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so-called 'Midas Monument'

a Pleiades place resource

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A rock-cut Phrygian monument dating to the seventh century BCE that carries an inscribed dedication in Old Phrygian by Ates, son of Arkias, to Midas.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/792912223

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.2001193, 30.7134581

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of so-called 'Midas Monument' (750 BC - 550 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Midas Monument (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

so-called 'Midas Monument' makes connections with:

so-called 'Midas Monument' located at Yazılıkaya (Eskişehir) (unspecified date range)

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Place type:
monument

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'so-called 'Midas Monument': a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/792912223> [accessed: 13 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/792912223 |title=Places: 792912223 (so-called 'Midas Monument') |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 13, 2026 7:57 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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