"PHILIA - International Journal of Ancient Mediterranean Studies", a peer-reviewed journal, is committed to being an international publishing platform within the framework of academic ethics principles for new approaches to different aspects of the Ancient Mediterranean culture. In respect with this aim, articles in Turkish, English, French, German, Spanish and Italian are accepted to publishing process in the fields mentioned below.

"PHILIA - International Journal of Ancient Mediterranean Studies" comprises to the ancient period of the whole Mediterranean Basin as well as the history of the ancient Mediterranean, including Papyrology, Numismatic, Historical Geography, Archeology, Prosopography, Social, Economic, Political, Administrative Backgrounds and also, History of Religion.

Typing Rules

The text should be written in 10,5 point (9,5 point in footnotes) “IFAO-Grec Unicode” font for PC and Macintosh. For Ancient Greek letters or some other special types within the text or footnotes, please also use “IFAO-Grec Unicode” font. Footnotes should be placed at the foot of the page, with employing continuous numbering from the beginning to the end of an article. All necessary images for an article such as photographs, drawings, maps, figures etc. can be placed both within the main text body and at the end of the article (after Abbreviated Literature) employing continuous numbering.

For the abbreviations list of ancient authors and works use the list by Der Neue Pauly;
for Journal abbreviations: L'Année Philologique and CLAROS (http://www.dge.filol.csic.es/claros/cnc/2cnc3.htm);
for Corpora of inscriptions: Diccionario Griego-Español Project (http://dge.cchs.csic.es/lst/2lst3.htm);
for Papyri: Duke Papyrus Archive (http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/papyrus/texts/clist.html).

Submission

• The submitted article must have not been published (printed or e-publication) before, or has not been submitted to another journal or book and is not being evaluated within the publication process. Any images in the article should be in .jpeg or .tiff format with not less than 300 dpi of resolution.
• At the beginning of the article there should be an abstract in written language, consisting of 175 to 250 words. A list of keywords (from 4 to 6 words) should be added to the end of the abstract.
• Each article should contain also a Turkish abstract with keywords (from 4 to 6 words) at the end of the article after Abbreviated Literature. However, this rule does not apply to non-native speakers and our translation office will include the Turkish abstract free of charge.
  
• The submission form wholly requires the author(s)’ name, surname, academic title, institution, address, e-mail, telephone number and ORCID (for a new account visits the official website of ORCID). Within the scope of the studies carried out with cooperation between TÜBİTAK-ULAKBİM and YÖK, it has been decided that the authors should use the ORCID information which has international validity in order to prevent citation problems arising from the name or surname similarities in the scientific studies of scientists and academicians.
• References used in the texts are basically cited as follows: “[Last Name] [year, [page(s)] [(if applicable) Pl./fig. no.)]”.
• In Abbreviated Literature References including the author(s)’ name, title and place of print should be given in the written language of the article.
• Subtitles used in an article should be written in minuscules and in bold. 
• The author(s) who ha(s/ve) several cited works published within the same year should have the reference marked a, b, c etc. in both the footnotes and the Abbreviated Literature.
• Roman numerals are to be used when referring to centuries prior to and including the X century A.D. (IV century B.C., etc.). After the X century A.D. Arabic numerals are to be used e.g. 14^th century.
• Each article submitted for publication is initially examined by the editors of the journal. On the journal editors’ advice, each article is evaluated by at least two referees chosen by the editors as well. The final decision concerning publication is conveyed to the author(s) within a month following the submission of the article.
• The opinion(s) and contents of any article published in PHILIA remain the responsibility of the author(s), not of the journal.

Method of Citing References in PHILIA

1. Monographs (by Single or Two Authors)

In footnote:              [Last Name] [year], [page(s)]; [Last Name] – [Last Name] [year], [page(s)].

¹ Boatwright 2000, 96; Cook – Dupont 1998, 42–45.

In Bibliography:        [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [Title], [Place] [year]; [Initial(s)]. [Last Name] – [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [Title], [Place] [year].

T. Boatwright, Hadrian an the Cities of the Roman Empire, Princeton 2000.

M. Cook – P. Dupont, East Greek Pottery, London – New York 1998.

2. Articles in Journals (by Single or Two Authors)

In footnote:              [Last Name] [year], [page(s)]; [Last Name] – [Last Name] [year], [page(s)].

¹ Kantor 2011, 157; Adak – Kadıoğlu 2017, 32–34.

In Bibliography:        [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [Title], [Journal Abbreviation*] [Vol/Number], [year], [pages]; [Initial(s)]. [Last Name] – [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [Title], [Journal Abbreviation*] [Vol/Number], [year], [pages].

Adak – M. Kadıoğlu, Die Steinbrüche von Teos und «Marmor Luculleum», Philia 3, 2017, 1–43.

Kantor, Procuratorial Jurisdiction in the Lex Portorii Asiae, ZPE 179, 2011, 155–158.

3. Numbered Items in Articles

In text or footnote:   [Last Name] [year], [page(s)] [“no”]. [No].

¹ Avcu – Doğan 2014, 90–91 no. 9.

In Bibliography:        As same format as in the “Articles in Journals”.

Avcu – Y. Doğan, Epigraphic Research around Juliopolis II: New Inscriptions from Nallıhan, Gephyra 11, 2014, 85–99.

^* For the abbreviations of the Journals, the abbreviation list given in “L'Année Philologique” and “CLAROS” should be basically used. Please visit URL: http://www.dge.filol.csic.es/claros/cnc/2cnc3.htm.

4. Articles/Sections in Edited Books (by Single or Two Authors)

In footnote:             [Last Name] [year], [page(s)]; [Last Name] – [Last Name] [year], [page(s)].

¹ Davidson 2006, 36–40; Speidel 2008, 53;  Mitchell – Vandeput 2013, 111.

Kaynakçada:            [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [Title], [“in”]: [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [“(ed(s).)”], [Title], [Place] [year], [pages]; [Initial(s)]. [Last Name] – [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [Title], [“in”]: [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [“(ed(s).)”], [Title], [Place] [year], [pages].

Davidson, Revolutions in Human Time. Age-Class in Athens and the Greekness of Greek Revolution, in: S. Goldhill – R. Osborne (eds.), Rethinking Revolutions through Ancient Greece, Cambridge 2006, 29–67.

Mitchell – L. Vandeput, Sagalassos and the Pisidia Survey Project: In Search of Pisidia’s History, in: J. Poblome (ed.), Exempli gratia. Sagalassos, Marc Waelkens and Interdisciplinary Archaeology, Leuven 2013, 97–118.

A. Speidel, Kappadokien. Vom Königreich zur Provinz, in: I. Piso (ed.), Die römischen Provinzen. Begriff und Gründung, Cluj-Napoca 2008, 51–64.

5. Works by more than two Authors (Monographys, Articles in Journals, Articles/Sections in Edited Books)

In footnote:             [Last Name] [et al.] [year], [page(s)].

¹ Blümel et al. 2009, 159; Strocka et al. 2012, 49–56; Şahin et al. 1983, 42–46; Adak et al. 2015, 98–100 no. 7.

In Bibliography:       For Articles: [Initial(s)]. [Last Name] – [Initial(s)]. [Last Name] – [Initial(s)]. [Title], [Journal Abbreviation] [Vol/Number], [year], [pages];

                                For Monographys: [Initial(s)]. [Last Name] – [Initial(s)]. [Last Name] – [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [Title], [Place] [year].

Blümel – C. Habict – T.C.Brennan, Ehrren für Cn. Domitius Calvinus in Nysa, ZPE 169, 2009, 157–161.

M. Strocka – S. Hoffmann – G. Hiesel, Die Bibliothek von Nysa am Mäander. Forschungen in Nysa am Mäander II, Darmstadt – Mainz 2012.

Şahin – M. A. Işın – M. K. Can, Acht Meilensteine aus Libyssa, EpigrAnat 1, 1983, 41–55.

Adak – E. N. Akdoğu-Arca – M. Oktan, Neue Inschriften aus Side, Philia 1, 2015, 89–122.

6. Ancient Works^*

It is cited according to the work’s own order both within the text and footnote:

[Abbreviation of the Author]. [if available, abbreviation of work]. [book no],[section no],[paragraph no],[line no]. With no space between numbers and comas.

Strab. 14,31,3; Plin. epist. 10,39; Cic. Verr. 1,31,3.

In Bibliography:       Unless a textual analysis in quetion, ancient works shall not be recorded in the bibliography!

^* For the abbreviations of the Ancient Authors or of their works, the abbreviation list given in Der Neue Pauly (DNP) should be basically used.

7. Corpora^*

For citing numbered items within the text and footnote:         [Abbreviation of Corpus] [Vol.] [No].

For citing a page within the text and footnote:                      [Abbreviation of Corpus] [Vol.], [“p”]. [Page].

If citing numbered items:        TAM II 51; INikaia 68;  IEryth. 51        

If citing a page:                     TAM II, p. 51; INikaia, s. 66 (or INikaia I, p. 66); IEryth. p. 51 (or IEryth. I, p. 51)

In Bibliography:                     Well-known Corpora shall not be recorded in the bibliography!

^* For the abbreviations of the Corpora concerning inscripitons, the abbreviation list given in “Diccionario griego-español” should be basically used. Please visit URL: http://dge.cchs.csic.es/lst/2lst3.htm.

For Papyri Corpora, the abbreviation list given in “Duke Papyrus Archive” should be basically used. Please visit URL: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/papyrus/texts/clist.html.

8. Monographs under Occasional Publications - Supplements – Thesis/Dissertations

In footnote:             [Last Name] [year], [page(s)].                

¹ Feissel 1983, 68; Marek – Adak 2016, 76 no. 82; Vitale 2012, 92; Strang 2007, 43–93.

In Bibliography:       As occasion requires, as same format as in “Monographys” or “Edited Books”. “[(Serie Name (abbrev.) / (Supplement)] [No])]” or, if a dissertation is in question, “[(Unpubl. Diss.)]” clauses need to be added to the end of relevant works.

Feissel, Recueil des inscriptions chrétiennes de Macédoine du IIIe au Vie siècle, Paris 1983 (BCH Supplément VIII).

Chr. Marek – M. Adak, Epigraphische Forschungen in Bithynien, Paphlagonien, Galatien und Pontus, Istanbul 2016 (Philia Supplement 2).

Vitale, Eparchia und Koinon in Kleinasien von der ausgehenden Republik bis ins 3. Jh. n. Chr., Bonn 2012 (AMS 67).

R. Strang, The City of Dionysos: A Social and Historical Study of the Ionian City of Teos, Ann Arbor 2007 (Unpubl. Diss.).

9. Book Reviews

In footnote:             [Soyad] [yıl], [sayfa(lar)]     

¹ Stauner 2015, 183

In Bibliography:        [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [Title], [“by”] [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [Journal Abbreviation] [Vol/Number], [year], [pages].

Stauner, Eine Wüstenstadt. Leben und Kultur in einer ägyptischen Oase im 4. Jahrhundert n. Chr., by. Roger S. Bagnall, Philia 1, 2015, 183–185.

10. Published Papers presented in Congress - Symposium

In fooftnote:            [Last Name] [year, [page(s)]

¹ Haensch 1997, 340;

In Bibliography:        [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [Title], [“in”]: [Initial(s)]. [Soyad] [(“ed(s).”)], [Name of the Congress /  Symosium] [its Place], [its Date], [Place] [year], [pages].

Haensch, Zur Konventsordnung in Aegyptus und den übrigen Provinzen des römischen Reiches, in: B. Kramer (ed.), Akten des 21. Internationalen Papyrologenkongresses Berlin, 13–19 August 1995, Vol. 1, Stuttgart 1997, 320–391.

11. Citation for an Author with more than one work within the same year

In footnote:             [Last Name] [year] [“a”], [page(s)]   

¹ Coşkun 2013a, 156; Coşkun 2013b, 82–86.

In Bibliography:       As occasion requires, as same format as in “Monographys”, “Articles in Journals” or “Articles/Sections in Edited Books”.

Coşkun, War der Galaterkönig Deiotaros ein Städtegründer? Neue Vorschläge zu einigen kleinasiatischen Toponymen auf Sin-/Syn-, Gephyra 10, 2013, 152–162.

Coşkun, Histoire par les noms in the Heartland of Galatia (3rd Century BC–AD 3rd Century, in: R. Parker (ed.), Personal Names in Ancient Anatolia, Oxford 2013, 79–106 (Proceedings of the British Academy 191).

12. Articles in Encyclopedia – Work of Standard Reference

In footnote:             [Last Name] [year], [page(s)]              

¹ Ruge 1934, 545; Welwei 2002, 602.

In Bibliography:       [Initial(s)]. [Last Name], [“s.v.”] [Title], [“in”]: [Abbreviation of Work] [Vol.] [No], [year], [pages].

Ruge, s.v. Teos, RE V/A, 1934, 539–570.

K.-W. Welwei, s.v. Timuchos (τιμοῦχος), in: DNP 12/1, 2002, 602.

 
Bibliography^*

Bibliography is created at the same page where the main text of the article ends. The bibliography is titled “Abbreviated Literature” for the article written in English and “Abgekürzt zitierte Litertur” for the article written in German.

^* Considering an article in which all above given examples concerning the citations are used, the bibliography of the article needs to be created as follows:

Abbreviated Literature / Abgekürzt zitierte Literatur 

Other Suggested Abbreviations

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