GRAVÜR DÜNYASI
Digital Engraving Library
| Artist | Charles Felix Marie Texier (1802-1871) |
| Engraver | Augustin François Lemaitre (1797-1870) |
| Date | 1863 |
| Technique | Copper Engraving |
| Category | Ottoman Empire And Turkey |
| Source | Asie Mineure, Depuis Les Temps Les Plus Anciens Jusqu’a La Bataille d’Ancyre en 1402 Ph. Le Bas Termine par M. Cheron |
The Midas Monument (Yazılıkaya), located in Yazılıkaya Village of Han district, 80 km away from Eskişehir and the most magnificent of the Phrygian rock monuments, was built between the 8th and 6th centuries BC. The monument, which has dimensions of 17x16.5 meters, is not a tomb monument, but was built to place a Kybele (Mother Goddess) statue, as seen in many examples of rock monuments in Phrygia. It is called the Midas Monument because of the word Midai in the Phrygian inscription on the flattened main rock at the top left of the monument, and Yazılıkaya because of the Phrygian writings. Today, both names are used.
