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Şahin D, Şahin M. (2025). Apollo Daphnousios Sanctuary at Kiz Island. Parseh J. Archaeol. Stud.. 9(33), 203-219. doi:10.61882/PJAS.01.1282
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1- Professor, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Uludağ University, Görükle – Bursa, Turkey.
2- Professor, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey (Corresponding Author). ,mustafasahin@uludag.edu.tr.
2- Professor, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey (Corresponding Author). ,
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A fragment of a votive slab dedicated to the god Apollo was found during the 2023 season of the archaeological excavations at Kız Island in Apollonia a.R. The depiction of Apollo on the stele bears a close resemblance to the votive tablets found in 1991 at the site called Gavurkaya in the Akçapınar neighborhood on the south-eastern shore of Uluabat Lake, south of the city of Apollonia a.R. The inscriptions on the fully preserved Akçapınar votive plaques indicate that the offering was made for Apollo Daphnousios. The honouring stele among the finds points to a settlement named Daphnous Katoikia. The article discusses the location of the cult site of Apollo Daphnousios and the Daphnous Katoikia according to the finds from Kız Island. According to the similarity between the Akçapınar and Kız Island votive reliefs, the sanctuary of Apollo should be localized to Kız Island, whereas the Daphnous Katoikia should be located to the Gavurkaya in the Akçapınar neighborhoods. It is emphasized that the Seleucids were interested in the city of Apollonia a.R. because of Apollo’s cult, while the Daphnous Katoikia was a garrison settlement established against the Kingdom of Bithynia not far from the cult area.
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Special Archeology
Received: 2025/07/9 | Accepted: 2025/09/11 | Published: 2025/12/22
Received: 2025/07/9 | Accepted: 2025/09/11 | Published: 2025/12/22
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