Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Klio, cilt.107, sa.2, ss.379-408, 2025 (Scopus)
The massive earthquake that struck Rhodes in the late 220s, causing the famous Colossus to collapse, also caused damage on the opposite mainland. This can be deduced from a new epidosis list for the Asklepieion in Syrna in the centre of the Carian Chersonesos. The collapsed roof appears to have damaged the cult statue, its wreath and the entrance to the temple. The altar in front of the temple certainly also suffered major damage. The small community repeatedly called for donations to rebuild the shrine. The appeal and the donors were recorded on several blocks of the temple. The block, known since the late 19th century, contains the preamble to the epidosis, which was apparently dedicated to the construction of the collapsed roof. The second block, which lists c. 70 donations on two columns, appears to be the continuation of the first block. Only a third of the heavily weathered inscription was recovered by Fraser and Bean. Some of the incomplete names preserved there can be restored on the basis of the third block, published here for the first time. The new inscription mentions subscriptions that were used for repair work on the cult statue and the altar, among other things. It also contains the names of Euagis, who was honoured in 220 for the transfer of a plot of land and some epidosis contributions for reconstruction work in the Temenos, as well as the proposer of the honour. This makes the connection with the great earthquake clear. Among the donors are Syrnians (demotikon omitted) as well as people from other communities on the peninsula (Amos, Kryassos), an island Rhodian and several metics. Arguments for the localisation of the Asklepieion at the mosque of Bayır and its connection with the water source Kızlar Çeşmesi are then presented.