MAMA XI 47 (Eumeneia) 
Funerary bomos of Papadion and family
- Type of monument:
- Funerary bomos.
- Location:
- Yalınlı (Eumeneia): by a well in the village.
- Description:
- Marble bomos, recut as a Byzantine capital. On the front, traces of defaced upper mouldings and circular relief (encircled by lines 4-7).
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.81+; W. 0.27; Th. 0.29; letters 0.013-0.025.
- Record:
- Squeeze; line drawing; MB notebook copy (1956/50).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Roman imperial period.
[- - - - - - - - - -]
[.]ω Π̣απ̣αδίωνι κα̣[ὶ]
τοῖς προκειμέ-
νοις
τέκν|οις
5μου
Διο-
νυσί-
αι καὶ Τα-
τίαι
10[μόνοις· (?)] ἑτέρῳ
[δὲ οὐδεν]ὶ ἐξέσ-
[ται τεθῆν]αι· ὃς δὲ
[ἂν ἐπιχει]ρήσει, θ-
[ήσει προστ]είμου ἰ-
15[ς- - - - - - - - - -]
...for Papadion and my predeceased children Dionysia and Tatia [only (?)]. It shall not be permitted for anyone else to be placed in the tomb; whoever tries to do so shall pay as a fine to...
Illustrations:
Squeeze of MAMA XI 47 (Eumeneia 24: 1956-50)
Line drawing of MAMA XI 47 (Eumeneia 24: 1956-50)
The formulae of the inscription are standard at Eumeneia. For the use of the verb προκεῖσθαι (lines 2-3), compare Ramsay, Phrygia II 380, no. 210 (IGR IV 735, Eumeneia: Haydan), προκειμένης μου τῆς γυναικός. I have restored lines 10-13 on the parallel of Drew-Bear 1978: 83-4, IV 19 (SEG 28, 1136, Eumeneia: Tuğçu Çiftliği), ἑτέρῳ δὲ οὐδενὶ ἐξέσται τεθῆναι· ὃς δὲ ἂν ἐπιχειρήσει, κτλ.
The reading of the name in line 1 is difficult. I have restored here an otherwise unattested name, *Παπαδίων. This name would be a derivative of regular formation from the very common Phrygian name Παπας, gen. Παπαδος (compare e.g. the common names Ἑρμᾶς, Ἑρμαδίων). The female name Παπαδία is attested in Lykaonia (Laminger-Pascher 1992: no. 92; Zgusta 1964: §1199-14). I assume that Papadion was son, grandfather or brother of the man or woman who set up the inscription: e.g. [...ἐμαυτῷ καὶ τῷ τέκν]ῳ Παπαδίωνι.
On the rear of the stone, the word θύρα (‘door’) appears as a monogram: see Drew-Bear 1978: 59-62.
The only other monument recorded at Yalınlı is Drew-Bear 1978: 106, IV 44 (SEG 28, 1161).