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Funerary bomos of C. Iulius Neikias

Type of monument:
Funerary bomos.
Location:
Yuvaköy (Eumeneia): not recorded.
Description:
Upper part of limestone bomos, broken below.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.43+; W. 0.39 (upper moulding), 0.34 (shaft); Th. 0.39 (upper moulding), 0.42 (shaft); letters 0.030-0.045.
Record:
Line drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1955/127).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Roman imperial period.
 
 

Παλλὰς
Γ(αΐῳ) Ἰουλίῳ Νε-
ικίᾳ ἀνδρὶ
ἐποίησα τ-
5[ὸ ἡρῷον (e.g.)]
I, Pallas, made the [tomb] for my husband C. Iulius Neikias.

The omega in line 2 takes the form of a Latin letter U; line 5 is restored exempli gratia. Aside from the milestone published by Drew-Bear and Eck 1976: 294-6, no. 5 (Thonemann 2011a: 150-2), the only other inscription known from Yuvaköy is Drew-Bear 1978: 96-7, IV 33 (SEG 28, 1165).

Illustrations:

MAMA XI 50 (Eumeneia 27: 1955-127)

MAMA XI 50 (Eumeneia 27: 1955-127)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 50 (Eumeneia 27: 1955-127)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 50 (Eumeneia 27: 1955-127)