New Inscriptions from Knidos: Inscriptions from the Dionysos Terrace and the Small Theater

Year 2021, Volume: 7, 165 - 175, 31.12.2021

Güray Ünver

https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202113

Abstract

In this article eleven new inscriptions from Knidos are presented. Nine of them (nos. 1–9) were found in 2013 and 2014 at the eastern section of the Dionysos Terrace, to the west of the small theater, near the western analemma. The two last inscriptions (nos. 10 and 11) were detected in 2013 on the western analemma of the small theater. Most of the texts are honorary inscriptions on statue bases dated to the period from 3rd century BC to 1st century BC. An exeption is no. 9, which has a sepulchral context, while the character of the fragmentary no. 8 remains uncertain. Four of the honorary inscriptions (nos. 1, 3, 5, 6) contain artist signatures. Zenodotos of Knidos, son of Menippos mentioned in the inscription no. 3, was one of the most notable sculptors of Knidos in the 1st half and the middle of the 2nd century BC. The sculptors Hermonax mentioned in no. 1, as well as Diokles and Di[- -] mentioned in no. 6 are attested for the first time.

Keywords

Knidos, inscription, Dionysos Terrace, small theater, statue base, sculptor.

Supporting Institution

The study was performed within the scope of the Knidos, Burgaz, Emecik Apollon Sanctuary Excavations and Researches and with the permission of the directory of the Knidos, Burgaz, Emecik Apollon Sanctuary Excavations and Researches, which are being undertaken on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Selçuk University under the decision of the Presidency, dated 01.06.2020 and numbered 2587.

Thanks

I would like to thank Prof. Dr. M. Ertekin Doksanaltı, the director of the Knidos, Burgaz, Emecik Apollon Sanctuary Excavations, for permission to study the inscriptions. Additionally, I am indebted to archaeologists MA D. Ozan Tozluca, MA İbrahim Karaoğlan, MA K. Merve Selek and MA Esra Güler for their assistance during my studies.

Knidos’tan Yeni Yazıtlar: Dionysos Terası ve Küçük Tiyatro Yazıtları

Abstract

Bu makalede Knidos’tan onbir yeni yazıt sunulmaktadır. Yazıtlardan dokuz tanesi (no. 1–9) 2013 ve 2014 yıllarında, Dionysos Terası’nın doğu bölümünde, küçük tiyatronun batısında, batı analemma yakınlarında bulunmuştur. Diğer iki yazıt ise (no. 10–11) 2013 yılında küçük tiyatronun batı analemma’sı üzerinde tespit edilmiştir. Bir mezar yazıtı (no. 9) ve bir incerta (no. 8) haricinde diğer dokuz yazıtın tümü heykel kaideleri üzerinde bulunan, MÖ III. yüzyıl – MÖ I. yüzyıl arasındaki döneme tarihlenen onurlandırma yazıtlarıdır. Bu yazıtlardan dört tanesi sanatçı imzası da ihtiva etmektedir; heykeltıraşlar Hermonaks (no. 1) ve Diokles ve Di[--] (no. 6) tanınmamaktadır, buna karşın 3 numaralı yazıtta anılan, Menippos oğlu Knidoslu Zenodotos MÖ II. yüzyılın ilk yarısı ve ortalarında Knidos’un en tanınmış heykeltıraşlarından birisidir.

Keywords

Knidos, yazıt, Dionysos Terası, küçük tiyatro, heykel kaidesi, heykeltıraş.

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