Two Galatian Cults in Dacia

Stephen Mitchell

doi:https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.318446

Article Details

Two Galatian Cults in Dacia

Authors:

Stephen Mitchell

Publisher:

Nalan Eda AKYÜREK ŞAHİN

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Gephyra 2017 Vol.14, pp.15-21

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2017

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000453431

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2651-5059

pISSN:

1309-3924

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.318446

Abstract:

 


An unpublished inscription from Ancyra or its territory
contains a dedication to Zeus Erusenos.  This deity is also
attested on two Latin inscriptions found in Roman Dacia (Roumania), and the
cult, like several other local cults from Galatia or eastern Bithynia, was
exported from Asia Minor to the new province of Dacia after it was conquered
and annexed by the emperor Trajan. A Greek dedication to Zeus
Sittakomikos recorded in Dacia should be emended to Zeus Heptakomikos,
and identified with the cult of Zeus of the Seven Villages (Zeus
Heptakomeitôn), who was worshipped on the imperial estate called the Chôra
Considiana in western Galatia. Many of the Galatian migrants may have
been involved in mining and quarry work.


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Ankara veya çevresinden ele geçen bir yazıt Zeus
Erusenos’a bir adağı içermektedir. Bu tanrı, Roma Dönemi Dacia’sında
(Romanya) bulunan iki Latince yazıtta da belgelenmiştir ve bu kült, tıpkı
Galatia ya da doğu Bithynia’daki diğer yerel kültler gibi, İmparator Traianus
tarafından fethedilip Roma topraklarına dahil edilen yeni eyalet Dacia’ya Asia
Minor’dan getirilmiştir. Dacia’da içeriğinde Zeus Sittakomikos’a
adak yapıldığı okunan Yunanca adak yazıtındaki ifade Zeus Heptakomikos olarak
değiştirilmeli ve batı Galatia’da Chôra Considiana olarak
adlandırılan imparator arazisinde tapınım gören Yedi Köyler Zeus’u (Zeus
Heptakomeitôn) kültü ile özdeşleştirilmelidir. Muhtemelen Dacia’da pek çok
Galatialı göçmen maden ve taş ocaklarında çalışmaktaydı.


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Article Details

Two Galatian Cults in Dacia

Authors: Stephen Mitchell

Publisher: Nalan Eda AKYÜREK ŞAHİN

Main Topics: Sociology and anthropology

Journal: Gephyra 2017 Vol.14, pp.15-21

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 5/2017

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000453431

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 2651-5059

pISSN: 1309-3924

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.318446

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Authors:

Stephen Mitchell

Publisher:

Nalan Eda AKYÜREK ŞAHİN

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Gephyra 2017 Vol.14, pp.15-21

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2017

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000453431

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2651-5059

pISSN:

1309-3924

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.318446