MAMA XI 77 (Sebaste) 
Funerary doorstone of Trophimos
- Type of monument:
- Funerary doorstone.
- Location:
- Akarca (Sebaste): in a fountain 100m west of the mosque.
- Description:
- Upper part of white marble doorstone (similar to Waelkens 1986: 180-1, Typ C Sebaste and Typ C Payamalanı 1), broken below. Single door with panels and archivolt; inscription in the tympanum.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.47+; W. 0.57+; Th. --; letters 0.014-0.018.
- Record:
- Squeeze; line drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1955/115).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Late second or early third century AD (doorstone type).
χαίρετε πα-
ροδῖται. ταῦτα λέ-
γει Τρόφιμος κατακ-
είμενος ᾧ ἐνὶ τύμβῳ
- - - - - - - - - -
Greetings, passers-by. Trophimos speaks thus, lying in his tomb...
Illustrations:
Photograph of MAMA XI 77 (Sebaste 13: 1955-115)
Drawing of MAMA XI 77 (Sebaste 13: 1955-115)
Squeeze of MAMA XI 77 (Sebaste 13: 1955-115)
The words ταῦτα... τύμβῳ form a fairly accurate line of hexameter verse. For the possessive pronoun ᾧ, compare RECAM II 74A (Merkelbach and Stauber 2001: 15/03/01), [ν]αῖε... ᾧ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ (for the provenance of this text, from Obruk Minetler, near Iuliopolis, see I.Pessinous xi n.10).