A third Lydian inscription from Aphrodisias
Abstract An inscribed stone bearing portions of a Lydian inscription was rediscovered in Summer 2024 during the cleaning of a storeroom of the Aphrodisias Museum. Although the text is very fragmentary, it clarifies the paradigm of the Lydian word qaλmλu- ‘king’ and adds to evidence that Lydian was being written in Aphrodisias when Anatolia was under Achaemenid rule.
Authors
- Felipe Rojas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0240-4714)
- Özge Acar
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
- University of West Attica (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kadmos
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1515/kadmos-2025-0006
- Primary Topic
- Ancient Near East History
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00