This article considers proof for the type and supplies utilized in monumental Phrygian structure in Central Anatolia throughout the Middle Iron Age (eighth–sixth centuries BCE) to argue for a later (sixth-century BCE) date for the Midas Monument. Examination of this monument and different rock-cut architectural facades in the Phrygian Highlands results in the conclusion that each one of the monumental facades in the Phrygian Highlands signify buildings with low, double-pitched, tiled roofs and architectural terracotta revetment tiles that must be dated to the first half of the sixth century. This conclusion has important implications for the historical past of Midas City itself and the nature of Lydian rule in Central Anatolia.
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