Bubon (Lycia)
Bubon or Boubon (
Bubon is located west of ancient Balbura, near Ibecik, as confirmed by modern scholars.[2][3] The city stood on a hill side commanding the entrance to the pass over the mountains.
Bubon is mentioned by Pliny, Ptolemy, and Hierocles. Pliny mentions a kind of chalk (creta) that was found about Bubon. [4]
Bubon, along with Balbura and Oenoanda formed the district of Cabalia.[5]
There is a small theatre built of sandstone and on the summit of the hill was the acropolis.
Bishopric
Bubon was a
No longer a residential bishopric, Bubon is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[8]
References
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s. v. Βούβων.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History, xxxv.196.
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History, v.101.
- ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 991-992
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 450
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 853
Further reading
- H. A. Ekinci: Boubon kurtarma kazısı 1993 [Rescue excavations in Bubon 1993]. In: V. Müze Kurtarma Kazıları Semineri, Didim 25 - 28 nisan 1994. Ankara 1995, S. 333-343.
- Hansgerd Hellenkemper, Friedrich Hild: Lykien und Pamphylien. Tabula Imperii Byzantini 8. Wien 2004, S. 487-489.
- Jale İnan: Der Bronzetorso im Burdur-Museum aus Bubon und der Bronzekopf im J. Paul Getty Museum. In: Istanbuler Mitteilungen 27-28, 1977-78, S. 267-287.
- Jale İnan: Der Bronzetorso im Typ des Diskophoros von Polyklet im Burdur-Museum. In: Polykletforschungen. Berlin 1993, S. 41-56.
- Jale İnan: Neue Forschungen zum Sebasteion von Boubon und seinen Statuen. In: Akten des II. Internationalen Lykien-Symposions, Wien 6.-12. Mai 1990. Bd. 1, Wien 1993, S. 213-239.
- Jale İnan: Boubon sebasteionu ve heykelleri üzerine son araştırmalar. [Recent studies on Sebasteion and the statues of Bubon] Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 1994.
- Christopher P. Jones: Some new inscriptions from Bubon. In: Istanbuler Mitteilungen 27-28, 1977-78, S. 288-296.
- Christina Kokkinia (ed): (Boubon. The Inscriptions and Archaeological Remains: A Survey 2004-2006. Athens 2008") (Review by N. P. Milner).
- A. P. Kozloff: Bubon. A re-assessment of the provenance. In: Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, 1987, S. 131-143.
- N. Milner: An inscription from Bubon. In: Studies in the history and topography of Lycia and Pisidia. In memoriam A. S. Hall. London 1994, S. 93-94.
- Friedrich Schindler: Die Inschriften von Bubon (Nordlykien). Wien 1972 (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte 278, 3; Text of the inscriptions).
External links
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Bubon". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
