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Kildara |
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City |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Province:
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Mugla |
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District:
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Milas |
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Village:
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Kuzyaka |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Hellenistic Classical |
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| Location: It is located on the 490 m high Asar mountain; 5 km north-northeast of the Kuzyaka Village; south of the Milas District of the Mugla Province. It is at a 2 km walking distance to the east-southeast of the Sigirtmac fortress. |
| Geography and Environment: The Asar Mountain where the city is situated on; is a flat mountain [Tirpan 1999b:466]. |
| History: It is known that the city paid tribute to the Delian League during the 5th century BC [Tirpan 1999b:466]. |
| Research and Excavation: Bean and Cook carried out a survey in 1954. |
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| Remains: The fortress surrounded by walls is dated to the Hellenistic Period. The city wall is 1.95 m wide; fortified by towers. An inner fortress inside the walls is connected to the city wall in north. This characteristic is similar to the wall in Theangela. The masonry of the surface of the city wall is rough. It is believed not to date earlier than the 4th century BC based on the masonry [Bean-Cook 1957:99]. For construction; grey marble was used. According to Tirpan; who performed detailed analysis on the city wall; there are two construction phases. The first phase is dating to the second half of the 4th century BC while the second one is associated with a modification during the 3rd century BC [Tirpan 1999b:467-468]. The inner fortress includes some structures; presumably cisterns. It is indicated that there are burial chambers under the tumulus in the cemetery to the east of the fortress [Bean-Cook 1957:99]. A bilingual inscription from the 4th century BC was uncovered in a cistern west of the Kuzyaka Village; referring to Kildareis. This inscription suggests that there should have been a city founded between Bargylia and Hydissos based on the new system established in Caria. Although Kildara is a settlement that paid one sixth talent tribute between 451-450 BC; and two talents between 425-424 BC according to the Athenian Tribute List; and has an autonomous governor; it is possible that corrections on the Kuzyaka inscription may not be true because there was already a governor in Kindya in the 5th century BC; which was located very close to Kildara. As it is irrational to have two different governors in such close locations; it is assumed that there is no sufficient information about the status of Kildara before the 4th century BC [Bean-Cook 1957:99-100; 145]. |
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