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Sinuri
37.2533° N, 27.8983° E
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Sinuri (Ancient Greek: Σινυρι) was a sanctuary of the god Sinuri in ancient Caria, Anatolia. The ruins of Sinuri are located on the hilltop now called Tarla Tepe, close to the modern village of Çamlıbelen, Milas, Muğla Province, Turkey. It was an active religious centre for over a thousand years, from the Archaic period to late antiquity. The community at Sinuri erected a large number of inscriptions from the 4th to the 1st centuries BCE, and it is one of the most important known find-sites for inscriptions in the Carian language. Extensive excavations halted in 1937 and organised archaeological activity only resumed in 2022.
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Temenos wall constructed
7th century BCE
Pleistarchus governance
290s BCE
Treaty of Apamea
188 BCE
Sacking of Mylasa / possible destruction
40 BCE
Epigraphic peak
4th–1st centuries BCE
Byzantine basilica erected
5th–6th centuries CE
Idrieus and Ada decrees
r. 315–344 BCE
Hecatomnus altar dedication
r. 392–377 BCE
French excavations and publication
1930s–1945
Fieldwork resumed
2022
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