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Rhaidestos

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Rhaidestos
Type:
Single Findspot
Altitude:
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Region:
Marmara
Province:
Tekirdag
District:
Merkez
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Investigation Method:
Survey
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Currently called Tekirdag, it was found during the Epigraphical Surveys in Thrace conducted by Z. Tasliklioglu in 1966. There is a grave stele recovered from the foundation of a house construction on the Postahane Bayiri Street in the Turgut Quarter. It bears a well preserved inscription. Based on the characters, the stele was dated to 540-400 BC. The name referred in the inscription is a Thracian name.
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