Since 2014, I have been conducting an epigraphic survey of more than half of the province of Eskişehir in central Anatolia in Turkey, an area which lies between the cities of Juliopolis, Dorylaion, Gordion and Amorion and which includes the imperial estate Choria Considiana as well as the cities Colonia Germa and Pessinous, Akkilaion and Midaion. 1 The question of which city or estate the first survey area (Mihalıççık County) belongs to is an important issue as none of the inscriptions found so far bear a place name, such as that of an estate or city. 2 Juliopolis, a city located in Gülşehri, 2 km away from Çayırhan in the modern province of Ankara, was the closest neighbouring city. 3 The territory of Juliopolis, however, is difficult to ascertain since the city was flooded after the construction of the Sarıyar Dam on the Sakarya river (ancient Sangarios) between 1951 and 1956. 4 The city was situated to the north of the Sangarios river with the Skopas stream (Aladağ Çay) to its east. 5 Its main neighbours were Dorylaion (Eskişehir) to the southwest, Claudiopolis (Bolu) to the north and Göynük, which was in the territory of Nicaea (İznik), to the west. 6 Some inscriptions were found during an epigraphic survey conducted by the Anatolian Civilisations Museum in Çayırhan and Nallıhan (which were principal parts of the territory of Julipolis during the Roman Imperial period), but they do not provide evidence about the territorial borders of Juliopolis. 7 To date, the inscriptions found in our survey do not reveal any territorial connection with Juliopolis. We

This article presents the discovery of two fragmentary inscriptions which demonstrate the existence of an unknown naos of Zeus Sarnendenos in the northern part of the Choria Considiana, an extensive imperial estate in northeastern Phrygia. It also presents a votive offering to Zeus Sarnendenos and five new votive inscriptions to Zeus Akreinenos found in the village of Kozlu near İkizafer (ancient Akreina?), which was apparently part of another estate, belonging to the Roman senatorial family of the Plancii, situated to the east of the Choria Considiana. These inscriptions were found during the course of an epigraphic survey carried out in 2015 in Mihalıççık, a region located 90km to the northeast of Eskişehir in modern Turkey. The article consists of three main parts. It begins with an introduction to the historical and geographical backgrounds of the survey area; this is followed by a catalogue of inscriptions and, finally, an analysis of the sanctuary of Zeus Sarnendenos and the new votive offerings to Zeus Akreinenos, with reference to other evidence for the cult of Zeus in Phrygia and neighbouring regions. The inscriptions discovered in this area provide new information about the location and dispersal of the cult of Zeus in northeastern Phrygia.

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Bu çalışma Hellenistik dönem öncesi Bithynia Bölgesi'nde yaşayan Bithynialılar ile Hellen kolonileri arasındaki ilişkileri inceler. Geçen yirmi yıllık süreçte Karadeniz'da kurulan Hellen kolonileri ve bunların yerel unsurlarla olan ilişkileri özellikle arkeolojik kazılardan elde edilen verilerin de yardımıyla üzerinde çalışılan önemli konulardan biri olmuştur. Ancak Propontis'in doğusuna, yani kabaca Bithynia bölgesine bakıldığında buradaki erken dönem yerleşmeleri ve koloniler konusunda arkeolojik açıdan genel bir sessizlik hâkimdir. Bu nedenle bu çalışmada antik yazılı kaynaklar öncelikle değerlendirilmekte ve arkeolojik verilere bölgede tespit edilebildiği kadarıyla değinilmektedir. Böylece çalışmanın amaçlarından biri de arkeolojik verilerin yetersizliği nedeniyle Bithynia'daki erken dönem yerleşim yerleri ve Hellen kolonizasyonu ile bölgede birlikte yaşamaya başlayan Bithynialılar ve koloniler arasındaki ilişkiler konusundaki bilgilerimizin eksikliğine dikkat çekmektir. Çalışma iki ana kısma ayrılır. İlk bölüm Hellen kolonizasyonu öncesinde Bithynialılar'ın etnik kökenleri ve egemenlik alanları konusuna değinir. İkinci kısım ise Bithynia'da kurulan Hellen kolonileri ve kolonilerin Bithynialılar ile olan ilişkilerinin nasıl şekillendiğini inceler.

This article presents new inscriptions found in the villages of Mihalıççık, Alpu and Sivrihisar Counties during epigraphic surveys conducted in Mihalıççık, Alpu, Sivrihisar, Çifteler, Mahmudiye and Beylikova Counties in the Eskişehir Province. The paper includes a catalog of the inscriptions, which examines the inscriptions by two periods: The Roman period and the Byzantine period. Finally, it ends by an edition of previously published bilingual inscription found in Babadat village in Sivrihisar County.