The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor indicating a Boundary Inscription

Volume: 2 May 15, 2005
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The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor indicating a Boundary Inscription

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The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor indicating a Boundary Inscription

The author aims to show that altars too were used for marking boundaries. In a first step altars from various regions in Asia Minor are presented, whose function as boundary stones is confirmed by the inscriptions on them. Proceeding from this evidence, Akdoğu Arca assumes that even small altars mentioning a deity in the genitive case served as boundary markers. To support this view, she adduces similar stelae whose inscriptions confirm this function. Large numbers of such small altars and stelae appear to have been buried in the ground along property boundaries, evidently as a precaution against boundary usurpation.

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May 15, 2005

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January 4, 2005

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Year 2005 Volume: 2

APA
Akdoğu Arca, E. (2005). The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor indicating a Boundary Inscription. Gephyra, 2, 47-58. https://izlik.org/JA56BG33AU
AMA
1.Akdoğu Arca E. The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor indicating a Boundary Inscription. GEPHYRA. 2005;2:47-58. https://izlik.org/JA56BG33AU
Chicago
Akdoğu Arca, Ebru. 2005. “The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor Indicating a Boundary Inscription”. Gephyra 2 (May): 47-58. https://izlik.org/JA56BG33AU.
EndNote
Akdoğu Arca E (May 1, 2005) The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor indicating a Boundary Inscription. Gephyra 2 47–58.
IEEE
[1]E. Akdoğu Arca, “The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor indicating a Boundary Inscription”, GEPHYRA, vol. 2, pp. 47–58, May 2005, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA56BG33AU
ISNAD
Akdoğu Arca, Ebru. “The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor Indicating a Boundary Inscription”. Gephyra 2 (May 1, 2005): 47-58. https://izlik.org/JA56BG33AU.
JAMA
1.Akdoğu Arca E. The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor indicating a Boundary Inscription. GEPHYRA. 2005;2:47–58.
MLA
Akdoğu Arca, Ebru. “The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor Indicating a Boundary Inscription”. Gephyra, vol. 2, May 2005, pp. 47-58, https://izlik.org/JA56BG33AU.
Vancouver
1.Ebru Akdoğu Arca. The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor indicating a Boundary Inscription. GEPHYRA [Internet]. 2005 May 1;2:47-58. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA56BG33AU