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A New Agonistic Honorific Inscription for Dioteimos from Termessos
Abstract
This article presents a new agonistic inscription belonging to Dioteimos, son of Artemon, from Termessos. Ferit Baz discovered the inscription on the colonnaded street during the epigraphic survey conducted in Termessos in 2017. It mentions the names of Dioteimos, son of Artemon, who won the wrestling competition in the boys’ category, and the proboulos Hermaios. According to Heberdey’s stemma, the inscription is dated to ca. AD 180, as proboulos Hermaios is listed as belonging to the seventh generation. The most famous place in the city to erect monuments was the colonnaded street (as a locus celeberrimus) where the wrestlers also seem to have had favorable locations for their monuments. The most interesting situation of the pedestal is that the inscribed surface is not oriented towards the street. The inscribed surface faces the other architectural elements on the side. It is most likely that the pedestal of the statue was turned on its side in antiquity for unknown reasons. In this rotated state, the inscription is difficult to see and read. This situation is unusual since most inscriptions in and around the colonnaded street in Termessos are in situ. The pedestal of the statue is probably in its original position. However, this sideways rotation must have significantly diminished the representational value of the honorific monument. On the other hand, the Termessians must have been aware of the importance of the visual presence of their statues and their pedestals. The fact that the pedestal has been rotated in this way suggests that there may have been some changes in the erection and positioning of the pedestals on the colonnaded street at Termessos. This situation should always be taken into consideration.
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Thanks
We would like to express our gratitude to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Cul-tural Heritage and Museums, Department of Excavations and Research, for granting permission to conduct this research. Our sincere thank also goes to Emin Torunlar (2017), who participated in the research on be-half of the Ministry and contributed significantly to the fieldwork. We are also deeply grateful to Mimar Si-nan Fine Arts University Scientific Research Projects Coordination (BAP) for their financial support. Addi-tionally, we extend our heartfelt thanks to Prof. Dr. A. Vedat Çelgin (Emeritus, Istanbul University, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Erten (Istanbul University), and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Filiz Dingil Cluzeau (Istanbul University) for their invaluable comments and guidance. At the same time, we would like to thank Dr. Aykan Akçay for aerial photo and Res. Ass. Mustafa Turan Kaval (MSGSÜ) for arrangements on the photo. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the editors of Gephyra for their kind assistance in the publication of this article.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Ancient History (Other)
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
November 11, 2025
Submission Date
July 16, 2025
Acceptance Date
August 12, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 30
APA
Baz, F., & Öztürk, H. S. (2025). A New Agonistic Honorific Inscription for Dioteimos from Termessos. Gephyra, 30, 71-78. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1743309
AMA
1.Baz F, Öztürk HS. A New Agonistic Honorific Inscription for Dioteimos from Termessos. GEPHYRA. 2025;30:71-78. doi:10.37095/gephyra.1743309
Chicago
Baz, Ferit, and Hüseyin Sami Öztürk. 2025. “A New Agonistic Honorific Inscription for Dioteimos from Termessos”. Gephyra 30 (November): 71-78. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1743309.
EndNote
Baz F, Öztürk HS (November 1, 2025) A New Agonistic Honorific Inscription for Dioteimos from Termessos. Gephyra 30 71–78.
IEEE
[1]F. Baz and H. S. Öztürk, “A New Agonistic Honorific Inscription for Dioteimos from Termessos”, GEPHYRA, vol. 30, pp. 71–78, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.37095/gephyra.1743309.
ISNAD
Baz, Ferit - Öztürk, Hüseyin Sami. “A New Agonistic Honorific Inscription for Dioteimos from Termessos”. Gephyra 30 (November 1, 2025): 71-78. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1743309.
JAMA
1.Baz F, Öztürk HS. A New Agonistic Honorific Inscription for Dioteimos from Termessos. GEPHYRA. 2025;30:71–78.
MLA
Baz, Ferit, and Hüseyin Sami Öztürk. “A New Agonistic Honorific Inscription for Dioteimos from Termessos”. Gephyra, vol. 30, Nov. 2025, pp. 71-78, doi:10.37095/gephyra.1743309.
Vancouver
1.Ferit Baz, Hüseyin Sami Öztürk. A New Agonistic Honorific Inscription for Dioteimos from Termessos. GEPHYRA. 2025 Nov. 1;30:71-8. doi:10.37095/gephyra.1743309