aegean-okra:Midas City in Yazılıkaya village, Eskişehir, TurkeyThe archaeological site of the so-cal
aegean-okra:Midas City in Yazılıkaya village, Eskişehir, TurkeyThe archaeological site of the so-called Midas City is situated in the Eskişehir region in Central Anatolia, near the village of Yazılıkaya (which in Turkish means “inscribed rock"). With a few exceptions, most of the Phrygian rock-cut monuments for which the site has become famous, date back to the 6th century BCE. The most prominent part of the Midas Monument is a high rock-cut facade with an incised decoration apparently showing a pedimented temple front with acroteria, faced with terra cotta and with a niche at the bottom center. The niche’s walls bear graffiti reading Matar (Mother, i.e. the goddess Cybele) and it probably held a statue of Cybele. The monument carries a dedication in Old Phrygian by Ates son of Arkias to Midas (ΜΙΔΑΙ ϜΑΝΑΚΤΕΙ). -- source link
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