MAMA XI 11 (Apollonia) 
Votive stele of Doudis to Men
- Type of monument:
- Votive stele.
- Location:
- Yassıviran (Yassıören) (Apollonia): in the ruins of the old school.
- Description:
- Limestone stele with pilasters to left and right, supporting a gabled pediment. In the pediment, a crescent moon; on the shaft, unfinished relief (bucranium and garland?). Inscription on the upper moulding. Broken above, otherwise complete.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.73+; W. 0.34-0.36; Th. 0.20; letters 0.015-0.020.
- Record:
- Squeeze; MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/101).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Roman imperial period.
Δουδι̣ς̣ Μ̣Ι̣Ο̣Ρ̣Σ̣Ι̣
Illustrations:
MAMA XI 11 (Apollonia 11: 1956-101)
Squeeze of MAMA XI 11 (Apollonia 11: 1956-101)
Squeeze of MAMA XI 11 (Apollonia 11: 1956-101)
The inscription is poorly carved and badly worn; we appear to have a form of the indigenous Phrygian name Δουδης (Zgusta 1964: 153-4 §306). The crescent moon in the pediment suggests that the monument may be a dedication to the god Men; for the depiction of a bucranium in a garland on monuments dedicated to Men, cf. MAMA VII 311 (Vetissos). The cult of Men Askaenos is attested at Apollonia: see Ramsay 1883: 417, no. 32, with Robert, Hellenica 6, 34.