[F094] Midas Monument, Eskişehir, Türkiye

This is the largest of the Phrygian rock-cut facade monuments, measuring 17 m x 16.50 m. It represents the front of a Phrygian megaton type building with low-pitched roof. It is known locally as “Yazılıkaya” (Written Rock) because of the Paleo-Phrygian inscriptions carved on the rock above it along the right side, and in the niche. The upper inscription dedicates the monument to a King Midas, and so it is also known as the “Midas Monument.” The niche probably contained an image of the Phrygian Mother Goddess, and the word “Matar” (Mother) is inscribed there. The monument was carved sometime between the 8th and 6th century BC.

Phrygian Yazılıkaya is located in the area of the Phrygian Valley, in Eskişehir Province, on a plateau that also bears the name Yazılıkaya, at an altitude of over 1,300 meters above sea level. The site dominates the plain, rising about 70 meters above the surrounding terrain. It covers an area 650 meters long, and 320 meters wide.

GPS coordinates: 39.200298, 30.713800

For further reading: turkisharchaeonews.net/site/yazılıkaya-midas-monument

Taken on: April 30, 2017

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