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an hour’s walk from Beyözü, as judged from a terrain-based cost surface.
Further to the south, lighter yet significant scatters of ceramic tiles and some
pottery were identified (F1006), covering the period between the Early Bronze
Age and the Ottoman period, though most of the material came from the
Roman to Middle Byzantine periods.
North-east of Beyözü, several concentrations of pottery were discovered,
at F1003 and F1004 near Sarıhasan. The remains of two watchtowers were
located on hilltops covering the eastern approach to the fortification on Kale
Tepe (F1103, F1104), and combined geophysical and intensive survey of
Kabak Tepe suggest a third watchtower (F2312) located at the southern edge
of this natural prominence.
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The Region
The village survey visited several other sites in search of parallels. 4 At
Kozören two Latin inscriptions were found, one a milestone from the late
second century A.D. naming, Caius Iulius Flaccus Aelianus, the Roman
governor of Cappadocia in A.D. 198, the other more worn but probably
not a milestone. There was an additional Greek inscription. The village
also contained two large blocks with crosses, probably from a church, and
a sarcophagus. At Alören, a cereal press weight with an inscribed cross
was discovered, and the village also contained at least one column base. At
Sarıhasan, four palmette capitals were found. At Bayındır a palmette column
capital, column base, and a Greek inscription from the Roman Empire were
found. At Elvançelebi, parts of a late Roman church had been used in the
construction of the türbe. The village also contained two Greek inscriptions
and a press weight. To the south, an inscription recorded by Anderson in 1903
is still present in a fountain. 5
4 Our thanks to Önder İpek of the Çorum Museum for providing details of several unpub-
Our thanks to Önder İpek of the Çorum Museum for providing details of several unpublished
inscriptions in the Mecitözü ilçe.
5 Anderson, J.G.C et al., Studia Pontica III: Recueil des Inscriptions Grecques et Latines du Pont et
de l’Armenie (Brussels, 1910), #212.