Adada

Adada ( Greek  Ἄδαδα ) is an ancient city in Pisidia , about 40 km south-east of Eğirdir and 80 km north-east of Antalya , near the present village in the district Sağrak Sütçüler the Turkish province of Isparta .

It was first visited by A. Schönborn in 1842, then rediscovered in 1884 by the American JRS Sterrett. Gustav Hirschfeld and William M. Ramsay identified them in 1887.

history

The city is first mentioned in an inscription from the 2nd century. v. Called BC. Little is known about the history of the Roman Empire, but four imperial temples have survived for Adada. The first coins have been around since the 1st century BC. Known, the imperial coinage ranges from Trajan to Valerian . In late antiquity, Adada was a bishopric .

ruins

The ancient city lies in a relatively flat, wide high valley. The four imperial temples of the 2nd / 3rd centuries are still well preserved. Century (one with inscriptions for the emperors and Zeus Sarapis , the second with inscriptions for the emperors and Aphrodite , the third only the emperors, the fourth with coins for Trajan), the agora with a large staircase and the theater. Furthermore, two late antique three-aisled basilicas .

literature

• Hans von Aulock : Ancient Coins and cities Pisidia I . Tübingen 1977, pp. 20-22, 52-59.
• George Ewart Bean :  Adada (Karabavli) Pisidia, Turkey . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
• Klaus Belke , Norbert Mersich: Phrygien und Pisidien , Tabula Imperii Byzantini , 7. Vienna 1990, p. 170.
• Mustafa Büyükkolancı: Adada Pisidia'da Antik Bir Kent . 1998 [here p. 12 plan sketch].
• Hartwin Brandt : Adada. A small Pisidian town in Hellenistic and Roman times , In: Historia 51 (2002) pp. 385-413.
• Gustav Hirschfeld : Adada 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 339.

Web links

• Page of the Turkish Ministry of Culture ( Memento of December 10, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) accessed August 11, 2013
• Coins of Adada
• Description, pictures and plans of Adada in Pisidia

Coordinates: 37 ° 34 ′ 30.6 ″  N , 30 ° 59 ′ 7.1 ″  E