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9. N.E. TRADE ROUTE .• KLANNOUDDA. 591
right on this point, then the direct path from Hadjimlar to Ine
would pass very little north of Kalin-Kilisa; and, as soon as any
explorer reports that he has found traces of an ancient city near
Kalin-Kilisa, I shall he perfectly ready to accept the resemblance in
name as evidence in favour of the identification proposed by M. Kadet.
At present I regard Kalin as an ordinary Turkish adjective: it means
' thick' : the expression ' kalin kafa' ' thick head1' is often heard in
conversation among the peasantry.
§ 10. Blaundos. The site is well known on a spur of the plain pro-
jecting into the deep canon of the Hippourios, above the village of
Suleimanli, which lies at the bottom of the canon far below. The city
occupied a situation very similar to that of Akmonia, and of the old
hieron near Dionysopolis2, but is even stronger than any of them, as
the steep slope barely admits ascent at any point except the narrow
neck connecting it with the rest of the level Banaz-Ova. The ruins are
considerable, and their height makes them visible for some distance
over the plain. We have reason to remember this gratefully. About
the end of November, 1881, we found ourselves after sunset without
a guide, having lost our way from Hadjimlar, wandering through the
low scrub that here covers the plain, with no track visible, trying to
find Suleimanli and Blaundos, but having no idea in what direction
they were. As the light was fading, we descried from the top of
a gentle undulation the arches of the aqueduct at Blaundos little more
than a mile distant, and through this chance we were able to reach
Suleimanli in the darkness.
In the commentary on no. 472 the coin-legends are quoted which
show that the supreme board of magistrates at Blaundos was called
indifferently Strategoi and Archontes. The same inference may be
drawn from the following legends on coins of the second and third
centuries.
KA • BAAePIANOY • BAAYNAenN (M. Aurelius and autonomous).
CTP • KA • BAA • BAAYNAenN.
em ■ AP • A • AYP • TeiMO0eOY • BAAYNAenN (Caracalla).
em • Tl • KA • AAeZANAPOY • APX • A • TO • B • BAAYNAenN.
em ■ KA • MAPKOY • AP • A ■ BAAYNAenN (Caracalla)3!
1 M. Eadet remarks 011 the discre- 2 Compare § 6 and p. 132.
pancy in respect of form between the s I give here only coins of which
Kalinkese (or kase) of Arundel and Ha- I have verified the readings in Brit.
milton and Kiepert's more correct form : Mus., except the last, which is from
I believe that I was Kiepert's first au- Waddington Voy. Numism. Mionnet
thority for the form Kalin-Kilisa. Kafa has others, which confirm the same
literally'neck,'as Mr. Browne tells me. inference. See no. 514.
right on this point, then the direct path from Hadjimlar to Ine
would pass very little north of Kalin-Kilisa; and, as soon as any
explorer reports that he has found traces of an ancient city near
Kalin-Kilisa, I shall he perfectly ready to accept the resemblance in
name as evidence in favour of the identification proposed by M. Kadet.
At present I regard Kalin as an ordinary Turkish adjective: it means
' thick' : the expression ' kalin kafa' ' thick head1' is often heard in
conversation among the peasantry.
§ 10. Blaundos. The site is well known on a spur of the plain pro-
jecting into the deep canon of the Hippourios, above the village of
Suleimanli, which lies at the bottom of the canon far below. The city
occupied a situation very similar to that of Akmonia, and of the old
hieron near Dionysopolis2, but is even stronger than any of them, as
the steep slope barely admits ascent at any point except the narrow
neck connecting it with the rest of the level Banaz-Ova. The ruins are
considerable, and their height makes them visible for some distance
over the plain. We have reason to remember this gratefully. About
the end of November, 1881, we found ourselves after sunset without
a guide, having lost our way from Hadjimlar, wandering through the
low scrub that here covers the plain, with no track visible, trying to
find Suleimanli and Blaundos, but having no idea in what direction
they were. As the light was fading, we descried from the top of
a gentle undulation the arches of the aqueduct at Blaundos little more
than a mile distant, and through this chance we were able to reach
Suleimanli in the darkness.
In the commentary on no. 472 the coin-legends are quoted which
show that the supreme board of magistrates at Blaundos was called
indifferently Strategoi and Archontes. The same inference may be
drawn from the following legends on coins of the second and third
centuries.
KA • BAAePIANOY • BAAYNAenN (M. Aurelius and autonomous).
CTP • KA • BAA • BAAYNAenN.
em ■ AP • A • AYP • TeiMO0eOY • BAAYNAenN (Caracalla).
em • Tl • KA • AAeZANAPOY • APX • A • TO • B • BAAYNAenN.
em ■ KA • MAPKOY • AP • A ■ BAAYNAenN (Caracalla)3!
1 M. Eadet remarks 011 the discre- 2 Compare § 6 and p. 132.
pancy in respect of form between the s I give here only coins of which
Kalinkese (or kase) of Arundel and Ha- I have verified the readings in Brit.
milton and Kiepert's more correct form : Mus., except the last, which is from
I believe that I was Kiepert's first au- Waddington Voy. Numism. Mionnet
thority for the form Kalin-Kilisa. Kafa has others, which confirm the same
literally'neck,'as Mr. Browne tells me. inference. See no. 514.