Locally, it is dubbed as the İskender Kitabesi (Alexander's Inscription), although Alexander the Great lived about five centuries before Caracalla. The local name was most likely given due to the historical fact that Alexander the Great (reigned 331-323 BC) passed through the Cilician Gates proceeding for the Battle of Issus. Even though it revealed after its decryption that the inscription was dedicated to Caracalla (reigned 198-217 AD), the wrong local name still persists.