Carian MonumentsC.Ke 1–2 Two limestone stele fragments, both belonging to the same funerary monument, were found in Keramos. Both fragments have the same five characters, which Adiego suggests reading “one year” or “first year”. The fragments are preserved in the Bodrum Museum. (→)1 | usoτ C.Ke 3(?) Mengefe The inscription was discovered in 2008 during rescue … Read more
C.La 1 The Attic black-gloss bowl incised (after firing) with a Carian graffito on the underside of its base was found in 2007 at Burgaz Kale, a large fortress located approximately 3 km southwest of the Sanctuary of Labraunda. The text is interpreted as a personal name. The bowl has been dated to the second … Read more
C.Mi 1 This inscription was found in 1983 during deep soundings conducted under the Heroon III, a Roman-era peristyle structure in the city center of Milet (ancient Miletos), but its Carian character was only identified in 2003. The text is a graffito incised after firing on the underside of the base of a small Atticizing … Read more
C.Hd 1 The inscription was discovered during clandestine excavations in the village of Damlıboğaz (ancient Hydai), located near Mylasa. It is carved into the shoulder of a pottery oinochoe (wine jug) that was likely part of a burial assemblage. The vessel is now a centerpiece of the Sadberk Hanım Museum in Istanbul (Inv. Ark … Read more
The Carian graffiti from Sardis represent some of the oldest evidence of the Carian script in Asia Minor. C.I 1 to C.I 6 were found during excavations in Sardis between 1961 and 1966. While their Carian character is beyond doubt, they are highly fragmentary and feature an informal, irregular style of writing that complicates linguistic … Read more
C.Kal 1 The inscription on an ostracon from a painted geometric vessel was discovered in 1938 by the archaeologist M. Segre within the Sanctuary of Apollo on the island of Kalymnos. The ostracon is inscribed on both sides. Paleographically, the text is significant for its unusual forms of the letters e and λ. The ostracon … Read more
C.xx 1 The engraved bronze phiale (a shallow votive bowl) measuring 4.6 cm in height and 11.5 cm in diameter is of unknown exact origin. It was acquired through the antiques trade but scholars have suggested it may originate from a sanctuary of the god Natr- (identified with Apollo), potentially in the region of Halicarnassus. … Read more
C.Kn 1 This extremely fragmentary inscription was discovered in 1932 by Alfred Laumonier during his travels in Caria. It was found in the region of Kindye on the road to Bodrum, where it had been built into a pile of stones from the demolition of several modern houses. The inscription is carved onto the architrave … Read more
C.Ka 1 Discovered in 1948 at a location called Mezargediği west of Kaunos by G. E. Bean, this marble stone lintel (77 x 48 x 46 cm) from a destroyed tomb bears a four-line funerary inscription that might be read “(Tomb) of Psuśol, the son of Mal” (Adiego 2007). It is kept at the depot … Read more
The Carian inscriptions from Memphis and Saqqâra consists almost entirely of funerary steles bearing incised inscriptions beloning to the Carian mercenaries, who were employed by the pharaohs, starting with Psamtik (Psammethicus) I in the 7th century BCE as mentioned by Herodotus (Herodotus I, 151). The stelea and the few other objects of funerary nature must … Read more
