One of the Anatolian languages; written in its own alphabetic script (Asia Minor VI), which runs from right to left, and attested in Side and the surrounding area. In addition to inscriptions on coins (5th/4th cent. BC), six mostly brief dedicatory inscriptions are known today, among them three that are bilingual (Sidetic-Greek; one is from Seleucia/Lyrbe), one voting tablet, and one inscription on a vessel from the 3rd/2nd cent. ([2] and [1] each with older literature; [3]). In spite of the scarcity of material, it is obvious that S…
Sidetic(153 words)
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Starke, Frank (Tübingen), “Sidetic”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 01 April 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1112050>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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