Phrygia in Antiquity: From the Bronze Age to the Byzantine Period: Proceedings of an International Conference 'The Phrygian Lands Over Time: From ... 2nd-8th November, 2015 (Colloquia Antiqua)

This volume publishes 33 papers from the international conference 'The Phrygian Lands over Time: From Prehistory to the Middle of the First Millennium AD', held at Anadolu University in Eskisehir in November 2015. It is arranged in two parts - 'From Midas to Christianity' and 'From Region to Sites' - plus an Introduction. The first part is more general, opening with six papers that touch on various aspects of Midas, moving on through the Achaemenid to Byzantine periods, linguistics, onomastics and epigraphy, borders, pottery and architecture, etc. the second part focuses on individual regions and sites (such as Aizanoi, Bogazkoy, Kerkenes, Dorylaion, Midas City, Pessinus, etc.) from the Early Bronze Age to the Roman Period, including ethnic composition, the cult of Cybele and recent results. The Introduction examines recent scholarship on Phrygia and the problems we face. Cover Title Page Copyright TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION PRE-HELLENISTIC PHRYGIA: SOME MATTERS IN DEBATE PHRYGIA: BETWEEN EAST AND WEST PHRYGIA AND HELLENISM: PHRYGIAN INTERACTIONS WITH ASIA MINOR GREEKS, 8TH–6TH CENTURIES BC MIDAS AND MATAR: THE INTERTWINING OF PHRYGIAN POLITICS AND CULT* TO DRINK BULL’S BLOOD: AN ANALYSIS OF THE STORY OF MIDAS THE ‘GOLDEN’ MIDAS: PHRYGIAN METALWORKING IN EARLY AND MIDDLE IRON AGE* MIDAS IN THE TROJAN WAR: REFRACTIONS OF THE ARCHETYPAL PHRYGIAN KING IN THE TROJAN ALLIES GLAUCUS, SARPEDON, NASTES AND AMPHIMAC THE LUWIAN ORIGIN OF THE PHRYGIAN IMPRECATIONS* THE EASTERN BORDER OF PHRYGIA ACTIVATING THE ACHAEMENID LANDSCAPE: THE BROKEN LION TOMB (YILAN TAŞ) AND THE PHRYGIAN HIGHLANDS IN THE ACHAEMENID PERIOD ROMAN SENATORS FROM PHRYGIA ROMAN FINE WARE PRODUCTION AND CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL TURKEY* PHRYGIA IN THE BYZANTINE PERIOD AND THE CONTINUITY OF THE ROCK-CUT ARCHITECTURE TRADITION OF THE REGION FROM THE PAGAN TO THE CHRISTIAN WORLD IN THE CENTRES OF PHRYGIA EPIKTETOS: IS THERE ANY ‘TRANSFORMATION’ OR ‘TRANSITION’ PERIOD DECIPHERING PHRYGIAN: BLIND ALLEYS AND VIABLE WAYS PHRYGIAN PERSONAL NAMES IN PHRYGIAN INSCRIPTIONS* REMARQUES SUR L’ONOMASTIQUE ET L’ACCULTURATION EN PHRYGIE PARORÉE THE ESKIŞEHIR REGION IN THE EARLY BRONZE AGE THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE LAYER OF SEYİTÖMER HÖYÜK – THE WEST END OF THE PHRYGIAN REGION IRON AGE BURIAL CUSTOMS IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA: THE VIEW FROM BOĞAZKÖY* IRON AGE POTTERY FROM SULUCA KARAHÖYÜK AND ITS POSSIBILITY OF BEING ‘PHRYGIAN’ THE ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF THE HALYS BASIN AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA IN PROTOHISTORICAL TIMES AND THE IRON AGE* THE CULT OF CYBELE IN HIERAPOLIS OF PHRYGIA* MIDAS CITY IN PHRYGIA: SMALL HORIZONTAL RELIEFS BETWEEN IDOLS AND STEP MONUMENTS THE NORTH NECROPOLIS AND A SOLDIER’S GRAVE FROM AIZANOI IN PHRYGIA KERKENES AND PHRYGIA: OLD AND NEW DIRECTIONS OF RESEARCH* STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE AT ŞARHÖYÜK/DORYLAION: AN OVERVIEW ŞARHÖYÜK (DORYLAION) DURING THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD* STUDIES ON HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN POTTERY FROM THE KANLITAŞ SURVEY THE ‘TEMPLE STATE’ OF PHRYGIAN PESSINUS IN THE CONTEXT OF SELEUCID, ATTALID, GALATIAN AND ROMAN HEGEMONIC POLITICS (3RD–1ST CENT BENEATH PESSINUS: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSIGHTS FROM NON-INVASIVE INVESTIGATIONS PESSINUS: UNRAVELLING THE URBAN ARMATURE* LATE ROMAN FORTIFICATIONS IN GALATIA MONUMENTALITY UPON LOGOS: TOMB ARCHITECTURE IN THE SACRED AREA OF PHRYGIA, SIGNIFICANCE AND NEW INTERPRETATIONS ABSTRACTS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS INDEX This volume publishes 34 papers from the international conference 'The Phrygian Lands over Time: From Prehistory to the Middle of the First Millennium AD', held at Anadolu University in Eskisehir in November 2015. It is arranged in two parts - 'From Midas to Christianity' and 'From Region to Sites' - plus an Introduction. The first part is more general, opening with six papers that touch on various aspects of Midas, moving on through the Achaemenid to Byzantine periods, linguistics, onomastics and epigraphy, borders, pottery and architecture, etc. the second part focuses on individual regions and sites (such as Aizanoi, Bogazköy, Kerkenes, Dorylaion, Midas City, Pessinus, etc.) from the Early Bronze Age to the Roman Period, including ethnic composition, the cult of Cybele and recent results. The Introduction examines recent scholarship on Phrygia and the problems we face