| i. | Geographical area | Eastern Asia Minor |
| ii. | Region | Cilicia |
| iii. | Site | Mopsuestia |
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CAPInv. 1025: Seliadneis
I. LOCATION
II. NAME
| i. | Full name (original language) | Σελιαδνεῖς (Sayar 2004a: 238, nos. 33 34) |
| ii. | Full name (transliterated) | Seliadneis |
III. DATE
| i. | Date(s) | 16 / 17 AD |
IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY
| ii. | Name elements |
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V. SOURCES
| i. | Source(s) |
Sayar 2004a: 238, no. 33. Sayar 2004a: 238, no. 34. |
| Note |
See also: SEG 54: 1510 SEG 54: 1511 Sayar 2004c: 457 Şahin 2009: 224 |
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| i.a. | Source type(s) | Epigraphic source(s) |
| i.b. | Document(s) typology & language/script | Dedications in Greek to Athena Oreia. |
| i.c. | Physical format(s) |
Rectangular block broken on the left (Sayar 2004a: 238, no. 33). Rock-cut inscription (Sayar 2004a: 238, no. 34). |
| ii. | Source(s) provenance |
Found 200 m in the south of the village Kütüklü (Sayar 2004a: 238, no. 33). On the western slope of Dede Dağı in front of a cave with several cultic niches inside (Sayar 2004a: 238, no. 34). |
VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE
| ii. | References to buildings/objects | One of the inscriptions possibly mentions horoi, but the reading of the line is problematic and the context unclear (Sayar 2004a: 238, no. 33, cf. SEG 54: 1510). |
X. ACTIVITIES
| iii. | Worship | The Seliadneis dedicated to Athena Oreia, in one of the inscriptions a κύκλος, kyklos, in the inscription Sayar 2004a: 238, no. 34. |
| Deities worshipped |
Athena Oreia For Athena Oreia cf. Sayar 2004b: 183-5. |
XII. NOTES
| i. | Comments |
The find spots of the two inscriptions are only a few kilometres apart. Maybe they belong to the same sanctuary (Sayar 2004b: 184). The Seliadneis are the inhabitants of a village nearby or members of an association worshipping Athena Oreia in this part of Plain Cilicia. The inscription Sayar 2004a: 238, no. 33 ist dated to the year 85 (= 16/17 A.D., era of Mopsuestia: 68/67 B.C.). The second inscription is probably dated to the same year ([π]δ’ ἔτους, 84 etous). |
| iii. | Bibliography |
Sayar, M.H. (2004a), ‘V. Appendix: Inschriften’, in K. Ehling, D. Pohl and M.H. Sayar (eds.), Kulturbegegnung in einem Brückenland. Gottheiten und Kulte als Indikatoren von Akkulturationsprozessen im Ebenen Kilikien. Bonn. Sayar, M.H. (2004b), ‘Berg- und Wettergottheiten’, in K. Ehling, D. Pohl and M.H. Sayar (eds.), Kulturbegegnung in einem Brückenland. Gottheiten und Kulte als Indikatoren von Akkulturationsprozessen im Ebenen Kilikien. Bonn: 174-89. Sayar, M.H. (2004c), ‘Athena Oreia’, in H. Heftner and K. Tomaschitz (eds.), Ad Fontes! Festschrift für Gerhard Dobesch zum fünfundsechzigsten Geburtstag am 14. September 2004, Vienna: 455-66. Şahin, H. (2009), ‘A new dedication to Athena from Diocaesarea (Uzunburç)’, Adalya 12: 221-30. |
XIII. EVALUATION
| i. | Private association | Possible |
| Note | The Seliadneis are the inhabitants of a village nearby or members of an association worshipping Athena Oreia in this part of Plain Cilicia. | |
| ii. | Historical authenticity | Certain |
