Sözde Kommagene Dynast Era’sı

Öz

Yazar makalesinde Kommagene Dynast Era’sının varlığını tartışmaktadır. Bölgenin M.Ö. 2. yüzyılda Seleukos İmpa­ratorluğu’ndan ayrılmasıyla başlayan bir Kommagene Era’sı düşüncesinin, Hellenistik Dö­nem ve Roma’nın egemen olduğu Yakın Doğu üzerine çalışan uzmanlar arasında oldukça yaygın­laşmış bir düşünce olduğunu belirtmektedir. Bu önerinin öncelikle, M.Ö. 163/162 yıllarını hesap ede­rek Kom­magene sikkelerinde görünen harf grubunu açıklayan Victor Langlois ve ardından Richard Sul­li­­­­van ve Henry Seyrig’e kadar geriye gittiğini vurgulamaktadır. Facella ise daha önceki ve günü­müz­deki nümiz­matik ve epigrafik verileri inceleyip yeniden değerlendirerek bu verilerin niçin sağlam temel­lere da­yandırılamadığını açıklamaktadır. Kommagene yazıtlarının tarihlendirilebilir olanlarında yaygın ola­rak Seleukos Era’sı kullanılmaktadır. 2. yy.ın ortasına kadar Seleukos İmparatorluğu’nun bir parçası ol­ması neticesinde Kommagene’liler onların tarih sistemini kendilerine adapte etmişler ve bu sistemi ola­­­­sılıkla bağımsız olduklarında da kullanmaya devam etmişlerdir. Roma İmparatorluk Dönemi’nde ise her ne kadar başka era’lar söz konusu olsa da Seleukos tarihlendirme sistemi Yakın Doğu’nun başka böl­­gelerinde de olduğu gibi çok uzun süre kullanılmaya devam etmiştir. Sonuç olarak, yazar Komma­gene’ye ait bir dynast Era’sının varlığına ilişkin bir delilden söz edilemeyeceğini belirtmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Kommagene,dinastlar,Seleukos Krallığı,sikkeler,era

The Alleged Dynastic Era of Commagene

Öz

The idea of a Commagenian era, beginning with the secession of this territory from the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century B.C., is quite widespread among specialists of the Hellenistic and Roman Near East. The suggestion goes back to Henry Seyrig, Richard Sullivan and before them Victor Langlois, who explained group of letters appearing on Commagenian coins as dates, reckoning from the year 163/162 B.C. This contribution analyses old and new numismatic and epigraphic evidence, showing that at present there is no proof of the existence of a Commagenian dynastic era.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Commagene,dynasts,Seleucid Empire,coins,era

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