Seleucia (Pamphylia)
Seleucia (Greek: Σελεύκεια – also transliterated as Seleukeia) was an ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast of Pamphylia, in Anatolia, approximately 15 km northeast of Side; the site is currently about 1k north of the village of Bucakşeyhler (also Bucakşıhler), approximately 12 km northeast of Manavgat, Antalya Province, Turkey. It is situated on a hilltop with steep escarpments on several sides making a strong defensive position. The track from the village has recently been clear felled but the main site is still within a mature pine forest. The German researcher Johannes Nollé has suggested, however, that the remains at this location are not those of Seleucia but rather those of Lyrba.[1] Another name for the city in the Middle Ages was Scandalor,[2] which was documented on portolan maps.[3]
Lyrbe Notice on site
Lyrbe approaching Agora
Lyrbe back of north side of agora
Lyrbe Agora east side from low
Lyrbe east side of agora
Lyrbe northeast corner of agora
Lyrbe On agora edge
Lyrbe At northeast corner of agora
Lyrbe East agora buildings
Lyrbe Agora looking west
Lyrbe Eastern front
Lyrbe Agora part of front
Lyrbe Agora part of front
Lyrbe behind the agora front
Lyrbe Trench
Lyrbe Agora "basement"
Lyrbe Fragments
Lyrbe unknown buildings
Lyrbe
Lyrbe west of agora
Lyrbe Small temple
Lyrbe City entrance
Σελεύκεια | |
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| Location | Antalya Province, Turkey |
|---|---|
| Region | Pamphylia |
| Coordinates | 36°49′42″N 31°14′36″E |
| Type | Settlement |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | In ruins |
There are remains of an agora containing a row of two-storey and three-storey building façades, a gate, a mausoleum, a Roman bath, a necropolis, in addition to several temples and churches. Because of its remote location, the site has not been plundered for building materials and the area is littered with columns and other items like large grindstones for flour making.
Modern scholars place the Pamphylian Selecuia near Şıhlar, north of the mouth of the Peri Su, west of Side.[4][5]
References
- J. Nollé, "Forschungen in Selge und Ostpamphylien", Araştırma 6 (1988), pp. 257–59.
- Foglietta, Uberto (1600). The Mahumetane or Turkish historie containing three bookes: 1 Of the originall and beginning of the Turkes, and of the foure empires which are issued and proceded out of the superstitious sect of Mahumet. 2 Of their conquests and the succession of the house of Ottoman, vntill the present reigning of Mahumet the third. 3 Of the warres and seege of Malta, which Solyman the great made to the great maister and brothers of that order. Heerevnto haue I annexed a briefe discourse of the warres of Cypres, at what time Selimus the second, tooke from the Venetians the possession of that iland, and by reason thereof I haue adioyned a finall discourse conteining the causes of the greatnesse of the Turkish Empire. Translated from the French & Italian tongues, by R. Carr, of the middle Temple in London, Gentleman. Dedicated to the three worthy brothers Robert Carr, William Carr and Edward Carr, in the county of Lincolne, Esquires. Thomas Este. pp. 5–6.
- Mason, Roger (1989). "The Medici-Lazara Map of Alanya". Anatolian Studies. 39: 85–105. doi:10.2307/3642815. JSTOR 3642815. S2CID 140560594 – via JSTOR.
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65, and directory notes accompanying.
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- Blue Guide, Turkey, The Aegean and Mediterranean Coasts (ISBN 0-393-30489-2), p. 496.