=== リディア文献 ===
マリヤはリュディア<ref>リュディア(紀元前7世紀 - 紀元前547年)は、アナトリア半島(現在のトルコ)のリュディア地方を中心に栄えた国家である。</ref>の女神マリスの前身であるというのが定説である。の女神マリスの前身であるというのが定説である<ref>Haas, 2015, p411</ref><ref>Payne, 2019, p242</ref>。ペルガモンのギリシャ語・リディア語対訳テキストや、ヒッポナクスやヘスキオスのような作家の作品に見られる多くの文学的言及から分かるように、彼女はギリシャのアテーナーに類似した存在として理解されていたのである<ref>Payne, 2019, p241。
It is agreed that Maliya was a forerunner to the [[Lydia]]n goddess Malis.{{sfn|Haas|2015|p=411}}{{sfn|Payne|2019|p=242}} She was understood as analogous to Greek Athena, as indicated by a Greek-[[Lydian language|Lydian]] bilingual text from [[Pergamon]] and by a number of literary references identified in works of authors such as [[Hipponax]] and [[Hesychius of Alexandria|Hesychius]].{{sfn|Payne|2019|p=241}} The aforementioned bilingual is one of the only Lydian texts which were not found in the proximity of [[Sardis]], and is substantially later than the rest of the corpus, with the most estimates dating it to the late fourth century BCE, specifically to the period between 330 and 325 BCE based on the fact that it mentions that a certain Paitaras was a donor responsible for funding the column it was inscribed on, erected during the construction of the local temple of Athena.{{sfn|Payne|Sasseville|2016|p=67}} Paitaras is not known from any other sources, though the fact his dedication is bilingual might indicate that Pergamon had an influential and prosperous Lydian community at the time.{{sfn|Payne|Sasseville|2016|p=68}}
While Greek literary tradition presents the kings of Lydia as sponsors of the cult of Athena, she does not appear in sources from Sardis predating the rule of the [[Attalid]] dynasty (180 - 133 BCE) and therefore it has been proposed that such attestations can reflect traditions pertaining to the cult of Malis from before the period of [[Hellenization]].{{sfn|Payne|2019|pp=241-242}}