Pessinus
Coordinates: 39 ° 19 ′ 53.3 " N , 31 ° 34 ′ 59.5" E
Pessinus is an ancient city in Phrygia ( Asia Minor ), today Ballıhisar, 13 km from Sivrihisar in the district of the same name in the Turkish province of Eskişehir . John Garstang wants to equate it with the Hittite Šallapu . Pessinus is considered to be the place of origin of the Anatolian Cybele cult. In the sanctuary there was a black meteorite , which 205/4 BC. Was transferred to Rome. According to legend, the first temple was built by King Midas (8th century BC). Remains of the later Hellenistic temple with large viewing stairs have been preserved.
Belgian excavations have been taking place there since 1967.
The black contours of the holy mountain Dindymos are particularly impressive . There is a small museum in Ballıhisar village.
literature
- John Devreker, Marc Waelkens: Les fouilles de la Rijksuniversiteit te Gent à Pessinonte: 1967 - 1973 . Ghent 1984.
- John Devreker, Hugo Thoen, Frank Vermeulen: Excavations in Pessinus - the so-called Acropolis: from Hellenistic and Roman cemetery to Byzantine castle . Gent, Academia Press 2003. ISBN 90-382-0449-3
- William L. MacDonald: Pessinous Galatia, 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 .
- Johan Strubbe: The inscriptions of Pessinous ( inscriptions of Greek cities from Asia Minor , 66). Bonn 2005. ISBN 3-7749-3398-7
- Inge Claerhout - John Devreker, Pessinous. Sacred City on the Anatolian Mother Goddess - an archaeological guide (Homer Archaeological Guides, 7) Istanbul 2008, ISBN 978-9944-483-20-9