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
Labraunda was the principal extra-urban sanctuary of the Carian city of Mylasa (modern Milas), situated at an altitude of approximately 750 meters in the Latmos mountains. While functionally a religious center dedicated to Zeus Labraundos, it served simultaneously as a political assembly point for the Carian region, reaching its architectural apogee under the Hecatomnid dynasty … Read more
