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Funerary inscription of Aur. Auxanon and Aur. Ammia

Type of monument:
Funerary inscription.
Location:
Bozhüyük (Eumeneia): in the wall of a house.
Description:
White limestone fragment with tabula ansata, broken on all sides.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.40+; W. 0.58+; Th. --; letters 0.031-0.034.
Record:
Line drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1955/132=1956/78).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Third century AD.
 
 

Αὐρ(ήλιος) Αὐξάνων Διοδώρ[ου ἐποίη]-
σα τὸ ἡρῷον ἑαυτῷ κα[ὶ τῇ γυναι]-
κὶ αὐτοῦ Αὐρ(ηλία) Ἀμμίᾳ.
I, Aur. Auxanon, son of Diodoros, constructed the tomb for himself and his wife Aur. Ammia.

This is the third inscription recorded at the village of Bozhüyük (subsequently renamed Yeşilhüyük): see also Legrand and Chamonard 1893: 246, nos. 15-16 (Ramsay, Phrygia II 232, no. 78; 539-40, no. 401).

Illustrations:

MAMA XI 43 (Eumeneia 20: 1955-132=1956-78)

MAMA XI 43 (Eumeneia 20: 1955-132=1956-78)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 43 (Eumeneia 20: 1955-132=1956-78)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 43 (Eumeneia 20: 1955-132=1956-78)