Inscriptions of Elaea and Lebedus

Authors : George Ewart BEAN

Pages : 585-598

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Publication Date : 1965-10-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The existence of the following inscriptions was brought to my knowledge by İbrahim Gürcan of Kazıkbağları, a hamlet on the site of ancient Elaea in Aeolis. At a house in a field on the site of Elaea, said to have been found on the acropolis hill of the city. When I visited the house in October 1964 the stone had recently been buried under the new season`s tobacco crop and was quite inaccessible; for the following text and other details I am therefore indebted to a copy previously taken by Ibrahim Gürcan. For a villager`s work the copy is unusually good, and the writing is evidently well preserved. I have tacitly corrected the small and obvious errors of the copy; at one point only is it seriously defective. The stone is said to be 0.52 m. broad and 0.26 m. `thick` insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ie., probably, high);; height of letters 1 cm.
Keywords : Inscriptions, Elaea, Lebedus, Kazıkbağları, Athena Temple, Exetestai, Demostratos