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A New Inscribed Bronze Bowl Dedicated to Megale Thea Demeter from Arykanda<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/sub><\/strong> Fatih YILMAZ<\/strong><\/a>
\n\"\"<\/sub><\/strong> Hacer SANCAKTAR<\/strong><\/a>
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LIBRI <\/em>XII (2026) 49-65
\n<\/strong>Received:<\/strong> 19.05.2026 | Accepted<\/strong>:<\/strong> 24.06.2026
\nDOI: <\/strong>10.5281\/zenodo.21134137<\/a>
\nOnline Publication Date:<\/strong> 11.07.2026<\/p>\n

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Abstract:<\/strong> This article presents an inscribed bronze votive bowl discovered in 2019 within a building complex associated with the Sebasteion (Room M5) at the acropolis of Arykanda. The multifunctional nature of the building complex, along with the associated finds, indicates that the area served as a hybrid space where ritual practices and daily life intertwined. Dating to the 2nd\u20133rd centuries CE, the inscribed bowl provides the only evidence to date of the goddess Demeter in the city’s pantheon. The bowl extends the geographical distribution of the cult of Demeter in Lycia eastward and into the interior. The incised inscription on the bowl bears the epithet Megale Thea (Great Goddess), hitherto unattested for Demeter in Lycia. This epithet reflects the rhetoric of religious exaltation prevalent in Roman Imperial Asia Minor. The dedicator, Theo[d]amos, identifies himself as an oikonomos (steward\/administrator), suggesting he may have been an official attached to either the city or a cult organisation.<\/p>\n

Keywords:<\/strong> Arykanda, Demeter, Megale Thea, Bronze Bowl, Oikonomos<\/p>\n

\u00d6z:<\/strong> Makale, 2019 y\u0131l\u0131nda Arykanda akropolisinde, Sebasteion’a ba\u011fl\u0131 bir yap\u0131 kompleksinde (M5 No.lu mek\u00e2n) ke\u015ffedilen yaz\u0131tl\u0131 bronz bir adak kab\u0131n\u0131 tan\u0131tmaktad\u0131r. Yap\u0131 kompleksinin \u00e7ok i\u015flevli do\u011fas\u0131, ele ge\u00e7en buluntularla birlikte, alan\u0131n rit\u00fcel pratikler ile g\u00fcnl\u00fck ya\u015fam\u0131n i\u00e7 i\u00e7e ge\u00e7ti\u011fi hibrit bir mek\u00e2n olarak hizmet verdi\u011fini g\u00f6stermektedir. MS 2.\u20133. y\u00fczy\u0131llara tarihlenen yaz\u0131tl\u0131 kap, kentin pantheonunda tanr\u0131\u00e7a Demeter’e ili\u015fkin \u015fimdiye dek bilinen tek belgeyi sa\u011flamaktad\u0131r. Kap, Demeter k\u00fclt\u00fcn\u00fcn Lykia’daki co\u011frafi da\u011f\u0131l\u0131m\u0131n\u0131 do\u011fuya ve i\u00e7 kesimlere do\u011fru geni\u015fletmektedir. Kab\u0131n \u00fczerine i\u015flenmi\u015f yaz\u0131t, Lykia’da Demeter i\u00e7in bug\u00fcne dek tespit edilmemi\u015f Megale Thea (B\u00fcy\u00fck Tanr\u0131\u00e7a) epitetini ta\u015f\u0131maktad\u0131r. Bu epitet, Roma \u0130mparatorluk D\u00f6nemi Anadolu’sunda yayg\u0131n olan dinsel y\u00fcceltme retori\u011fini yans\u0131tmaktad\u0131r. Ada\u011f\u0131 sunan Theo[d]amos, kendisini bir oikonomos (k\u00e2hya\/idareci) olarak tan\u0131mlamakta ve bu durum \u015fahs\u0131n ya kente ya da k\u00fclt \u00f6rg\u00fct\u00fcne ba\u011fl\u0131 bir g\u00f6revli olabilece\u011fini d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnd\u00fcrmektedir.<\/p>\n

Anahtar s\u00f6zc\u00fckler:<\/strong> Arykanda, Demeter, Megale Thea, Bronz Kap, Oikonomos<\/p>\n

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