Is the epichoric Name of Side Deciphered?
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https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202110Abstract
The epichoric name of the Pamphylian town does not correspond to the Greek one, as suggested since 1950, and the postulated Luwian ethnicon suffix and ending are not tenable. The name is therefore unknown, until a substantial progress in the decipherment of the Sidetic script is achieved. Before that, it can be said that it is probably attested in the genitive singular, and that -is may correspond to Lycian -ih(e), an ending of toponyms, attested nearly exclusively on coins.
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