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Location

  • Türkiye, Karaköy
  • geo:36.35725,29.31867

Period or year

  • -420~ / unknown

Classification

  • altar
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Inscribed Pillar - Xanthus Stele

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The Inscribed Pillar of Xanthos, also known as the Xanthian Obelisk,  the Harpagus Monument, Pillar of Kherei was made ca 400 BC.

See:

  1. ''Xanthian Obelisk'' is actually a par of the pillar tomb1
  2. A. Dönmez – H. M. Erdoğan, Wet Agora in: Burhan Varkıvanç, Ksanthos 2013 Yılı Çalışmaları / Excavations at Xanthos in 2013 - Batı Agora ... ANMED ANADOLU AKDENİZİ Arkeoloji Haberleri 2014, p,

References

  1. ↑George E. Bean, Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London John Murray Publishers Ltd 1989, p.57,58

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2015-11-15) , last updated by p. jeffries (2025-04-17), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/23426
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta and Jeffries, P., Inscribed Pillar - Xanthus Stele. https://vici.org/vici/23426, accessed 2026-11-09.