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WALWET and KUKALIM
Lydian coin legends, dynastic succession, and the chronology of Mermnad kings
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Alexander Dale
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November 8, 2016
Abstract
This paper examines the walwet and kukalim legends appearing on early electrum coinage from Lydia. After a survey of previous interpretations, it is argued that the appurtenance suffix in kukalim functions as a patronymic, ‘I am a son/descendant of Gyges’, referring to Alyattes, whose name is now generally and correctly seen in walwet. Building on this, the chronological implications that this reading poses for the dates of Alyattes are then considered in relation to the revised dating of coins from the Artemisium deposit. It is suggested that Alyattes was already on the Lydian throne by ca. 635 BC, a dating which has further implications for the chronology of other rulers of the Mermnad dynasty.
Keywords: Lydian; numismatics; electrum coinage; Alyattes; Gyges; Greek history; Anatolian languages and linguistics
Online erschienen: 2016-11-8
Erschienen im Druck: 2015-10-1
© 2016 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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Keywords for this article
Lydian;
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