremen 2013 R. van Bremen, A Property Transaction Between Kindye and Mylasa. I.Mylasa 11 Reconsidered, Epigraphica Anatolica 46, 2013, 1–26.
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Publication Date December 31, 2021
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APA Konuk, K. (2021). Maussollos and the Date of the Transfer of the Seat of the Karian Satrapy to Halikarnassos. PHILIA, 7, 93-97. https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202106
AMA Konuk K. Maussollos and the Date of the Transfer of the Seat of the Karian Satrapy to Halikarnassos. PHILIA. December 2021;7:93-97. doi:10.36991/PHILIA.202106
Chicago Konuk, Koray. “Maussollos and the Date of the Transfer of the Seat of the Karian Satrapy to Halikarnassos”. PHILIA 7, December (December 2021): 93-97. https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202106.
EndNote Konuk K (December 1, 2021) Maussollos and the Date of the Transfer of the Seat of the Karian Satrapy to Halikarnassos. PHILIA 7 93–97.
IEEE K. Konuk, “Maussollos and the Date of the Transfer of the Seat of the Karian Satrapy to Halikarnassos”, PHILIA, vol. 7, pp. 93–97, 2021, doi: 10.36991/PHILIA.202106.
ISNAD Konuk, Koray. “Maussollos and the Date of the Transfer of the Seat of the Karian Satrapy to Halikarnassos”. PHILIA 7 (December 2021), 93-97. https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202106.
JAMA Konuk K. Maussollos and the Date of the Transfer of the Seat of the Karian Satrapy to Halikarnassos. PHILIA. 2021;7:93–97.
MLA Konuk, Koray. “Maussollos and the Date of the Transfer of the Seat of the Karian Satrapy to Halikarnassos”. PHILIA, vol. 7, 2021, pp. 93-97, doi:10.36991/PHILIA.202106.
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