C.St 1
This inscription was found in 1946 by Louis Robert at Stratonikeia. It is inscribed on a marble block (14.5 x 32 x 28 cm), though its exact original architectural context is unconfirmed and the current whereabouts of this inscription are unknown. The text consists of six lines of Carian script that appear to be a list of personal names. The inscription probably dates to the 4th or 3rd century BCE.
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1 […]seλša[..]a[….]omś
2 […]som[n?]e βrsiś ula[….]oλ
3 […]latmneś śysñaλ[…]
4 […] ariš maqλyś[…]
5 […]seλš piks[…]
6 […]seλš p[…]
C.St 2
Discovered in the summer of 1976 by Çetin Şahin at Stratonikeia, this marble block (28 x 24 x 26 cm) evidently originated from the walls of an important structure, possibly the Temple of Zeus Chrysaoreus, as it was customary in the region to write on temple walls. On the upper part of the block there is a seven-line Carian inscription, a list of personal names, while the lower part contains five lines of Greek text belonging to a letter of Seleucus I from the early 3rd century BCE. The stone was re-used as an epitaph in the late Roman period. It was housed in the depot of Stratonikeia but since then it might have been moved to Muğla Museum.
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1 uśoλś uodr ou u[…]
2 muteś yme𐋃us[…]
3 k̑diyeś uodr yia[…]
4 uliade piδaru[…]
5 mañšqaraTśrλx[…]
6 δaršqemorms[…]
7 Tδašqeδormñs[…]
References:
Adiego, I.- J. 2007. The Carian Language, Leiden/Boston. (C.St 1– C.St 2)
Deroy, L. 1955. “Les inscriptions cariennes de Carie,” L’Antiquité Classique 24, 305–335. (318–319)
Robert, L. 1950. “Inscriptions inédites en langue carienne,” Hellenica VIII, 5–22 and plts. I–XXX. (16 and plt. VI)
Şahin, M. Ç. 1980. “A Carian and three Greek inscriptions from Stratonikeia,” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 39, 205–213.
Images:
L. Robert, 1950
M. Ç. Şahin, 1980
I.-J. Adiego, 2007