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12. THE NATIVE SOCIAL SYSTEM. 141
§ 13. Motella. is so often mentioned in the inscriptions that it
must have been in close connexion with the hieron, and was probably
originally a village of the Hyrgaleis, just as it now forms a part of
Tchal-Ova. It still retains its name as Medele, where no. 61 was
found. In the Byzantine lists it is called Metellopolis or Metallopolis1;
and it seems to be the place mentioned in Hierocles as Pulcheriano-
polis, which may be taken as a proof that it was under the adminis-
tration of Pulcheria (414-53 a.d.) that the village was raised to the
rank of a bishopric.
We may find in the name Motella a clue to the original connexion
of the hieron. Motella is evidently related to the Phrygian feminine
name Motalis (no. 21) and the Cilician masculine name Motales
(JHS 1891 p. 247); and, as Prof. Sachau (Berl. Sitzungsber. 1892
p. 320) has recognized, these are connected with Mutalli or Muttallu,
the name of an old Hittite king of Gurzum (i. e. northern Commagene
with capital Marash-Germaniceia, Hist. Geogr. pp. 17, 277 f)2. The
close connexion of local and personal names is characteristic of the
earliest Anatolian nomenclature. To the same early period belongs
the name Bozis, applied to the territory of the god, and identical with
Bazis, the name of the estate of Zeus Asbamaios at Tyana (no. 52).
We are thus carried back to a time when a uniform government and
language existed over the wide plateau from Tyana to the Byrgalean
territory; and when the governing centre of this great empire was
at Pteria.
§ 14. Villages. A great number of other local names occur in
the inscriptions, Kagyetta 62, 63, Salouda 64, 65, Melokome 64,
Nonoula 56. There is no evidence to determine whether they were
villages of the Hyrgalean Koinon, or were like Mossyna and Thiounta
under the authority of Hierapolis, or were dependent on Dionysopolis.
Kagyetta at Develar, and Salouda at Kabalar were very close to the
site where we suppose Dionysopohs to have been situated.
1 The same vowels occur in the former name Mutnr, applied to a Hittite king
as in the modern name, while the latter in the treaty between Ramses II and
is modified to give a meaning in Greek. the Kheta, is the same as Mutalli, is
2 Prof. Sayce's suggestion that the quoted with approval by Sachau.
§ 13. Motella. is so often mentioned in the inscriptions that it
must have been in close connexion with the hieron, and was probably
originally a village of the Hyrgaleis, just as it now forms a part of
Tchal-Ova. It still retains its name as Medele, where no. 61 was
found. In the Byzantine lists it is called Metellopolis or Metallopolis1;
and it seems to be the place mentioned in Hierocles as Pulcheriano-
polis, which may be taken as a proof that it was under the adminis-
tration of Pulcheria (414-53 a.d.) that the village was raised to the
rank of a bishopric.
We may find in the name Motella a clue to the original connexion
of the hieron. Motella is evidently related to the Phrygian feminine
name Motalis (no. 21) and the Cilician masculine name Motales
(JHS 1891 p. 247); and, as Prof. Sachau (Berl. Sitzungsber. 1892
p. 320) has recognized, these are connected with Mutalli or Muttallu,
the name of an old Hittite king of Gurzum (i. e. northern Commagene
with capital Marash-Germaniceia, Hist. Geogr. pp. 17, 277 f)2. The
close connexion of local and personal names is characteristic of the
earliest Anatolian nomenclature. To the same early period belongs
the name Bozis, applied to the territory of the god, and identical with
Bazis, the name of the estate of Zeus Asbamaios at Tyana (no. 52).
We are thus carried back to a time when a uniform government and
language existed over the wide plateau from Tyana to the Byrgalean
territory; and when the governing centre of this great empire was
at Pteria.
§ 14. Villages. A great number of other local names occur in
the inscriptions, Kagyetta 62, 63, Salouda 64, 65, Melokome 64,
Nonoula 56. There is no evidence to determine whether they were
villages of the Hyrgalean Koinon, or were like Mossyna and Thiounta
under the authority of Hierapolis, or were dependent on Dionysopolis.
Kagyetta at Develar, and Salouda at Kabalar were very close to the
site where we suppose Dionysopohs to have been situated.
1 The same vowels occur in the former name Mutnr, applied to a Hittite king
as in the modern name, while the latter in the treaty between Ramses II and
is modified to give a meaning in Greek. the Kheta, is the same as Mutalli, is
2 Prof. Sayce's suggestion that the quoted with approval by Sachau.