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A New Pankration Inscription from Attouda<\/h3>\n

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LIBRI <\/em>XI (2025) 235-243
\n<\/strong>Received Date<\/strong>: 11.11.2025 | Acceptance Date<\/strong>:<\/strong> 27.11.2025
\nDOI: <\/strong>10.5281\/zenodo.18038295<\/a>
\nOnline Publication Date: <\/strong>23.12.2025<\/p>\n

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Abstract: <\/strong>This paper presents the editio princeps<\/em> of a newly discovered agonistic inscription from Attouda, commemorating Marcus Aurelius Eutykhos II, recorded as victor in the men\u2019s pankration at games designated as Olympia. The inscription, carved on a marble base unearthed during the 2025 excavations in the area known as A\u015fa\u011f\u0131 Mezarl\u0131k (\u201cLower Cemetery,\u201d cadastral block 126, parcel 82), constitutes the fourth known pankration text from Attouda. To date, eleven agonistic inscriptions, most of them relating to combat sports (pankration and pale<\/em>), have been documented from the site, marking an unusually prominent epigraphic interest in athletic commemoration for a modest inland city. The new text, taken together with the three previously published pankratiasts (M. Aurelius Attikos Alexandros, M. Aurelius Karminios Kataplous, and Alexandros, grandson of Attikos), points to a sustained local tradition of athletic training and success over a period of roughly five decades (ca. 215-265 CE). Onomastic evidence places this group in the post\u2013Constitutio Antoniniana<\/em> era, when the gentilicium<\/em> Aurelius became widespread across the eastern provinces. The inscription of Eutykhos, with its concise formula and absence of civic honorifics, illustrates both the prestige attached to these contests and Attouda\u2019s participation in the broader agonistic networks of Roman Asia Minor most plausibly at the level of regional isolympic festivals rather than the Panhellenic games.<\/p>\n

Keywords:<\/strong> Attouda, Phrygia, Karia, Agonistic Inscription, Pankration, Constitutio Antoniniana<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00d6z: <\/strong>Bu makale, Attouda\u2019dan ele ge\u00e7en yeni bir agonistik yaz\u0131t\u0131n ilk bilimsel yay\u0131m\u0131n\u0131 (editio princeps<\/em>) sunmaktad\u0131r. Yaz\u0131t, erkekler pankration yar\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131nda \u2018Olympia\u2019 olarak adland\u0131r\u0131lan oyunlarda zafer kazanm\u0131\u015f Marcus Aurelius Eutykhos II\u2019yi anmaktad\u0131r. Yaz\u0131t, 2025 kaz\u0131 sezonunda A\u015fa\u011f\u0131 Mezarl\u0131k olarak bilinen alanda (kadastral 126 ada, 82 parsel) a\u00e7\u0131\u011fa \u00e7\u0131kar\u0131lan mermer bir kaide \u00fczerine kaz\u0131nm\u0131\u015f olup, Attouda’dan bilinen d\u00f6rd\u00fcnc\u00fc pankration yaz\u0131t\u0131d\u0131r. Bug\u00fcne kadar kentten toplam on bir agonistik yaz\u0131t belgelenmi\u015ftir; bunlar\u0131n \u00e7o\u011fu pankration ve pale<\/em> gibi d\u00f6v\u00fc\u015f sporlar\u0131yla ili\u015fkilidir. Bu durum, k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck bir i\u00e7 b\u00f6lge yerle\u015fimi i\u00e7in dikkate de\u011fer bir atletik an\u0131tla\u015fma prati\u011fine i\u015faret eder. Yeni yaz\u0131t, daha \u00f6nce yay\u0131mlanm\u0131\u015f \u00fc\u00e7 pankratiast (M. Aurelius Attikos Alexandros, M. Aurelius Karminios Kataplous ve Attikos\u2019un torunu Alexandros) ile birlikte de\u011ferlendirildi\u011finde, yakla\u015f\u0131k elli y\u0131la (yakla\u015f\u0131k MS 215-265) yay\u0131lan bir atletik gelenek ortaya koyar. Onomastik veriler, bu grubun Constitutio Antoniniana<\/em> (MS 212) sonras\u0131na tarihlendi\u011fini, Aurelius gentilicium<\/em>\u2019unun yayg\u0131nla\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131 d\u00f6neme ait oldu\u011funu g\u00f6sterir. Eutykhos\u2019un yaz\u0131t\u0131n\u0131n k\u0131sa ve \u00f6z form\u00fcl\u00fc, hem bu yar\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131n yerel d\u00fczeydeki prestijini hem de Attouda\u2019n\u0131n Roma D\u00f6nemi K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck Asyas\u0131\u2019ndaki agonistik a\u011flara, muhtemelen Panhellenik de\u011fil, b\u00f6lgesel isolympik festivaller arac\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131yla kat\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 g\u00f6stermektedir.<\/p>\n

Anahtar s\u00f6zc\u00fckler:<\/strong> Attouda, Phrygia, Karia, Agonistik Yaz\u0131t, Pankration, Constitutio Antoniniana<\/em><\/p>\n

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