Palaeographic Dating of Lycian Inscriptions. A Critical Review of Former Studies and a New Approach

Christiansen, Birgit (2021): Palaeographic Dating of Lycian Inscriptions. A Critical Review of Former Studies and a New Approach. In: Hungarian Assyriological Review, Bd. 2, Nr. 1: S. 27-63

Abstract

The aim of this article is a critical examination of earlier palaeographic studies of Lycian inscriptions. The starting point is the corpus of inscriptions whose contents provide information on their dating. On the basis of a survey of the letter forms attested in these texts, an attempt will be made to reconstruct their development. This is intended to provide a solid foundation for future palaeographic studies and other research on Lycian history, culture and language. The study will demonstrate that some letters actually show developments that can be used for palaeographic dating of inscriptions without a text-internal indication of their date of origin. However, it should be taken into account that most of the letter variants already appear in inscriptions that were composed during the reign of Erbbina / Arbinas, and thus in the beginning of the 4th century BCE This fact has been overlooked in previous studies. It therefore cannot be ruled out that an inscription showing these variants may date back to the first half of the 4th century, although these variants are more frequently attested in younger inscriptions.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Kulturwissenschaften > Department für Kulturwissenschaften und Altertumskunde > Assyriologie und Hethitologie
• Themengebiete: 400 Sprache > 400 Sprache ; 400 Sprache > 410 Linguistik ; 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 900 Geschichte ; 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 930 Geschichte des Altertums (bis ca. 499), Archäologie
• ISSN: 2732-2610
• Sprache: Englisch