Axiotta

{{Short description|Ancient city in Asia Minor}}

Axiotta ({{langx|grc|Αξίοττα}}) or Aziotta ({{langx|grc|Αζίοττα}}) was an ancient Greek city in Lydia, in Asia Minor[https://books.google.com/books?id=4kWCeuiAuX4C&dq=axiottta&pg=PA81 Aus Lydien], Karl Buresch, Georg Olms Verlag, 1977, σελ. 81 and it was a place of worship of the Phrygian god Men.{{cite web|url=http://www.narodnimuzej.rs/images/ZbornikXX-1arheologijaNarodniMuzej.pdf|title=Прилог познавању иконографије и култа бога Мена у римским провинцијама централног Балкана (on the iconography and Cult of God Men in the roman Provinces of the Central Balkans)|website=Narodnimuzej.rs|accessdate=2016-12-11}}

The city was located in the valley of river Ermos and it became known from inscriptions found in the area, several of them dedicated to the main deity of the city Men ("to Mina Axiottino" / "Μήνα Αξιοττηνό"{{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/Documents/in/Men_Axiottenos |title=Documents in Men Axiottenos |website=Academia.edu |date=1970-01-01 |accessdate=2016-12-11}}).

Indicatively:[https://www.academia.edu/1161303/_The_Aretalogical_Character_of_the_Maionian_Confession_Inscriptions_ The Aretalogical Character of the Maionian "Confession" Inscriptions], María Paz de Hoz, Estudios de Epigrafía Griega, A. Martínez Fernández (ed.), La Laguna 2009, pp. 357-367

:Μηνί Αξιοττηνώ Αφφιάς Γλύκωνος εύξατο, ει τεκνώσει...

:To Meni of Axiotta, Affias [of] Glycon wished, that if she will have a child...Translation from The Aretalogical Character of the Maionian "Confession" Inscriptions, María Paz de Hoz: "Affias, the daughter of Glykon, made Men Axiottenos a promise, in case she could have a child.."

The ethnic name for people from Axiotta / Aziotta was Axiottinos (Αξιοττηνός) or Aziotinos (Αζιοττηνός) ("μήτηρ Αζιοττηνή" / "mother from Aziotta").

The locations where such inscriptions were found are the area of Mağazadamlari of today's Turkey, north of Ayazviran (Ayazören Köyü), northwest of Hamidiye (Hamidiye Köyü, Kula, Manisa),{{cite journal|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/supplementum-epigraphicum-graecum/seg-53-1344-magazadamlari-north-of-ayazviran-northwest-of-hamidiye-dedication-of-a-eulogy-to-men-artemidorou-in-axiotta-5758-ad-a53_1344 |title=SEG 53-1344. Mağazadamlari (north of Ayazviran, northwest of Hamidiye). Dedication of a eulogy to Men Artemidorou in Axiotta, 57/58 A.D. - Brill Reference |doi=10.1163/1874-6772_seg_a53_1344 |website=Referenceworks.brillonline.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-11|url-access=subscription }} and at contemporary Gökçeören of Kula (ex Menye) {{Coord|38|34|31|N|28|29|20|E|display=inline}}.Türkiye'deki tarihsel adlar: Türkiye'nin tarihsel coğrafyası ve tarihsel adları üzerine alfabetik düzende bir inceleme, Bilge Umar İnkılâp Kitabevi, 1993, σελ. 142, 145 «Aziotta. Its site is unlocated.{{Cite Barrington|62}}