INSCRIBED BULLAE FROM DASKYLEION-ERGILL ‘he atchacoogial investigations conducted by Prafsor Ere Akal inthe Prponts region between 1952"1955 Yee importa results! The Excwations atthe mond of Eri onthe South shoce (Flake Manyas® made it pombe i determine on the one ha that fn this region "tke Greck aetoments were founded at east-at the Degioning ofthe seventh century" and om the other had that dhe city of Daskyleion was buried under the mound of Hisar Kal hae Egil? Thus, the ancient Daskyeion, the capital of a Pesian Sattapy* has been now definitly leated* at the modern Eri ecneceree a ‘Rubino Sry Tenis ad Date (Keo | SES, 4g 0 See poll Gee bp steven Tobe Aran a ve we JS 3, gt.“The soundings in 1958 proce one balla’, and hoe in 954¢ 1036, “about goo complete nd Tngcstary lle of Achaea (goes in the debs trac on he Sora dope ot Hie ales Pinta ut of hs material contain seal impress wih cane Ghul Arnie inscriptions Oaly one balls bears Trgentary Grek “The sal impreons on bala fom Dasiycon alongwith he Impress fund by, Sch? a the Treaty st Peep aded tothe seal impress on tabs ond at the Fotication at Pes Dalby E, Hersed™ contac the chest atel fr Achaemenid Bye With eect othe quan, renew of dg he cece SF Bocyleton cher than shone Achucmti sae so far. phd From te pot of ew ofthe spe al pes found ye Schr a the Trzrury a1 Poepolatt are ropeaced ong ibe rata form Dadysn. A inrough aay ft election Being prepared Up the exvator Rime Therefore wil sfc nthe along alempl nde of ballon bai concn inaction. Bulloe with an Old Persian inseription ‘Thirty fagmentary picees contain an Old Persian cuneiform inssipion consisting of two lines. None of eh inscriptions i eo Dletey preserve an in most eases they are hardly vibe We can Aistingush tro groups of bullae on the base ofthe patterns of et Jimpresions and their inscriptions TA hero fehting horned and winged lom.!* The numberof sates “ann Ute I Tete [OUP LS tol). pe ar See abe” (gt 1 TOP LIN. tag) pp day Atri “tie inane 90 eM, Be A ats hy No a Fangs te 9p 4 bulge containing his scene amounts to shit. Exact the same scene if found on 86 more complete oF fragmentary alle but Without eke nstiption (Erg. 3, Pl 3g be Asati 1, XU). Tt posible qo maintain that sil of ehee bullae were ‘cael by the ‘me seal of the same monarch, The seene in question is te mont Frequent one on ou bullae, Aceoeding 10 ferent fragments depicted on Fig 15 the tom incrpton cam be restored flows: ecw | ent a. praca | Kaige a Xeraes, the king” 2, Two “man-bils” below a winged die symbol. Only one sample (No.25; Pl. $3 has an iseiption Bat there are to moe ‘aria of eis pater without any incipeion (Erg 25¢-258¢ P39, “The fst line she iseripton i bully mtlated. The mamta the surety pl di cn att Tag tine 9: Dede: Hae nine 2+ Rot 2 i oh Brno fll gg ie ae fe 5B 4 Ine shot ; atin on San i ns eT Kerem The ng of ie sun Gis reply reeksecond, line is written in Babslonian cuneiform. Ba dhe traces in the Teecine d not favor. the restoration of the name as Areca fae jus (or sa) CAraxersert) in Babylonian cuneiform Thsline (oor robsbty the name of Nerges Ii OH Persian. Thos it reads 1. [dome | Xjeltesfea)a-]ea) “Xia 2 [oma inant LucaL. “sam Xerars, the king, ‘One coll suppose that the ewer of the seal of Both the to, groupe was the Achaemenid Aig Xerses I (64463), son of Darius Er"hapresions bearing. the name of Xerss T ere abo found te the Treasury tablet fron Persepolis, but stangely cbough none UT owe seal patcrms* arealtested Sa the seal impressions on out Drllae ftom. Dasisleion’ Despite this fact the conform ineip tiomoour bulla ientical with that onthe Treasury tablets esifed by Schmidt a5 Type 6° The fart that our bullae were found else together ina nen —alaecgarding dhe fact that they layin. debris SHEET avon of the probaly tha they had been deposed ina Tatace archive with or without the documents 10 which they had tren afixe, “The large quantity ofthe bullae Bearing dhe name of Keres a wwellas those without an inscription (mentioned above wider grout) Tadicates how aetve were the latins between this nar and the Sirapy ef Dastycions" We may think that the eet of he bullae fom Dackyeion had been sent by igh ofcials of the Achaemenid palace in Persepolis or in Sos, by other satragm, oF perhaps by the oficial of the Satrapy of Dasyleon isl 126. Cameron Pr Tiny Te yp 33-85 Sei Ppl cng eS Tabi eb Nos Sci Pt Cameron hasshowa? that the royal scl which were impresed ia the Tremuty Tables were als wed im a ine subsequent to the eae tchese nar appears om the seal mpreson. Are ther ny among tour ballae, bearing enneirm oseription which can be dad oa dime Atte than Neracs 12'One may azswer this question inthe seyative, Keause one observes that neither the same of Davis Ty father of SRE Sr te mame ot Anaxerse, son of Nero appears om the Jeibeelons tom Daskylion, This fet leads one wo thik that sisal nbpomence few great probability co the time of Xeracs Rae egen step furher and suppose thatthe greater part of he ot ‘Rapondesee in question would fal within the ist deca of the xeign erect ais feiod covers Neracr war peepaations, hit invasion Shad drawal fom Greece, aed his ret to Sts, (See ab-ve mrad sReee (bo spent the winter of 48-0 in Sars making final pecparaions) had ins ary contingents fom he stapes of Ferree Minor Ara mater of faetone of the five fleets of Were crouulacomited the fet ofthe Hellespontine reson. Phere no doubt thot for supplies ad war emergencies Nera srt ite dependent on the straps of this region. Thi fact Bn cose relations Between the Hing and the Sauapy of BER ae cvtden from the abundance of the bullae with the scl of Nerss Te isto be expected chat de future studies by experts will cis date the problem whether among the bllae witha Aromaie insrp at th Fe and thse without any tscripon (excepting those vo ered cove under group 1 there are any co be dated before the feign of Xerces yor afer him. "ag th Bel who lever that during the Fong stony of the Sartipy of Dasiyicion, the ste of the palace might albo Bave ebm ciated ehewhere than Erg, very likely on dhe South-Eastern ben einer of Take Massyae®” But out bullae can be taken sean ndicaion tha during the reign of Xerxes I the seat of the sit SRE Decyicon was probably stuated om the mound of Hisar ale. SF AR Bit Pe Err tie ite IVs 247 ears fel eum oh aeBellas with Aramaic inscriptions oo ae _ “Ten pitee™ beating iprenoos with Aramaic_inerpiong A are Saree tuld new material so the Aramate documents from Asia Minor tee Asis ell known, from Cyrus on, the ue Arama theofficial writen Tansuage of the ehancllery helped co fate polities Commercial, and cultural relations between the sate and. vious tation of the Achaemenid Empiec*" As Dupont Sommer expres j tion very similar to that of English in the Commonwealth countries. = \ a Oe Se ore ond ge eS ffcials themselves Ie wan peferred by the Western sateapich ‘This Het is substanciated by the dhevery of the hoards of bullae fiom Dasigleion, suggesting the exit of an acthive containing Alcuments in Arama, “Arama erptions occu aio onthe sal impressions on tablets and bullae Get the Trey at Perel Thy al represen resins of seal einer, rome of shen conti asf Kg, | é a" BS'Aramaic imeripions on our balla: fom Dechleen sccur on AT Sareea] > ‘samp sea and eybinder seal Smpresins One bulla has one evi ee oS ‘rand one stamp seal impresion The inseription om the Inte, Al he insertions const fe in We leave the entiation ofthe sal cmers an palegraphical Ataf the Wtng «the experts inthe ik The reader yell hd ‘opis of the insertions Nes. 25-3409 Fig. 3.(For the pt of 7 Nova6 see lela TPN os ‘The only Greck inscription om the bulla Erg, 263i given under iG Pulls Eg, 265 is ven und a Care No. 35. = Antara eral BALKAN gies) bs cpp ay a Saye sequins yt) aye FT Aa of Sy ihe nt Wvar SOI vey TAPYY ce LLY yynhe as ern aim ft eA jas