The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor indicating a Boundary Inscription

Gephyra

关键词: -;    genitive case;    altar;    asia minor;    inscriptions;    boundary;    genetif hal;    altar;    asia minor;    yazıtlar;    sınır;   

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【 摘 要 】

The Genitive Case on Altares from Asia Minor indicating a Boundary InscriptionThe author aims to show that altars too were used for marking boundaries. In a first step altars from various regions in Asia Minor are presented, whose function as boundary stones is confirmed by the inscriptions on them. Proceeding from this evidence, Akdoğu Arca assumes that even small altars mentioning a deity in the genitive case served as boundary markers. To support this view, she adduces similar stelae whose inscriptions confirm this function. Large numbers of such small altars and stelae appear to have been buried in the ground along property boundaries, evidently as a precaution against boundary usurpation.

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