Pessinus and Its Regional Setting: Volume 1

by: Tsetskhladze, G.R.

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This is the first of two volumes presenting the results of the Melbourne archaeological project at Pessinus in Central Anatolia. The opening chapters discuss the cult of Cybele, the Great Mother Goddess of Anatolia, Midas, the semi-mythical king of Phrygia and Pessinus, the relationship between them, Midas as seen from Assyrian sources, etc. Three others examine two Anatolian archaeological sites (Dorylaion and Zey) that have yielded comparative material and thus clarified the picture we have of Pessinus. Further chapters focus on Pessinus itself. The final chapter outlines the work of the previous excavators at Pessinus: a team from Ghent University.
The volume is dedicated to the memory of the late Prof. Taciser Tüfekçi Sivas, a contributor to it, who was not only one of the most prominent scholars of Phrygia but also a source of great help and encouragement to the project.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface – Gocha R. Tsetskhladze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
List of Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
List of Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii
Introduction – Gocha R. Tsetskhladze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1 King Midas: Evidence from Assyria
Cecily Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 2 King Midas and Pessinus
Maya Vassileva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Chapter 3 Pessinus and the Phrygian Mother: The Sanctuary and
its Historical Context
Lynn Roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chapter 4 Excavations at Dorylaion/Şarhöyük in Phrygia Epiktetos
Taciser Tüfekçi Sivas (†) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 5 The Hittite Presence at Şarhöyük/Dorylaion: An Overview
Mahmut Bilge Baştürk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Chapter 6 Phrygian Occupation at the Village of Zey in the Sivrihisar
Region, Eskişehir
Hakan Sivas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Chapter 7 The Temple State of Cybele in Phrygian and Early
Hellenistic Pessinus: a Phantom?
Altay Coşkun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Chapter 8 Pessinus and its Sacred Places
John Devreker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

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Chapter 9 Dynamic Design in the Temple at Pessinus
Angelo Verlinde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Chapter 10 The Plateia of Pessinus
Emanuel Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Chapter 11 Pessinus in the 2nd century AD: A Monumental City
with an Elusive City Plan
Simon Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Chapter 12 The Coinage of Pessinus: Iconography, Civic Identity
and Roman Power
Edward Dandrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Chapter 13 The Excavations of Ghent University at Pessinus – A
Conspectus of the Work by Pieter Lambrechts (1967–73)
and John Devreker (1986–2008)
Damjan Krsmanovic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Pessinus and Its Regional Setting: Volume 1

by: Tsetskhladze, G.R.

• ISBN-13: 9789042935082 / 978-90-429-3508-2
• ISBN-03: 9042935081 / 90-429-3508-1
• Peeters, Leuven, 2018

Price: 121,90 EURO

1 copy in stock