T?? ?isc?v??? ?? ?n insc?i?ti?n wit? t?? n?m? ?? t?? ?nci?nt cit? ?t t?? ?xc?v?ti?n sit? in G???i?n is in???? si?ni?ic?nt. G???i?n is ? w?ll-kn?wn ??c????l??ic?l sit? in T??k?? ?n? w?s t?? c??it?l ?? t?? P????i?n Kin???m in ?nti??it?. On? ?? t?? m?st ??m??s ?s??cts ?? G???i?n is t?? P????i?n T?m? ?? Kin? Mi??s, ?ss?ci?t?? wit? t?? l???n???? Kin? Mi??s, w?? is s?i? t? ??v? t?? “Mi??s t??c?.”

An insc?i?ti?n ????in? t?? n?m? ?? t?? ?nci?nt cit? w?s ???n? ?t t?? ?xc?v?ti?n sit? in G???i?n, t?? c??it?l ?? t?? P????i?ns.

In 1900, ? 3-m?nt? ?xc?v?ti?n w?s c???i?? ??t in t?? ?nci?nt cit?, w?ic? w?s ?isc?v???? ?? t?? ???t???s Al???? ?n? G?st?v Kö?t? ???in? t?? c?nst??cti?n ?? t?? B??lin-Ist?n??l-B?????? ??ilw?? lin? in t?? P?l?tlı ?ist?ict ?? Ank???.

Alt????? t?? Kö?t? ???t???s ??t??min?? t??t t?? c??it?l ?? t?? ?nci?nt cit? ?? P????i?n w?s G???i?n, n? in???m?ti?n c?n?i?min? t?is c??l? ?? ???n? s? ???.

T?? ?xc?v?ti?ns, w?ic? w??? ??st??t?? in 1950 ??t?? ? l?n? ????k, ??? n?w ??in? c???i?? ??t ?? t?? t??m l?? ?? P????ss?? C. B?i?n R?s? ???m t?? Univ??sit? ?? P?nns?lv?ni? M?s??m, wit? t?? ???missi?n ?n? s????visi?n ?? t?? G?n???l Di??ct???t? ?? C?lt???l H??it??? ?n? M?s??ms ?? t?? Minist?? ?? C?lt??? ?n? T???ism.

L?c?t?? j?st s??t???st ?? t?? c?n?l??nc? ?? t?? S?k???? ?n? P??s?k ?iv??s, t?? G???i?n ??c???l??ic?l sit?. It is l?c?t?? 117 kil?m?t??s (72.7 mil?s) ???m ??wnt?wn Ank???, t?? c??it?l ?? T??k??, n??t?w?st ?? c?nt??l P?l?tlı.

T?is ????, ? P????i?n st?n? insc?i?ti?n w?s ???n? in t?? ???? ?? t?? ?nci?nt cit? c?ll?? t?? ??t?? cit?. T?? insc?i?ti?n, ??t?? t? t?? ????s w??n I. Anti?c??s (281-261 BC) ??i?n?? in t?? H?ll?nistic P??i??, is t?? ?i?st ?n? ?nl? insc?i?ti?n in w?ic? t?? n?m? G???i?n is m?nti?n??.

An insc?i?ti?n ????in? t?? n?m? ?? t?? ?nci?nt cit? w?s ???n? ?t t?? ?xc?v?ti?n sit? in G???i?n, t?? c??it?l ?? t?? P????i?ns.

T?? insc?i?ti?n, w?ic? is t?????t t? ?? ??l?t?? t? ? t?m?l?s t?m?, is ?ls? n?t??l? ??? ??in? t?? l?n??st insc?i?ti?n ?v?? ???n? in G???i?n.

T?is insc?i?ti?n, w?ic? w?s ???c??? in t?? ?nci?nt cit?, w?ic? w?s ?n??? t?? ??l? ?? t?? P??si?n Em?i?? ??tw??n 540-333 BC, ?ls? incl???s ? P??si?n m?l? n?m?.

In 546 BCE t?? ???c?s ?? t?? L??i?n kin? C???s?s w??? ??cisiv?l? ?????t?? ?? t?? P??si?n ??m? c?mm?n??? ?? C???s II “T?? G???t.” As ? ??s?lt ?? t?is c?m??i?n ?n? s??s????nt “m???in? ??” ?????ti?ns, t?? L??i?n st?t?, w?ic? incl???? G???i?n, w?s int????t?? int? t?? P??si?n ?m?i?? ?l?n? wit? t?? ??st ?? An?t?li?

A?c????l??ist Um?t Al??öz, D???t? Di??ct?? ?? t?? M?s??m ?? An?t?li?n Civiliz?ti?ns, ?n? ??il?l??ist R?st?sl?v O??s?k? ??? ??????in? ? ??t?il?? st??? ?n t?? insc?i?ti?n ??? ???lic?ti?n.

PHRYGIAN INSCRIPTIONS

T?? ???li?st kn?wn insc?i?ti?ns in P????i?n ??t? ???m t?? 8t? c?nt??? BC ?n? w??? w?itt?n in ?n ?l?????t ???iv?? ???m P???nici?n. T?? l?n????? ?? t??s? insc?i?ti?ns is kn?wn ?s P?l??-P????i?n. L?t?? insc?i?ti?ns, in N??-P????i?n, w??? w?itt?n in ? v??si?n ?? t?? G???k ?l?????t.

B????? t?? 1950s, G???i?n ??? ?nl? ?????c?? t???? E??l? P????i?n insc?i?ti?ns, ?n? ?? w?ic? ??? ???n mist?k?nl? ??c??niz?? ?s G???k ?n? ?isc?v???? ???in? t?? G??m?n ?xc?v?ti?ns ?? t?? Kö?t? ???t???s (1900). B?t st??tin? in 1950, t?? R??n?? S. Y??n?-l?? Am??ic?n ?xc?v?ti?ns s??w?? ??? t?? sit?’s ??tst?n?in? ??i?????ic ?ic?n?ss. Y??n? ??????? ? ????? ?v??vi?w in ? 1969 H?s???i? ?ss?? ??t?? m?kin? n?m????s ???limin??? ??s??v?ti?ns ?n insc?i?ti?ns in t?? ?xc?v?ti?n ?????ts (???tic?l??l? in t?? Am??ic?n J???n?l ?? A?c????l???).

All ?? t?? insc?i?ti?ns ?isc?v???? ?? t? t?? ???s?nt ??v? ???n ???lis??? ?? C. B?ix?? ?n? M. L?j??n?. Wit? 11 insc?i?ti?ns ?n st?n? ?n? 245 ?????iti, ??im??il? ?n v?s?s, G???i?n is still ?? ??? t?? ?ic??st sit? ??? E??l? P????i?n ??i??????.