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SIBIDUNDA (Bozova, formerly Zivint) Turkey.

Site in Pisidia 18 km N of Korkuteli. Recorded by Hierokles (Sindaunda) and the Byzantine bishopric lists; the coinage extends from M. Aurelius to Gordian III. The site, proved by the survival of the name and by an inscription found on the spot, is on a low flat hill without fortification. Good squared blocks and foundations are frequently exposed by digging; sherds of Roman date are abundant, but nothing is standing. About 1.6 km to the E, and underground, is a well-preserved built tomb. Inscriptions are not scarce and include an imperial rescript concerning forgeries in business contracts.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A. J. Smith, JHS 8 (1887) 254; W. M. Ramsay, Klio 23 (1931) 248; id., Cities and Bishoprics II (1897) 751-54; G. E. Bean, AnatSt 10 (1960) 68-73.

G. E. BEAN

The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites. Stillwell, Richard. MacDonald, William L. McAlister, Marian Holland. Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press. 1976.

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