Den här uppsatsen behandlar 62 mynt från den arkeologiska utgrävningen vid Zeushelgedomen Labraunda på Uppsala universitets myntkabinett. Syftet med uppsatsen är att förstå de kontaktmönster som fanns mellan Zeushelgedomen och omvärlden. Men även att dokumentera och digitalisera mynten. Syftet uppnås genom en nätverksanalys baserad på en kvantitativ myntundersökning och etableringen av en digital myntkatalog över det undersökta materialet. Från nätverksanalysen kan en stark koppling etableras mellan Zeushelgedomen och staden Mylasa. Det var helgedomens funktion som en regional maktbas och starka koppling till Hekatomndierna som utgjorde grunden till relationen. Myntmaterialet bekräftar också Zeushelgedomens omfattande roll under 200 talet f.Kr. då 33 av de undersökta mynten dateras till den tiden. Detta motsäger en vanlig tolkning vilket är att mängden aktiviteter minskade i Zeushelgedomen under den hellenistiska perioden. Med de kompletterande inskrifterna är det tydligt att Labraunda hade en viktig status i den turbulenta tidsåldern som följde Alexander den stores död. Mynten som användes inom helgedomen var för det mesta vanliga bronsmynt såsom nr 501051 från Mylasa och nr 501065 från Stratonikeia. / This essay examines 62 coins from the archaeological excavation at the Zeus sanctuary Labraunda at Uppsala University's coin cabinet. The purpose of the essay is to understand the contact patterns that existed between the Zeus sanctuary and the outside world. But also to document and digitize the coins. The purpose is achieved through a network analysis based ona quantitative coin survey and the establishment of a digital coin catalog of the examined material. From the network analysis, a strong connection can be established between the sanctuary of Zeus and the city of Mylasa. It was the shrine's function as a regional power baseand strong connection to the Hekatomnids that formed the basis of the relationship. The coin material also confirms the extensive role of the sanctuary of Zeus during the 2nd century BC. as 33 of the coins examined date to that time. This contradicts a common interpretation which is that the amount of activity decreased in the sanctuary during the Hellenistic period. With the supplementary inscriptions, it is clear that Labraunda had an important status in the turbulentage that followed the death of Alexander the Great. The coins used within the sanctuary were mostly common bronze coins such as No. 501051 from Mylasa and No. 501065 from Stratonikeia.

<p>This thesis examines the Christian context of the former pagan sanctuary of Zeus Labrandeusin Caria during the Early Byzantine period, ca. 325-730 A.D. The focus is on the church, positioned outside the pagan sanctuary’s temenos area. The architecture of the church has been empirically analysed. It is argued that the church shows strong Syrian influences. The Syrian features are a tripartite sanctuary enclosed by a straight back wall, an interior supported by pilasters and a west part with two towers. The study of the architecture has also been used in an attempt to discuss the liturgy at Labraunda.The finds from the excavations of 1951-2005 have been categorized and examined in order to establish a <em>terminus post quem</em> for the Christian presence at the site of the church. This has been crucial for the dating of the church. Furthermore, the finds illustrate the social and economic conditions that prevailed at Labraunda during the Early Byzantine period. Finally, this study tries to enlighten the process of transition from a pagan sanctuary into a Christian place of worship.</p>

Labraunda has a long and manifold history. The sanctuary starts out small in the Archaic period, is the most important in Karia during the Hekatomnid dynasty, reverts to a more normal position during the Hellenistic time, and is finally converted into a Christian sanctuary in the Late Roman period. This study aims to investigate the spatial pattern of what the visitor could have been perceived as religiously important at the sanctuary, in four different phases. Plans of the architecture and theory about ritual activity have formed the basis for analysing religious importance. What this study has shown is that a movement of religiously important space can be observed at Labraunda. Moving away from the origins at the Split Rock, for a long period being concentrated to the Temple Terrace, and consequently moving out to the two churches built outside the temenos.

This thesis examines the Christian context of the former pagan sanctuary of Zeus Labrandeusin Caria during the Early Byzantine period, ca. 325-730 A.D. The focus is on the church, positioned outside the pagan sanctuary’s temenos area. The architecture of the church has been empirically analysed. It is argued that the church shows strong Syrian influences. The Syrian features are a tripartite sanctuary enclosed by a straight back wall, an interior supported by pilasters and a west part with two towers. The study of the architecture has also been used in an attempt to discuss the liturgy at Labraunda.The finds from the excavations of 1951-2005 have been categorized and examined in order to establish a terminus post quem for the Christian presence at the site of the church. This has been crucial for the dating of the church. Furthermore, the finds illustrate the social and economic conditions that prevailed at Labraunda during the Early Byzantine period. Finally, this study tries to enlighten the process of transition from a pagan sanctuary into a Christian place of worship.

The area which today covers the Doric House, the Roman East Bath and the Byzantine East Church at the Karian sanctuary of Zeus at Labraunda in south-western Turkey, was by Swedish archaeologists called the P-building and the R-bath during the early 1950s. The excavations of this area in 1951 and 1953 were documented in three excavation diaries by archaeologist Inge Dahlén, written in Swedish. These diaries have, however, never been published. This thesis therefore focused to analyse Dahlén’s three excavation diaries in terms of three aspects. The first aspect was to understand the archaeological work and documentation methods at Labraunda during the 1951 and 1953 excavations and consequently, determine how the archaeology functioned in practice at the site in the early 1950s. The second aspect was to present in what ways Dahlén’s diaries could contribute to the current and future excavations at the East Bath at Labraunda. The last aspect was to study Dahlén’s own archaeological interpretations which occured in the diaries. In order to present all the three aspects, the analysis and discussion on the diaries were organised into four headings: archaeological work, archaeological finds, stratigraphy and documentation methods. Studying the diaries based on these headings showed that certain improvements occurred in the diaries from 1951 to 1953. Dahlén’s excavation diaries reveal a large amount of archaeological data regarding the progress of the excavations and the numerous discoveries from the excavated areas. They need, therefore, to be taken into consideration for a better understanding of both the early and the new excavations that are being conducted at the same area.