MAMA XI 16 (Apollonia) 
Funerary stele of Auxanon and children
- Type of monument:
- Funerary stele.
- Location:
- At a crossroads c. 1km west of Uluborlu (Apollonia).
- Description:
- Limestone stele with pediment and small acroteria, chipped above, with a small boss on the base-line of the pediment. Line 1 on upper moulding, remainder on shaft.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.93+; W. 0.40 (upper moulding), 0.36 (shaft), 0.42; Th. 0.34 (upper moulding), 0.33-0.37 (shaft), 0.39; letters 0.025-0.032.
- Record:
- Squeeze; line drawing; MB notebook copy (1956/98).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Third century AD.
[Α]ὐρ(ηλία) Ἀμεία τῷ ἑ-
[αυ]τῆς ἀνδρὶν
[Α]ὐξάνοντι
[κ]ὲ τέκνοις
5[γ]λυκυτάτοις̣
[μν]ήμης χάριν.
Aur. Ameia, for her husband Auxanon and her sweetest children, in memoriam.
Illustrations:
Squeeze of MAMA XI 16 (Apollonia 16: 1956-98)
Line drawing of MAMA XI 16 (Apollonia 16: 1956-98)
For the parasitic nu of ἀνδρίν, compare I.Kios 40 (τῷ γλυκτ[ά]τῳ ἀ[νδ]ρίν Χρήστῳ). This irrational nu is more commonly found in the accusative case (μητέραν, γυναῖκαν etc.: Brixhe 1987: 65-6; in this instance, the mason may have been influenced by the fact that the following word began with a vowel Gignac 1976: 113-4).