Carian sδisa and a Lycian toponym

Abstract

This article offers a critical account of a Carian word traditionally assumed to refer to the tomb or to one of its parts. Based on recent philological improvements, on a detailed analysis of the relevant inscriptions as well as on the combinatory method it will be argued in this paper that in fact we are dealing with three different words. One of them indeed refers to the tomb, but the other two are a verb and an appurtenance adjective based on a Lycian toponym.

Keywords

• karca
• epigrafi
• mezar terminolojisi
• anadolu coğrafyası
• carian
• epigraphy
• sepulchral terminology
• anatolian geography