{"id":8984,"date":"2025-12-24T13:49:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libridergi.org\/?p=8984"},"modified":"2025-12-24T13:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:49:27","slug":"lbr-0353","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libridergi.org\/en\/2025-en\/lbr-0353","title":{"rendered":"New and Revised Funerary Inscriptions from Nikaia XX"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image_styled image_fit_mobile\" style=\"width:736px;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image_frame effect-none\"><div class=\"image_shadow_wrap\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image_size_medium image_no_link\" title=\"\" href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.libridergi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/strikingr\/images\/8974_lbr.202515-734x278.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"8974\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n<h3>New and Revised Funerary Inscriptions from Nikaia XX<\/h3>\n<p><strong data-wp-editing=\"1\"><sub><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3003\" src=\"http:\/\/journal.phaselis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ORCID_mini.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" \/><\/sub><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4366-1277\"><strong data-wp-editing=\"1\">H\u00fcseyin Sami \u00d6ZT\u00dcRK<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<div class=\"two_third\"><div class=\"divider_line\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>LIBRI <\/em>XI (2025) 295-314<br \/>\nReceived Date:<\/strong> 29.11.2025 | <strong>Acceptance Date:<\/strong> 20.12.2025<br \/>\n<strong>DOI: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/record\/18040033\">10.5281\/zenodo.18040033<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Online Publication Date: <\/strong>24.12.2025<\/p>\n<div class=\"divider_line\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_third last\"><div id=\"framed_box_5f9c6d44842e6eda151f1238e94bad3b\" class=\"framed_box\">\n\t<div class=\"framed_box_content\">\n\t\t\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45\" src=\"http:\/\/journal.phaselis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pdf.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libridergi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lbr.202515.pdf\"><strong>Get PDF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/journal.phaselis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/info.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44\" src=\"http:\/\/journal.phaselis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/info.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/a> <b><a href=\"#refs\">References<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"framed_box_space\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> This article presents a compilation of nine unpublished funerary inscriptions discovered in the territory of Nikaia. The first four inscriptions were discovered in the modern-day villages of Ak\u00e7akoca and Hayrettin, located in the Pamukova District of Sakarya Province. These villages lie within the territory of the ancient settlement of Terbos. The remaining inscriptions were found in the eastern and southern parts of the territory of Nikaia. Notably, one of these latter inscriptions revealed the Cassius family\u2019s connections to the rural hinterland. The inscriptions contain the following: 1) Tomb of Aurelius(?) Demas, 2) Tomb of Khrestos and his wife Maxima, 3) Tomb of an unknown person, 4) Tomb of an unknown person, 5) Tomb of Aristainetos(?), 6) Tomb of Claudia Perigenis, 7) Tomb of Hieronis, 8) Tomb of Longina, 9) Tomb of a man and his wife. In addition to the newly discovered inscriptions, two previously published inscriptions have been corrected (<em>corrigendum<\/em>): 10) Tomb of Eia and her husband Agathokles, 11) Tomb of Hermione and her husband Timotheos. The inscriptions are dated to the Roman Imperial period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Nicaea, Terbos, Cassii, Claudius\/Claudia, <em>Anthroponym<\/em>, Epitaph<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00d6z:<\/strong> Makalede Nikaia antik kentinin teritoryumunda ke\u015ffedilen dokuz yeni mezar yaz\u0131t\u0131 tan\u0131t\u0131lmaktad\u0131r. \u0130lk d\u00f6rt yaz\u0131t, Sakarya ilinin Pamukova il\u00e7esinde bulunan Ak\u00e7akoca ve Hayrettin k\u00f6ylerinde ke\u015ffedilmi\u015ftir. Modern T\u00fcrk k\u00f6yleri, antik\u00e7a\u011f&#8217;da Terbos yerle\u015fiminin bir par\u00e7as\u0131yd\u0131. Geri kalan yaz\u0131tlar ise Nikaia egemenlik alan\u0131n\u0131n do\u011fu ve g\u00fcneyinde bulunmu\u015ftur. Bu yaz\u0131tlardan biri sayesinde Cassius ailesinin k\u0131rsal ile olan ba\u011f\u0131 ortaya \u00e7\u0131kar\u0131lm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. Yaz\u0131tlar\u0131n i\u00e7erikleri \u015f\u00f6yledir: 1) Aurelius(?) Demas\u2019\u0131n mezar\u0131, 2) Khrestos ve e\u015fi Maxima\u2019n\u0131n mezar\u0131, 3) Bilinmeyen bir ki\u015finin mezar\u0131, 4) Bilinmeyen bir ki\u015finin mezar\u0131, 5) Aristainetos\u2019un(?) mezar\u0131, 6) Claudia Perigenis\u2019in mezar\u0131, 7) Hieronis\u2019in mezar\u0131, 8) Longina\u2019n\u0131n mezar\u0131, 9) Bir adam ve e\u015finin mezar\u0131. Yeni yaz\u0131tlar\u0131n yan\u0131 s\u0131ra, yay\u0131mlanm\u0131\u015f iki yaz\u0131ta d\u00fczeltme (<em>corrigendum<\/em>) yap\u0131lm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r: 10) Eia ve e\u015fi Agathokles\u2019in mezar\u0131, 11) Hermione ve e\u015fi Timotheos\u2019un mezar\u0131. 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Adapazar\u0131.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div><div class=\"pane\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Url: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libridergi.org\/?p=8966\">http:\/\/www.libridergi.org\/2025\/lbr-0353<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div><div class=\"pane\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>H\u00fcseyin Sami \u00d6ZT\u00dcRK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Dr., Marmara University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History, Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye. <a href=\"mailto:hsoztrk@yahoo.com\">hsoztrk@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New and Revised Funerary Inscriptions from Nikaia XX H\u00fcseyin Sami \u00d6ZT\u00dcRK Abstract: This article presents a compilation of nine unpublished funerary inscriptions discovered in the territory of Nikaia. The first four inscriptions were discovered in the modern-day villages of Ak\u00e7akoca and Hayrettin, located in the Pamukova District of Sakarya Province. 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