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Xanthos Trilingual

Metadata

Collection
Fethiye Archaeology Museum (Public)
Keyword
  • Letter | Decree
Find Type
Excavation
Material
Stone
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-08-23
Date (Composition in text)
Babylonian 0-0.iii Art 1 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
Date (Metadata)
Gregorian -337 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
General Notes
The Cabinet du CIS holds very good quality small negatives of the original inscription in a wooden box labeled Diapositives. There is also a squeeze.

Image

Textual Notes
The inscrption is written in Greek, Lycean, and Aramaic. Either the Lycean or Greek was probably the language of composition. Aramaic was a secondary/tertiary translation.
Moore, James D.. 'Xanthos Trilingual.' DEAPS. 07 Jun, 2026. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11800. Accessed: 24 Aug, 2026.