Nagidos
Nagidos is an ancient city near Bozyazı , at the mouth of the Sini Cay (Bozyazı Dere), approx. 20 km east of Anamur in the southern Turkish province of Mersin . The site was discovered by Heberdey and Wilhelm. In the 1930s a Swedish expedition carried out field visits. In 1986 the Anamur Museum carried out rescue excavations in the necropolis, and 24 graves were discovered. The oldest graves date from the 5th century BC. Nagidos, like Kelenderis, was a colony of Samos . The University of Mersin carried out excavations from 1998 to 2002 under the direction of Serra Durugönül .
Since the end of the 5th century , the city has had its own staters bearing Greek and Aramaic inscriptions. The name of the Persian satrap Pharnabazos has been handed down. In 333 it was conquered by Alexander.
The small island of Nagidoussa is opposite the settlement. There are ruins of an Ottoman fortress on the island.
literature
- CP Jones / J. Russell: Two New Inscriptions from Nagidos in Cilicia. Phoenix 47/4, 1993, 293-304.
- Rudolf Heberdey / Adolf Wilhelm : Travels in Kilikien 1891-1892 (Vienna 1896, Memoranda Vienna 44/6), 158-159.
- W. Ruge, Nagidos, RE 16.1, 1935, 1582-83.
- Philipp Lederer : The stater coinage of the city of Nagidos. Journal of Numismatics 41, 1931, 153–276.
- Serra Durugönül (Ed.): Nagidos. Dağlık Kilikiaʹda bir antik kent kazısının sonuçları = Results of an excavation in ancient city in Rough Cilicia . Suna-Inan Kıraç Akdeniz Medeniyetleri Araştırma Enstitüsü, Antalya 2007. ISBN 978-975-9123-30-7
Coordinates: 36 ° 5 ′ 59.4 ″ N , 32 ° 58 ′ 41.4 ″ E