MAMA XI 96 (Traianopolis)
Funerary inscription of Damas
- Type of monument:
- Funerary stele.
- Location:
- Mesudiye (Gâvur Ören) (Traianopolis): in the stairs of a house in the upper part of the village.
- Description:
- Grey-white marble stele, broken above, buried right, damaged below.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.79+; W. 0.51-0.57; Th. 0.21-0.23; letters 0.023-0.030.
- Record:
- Squeeze; line drawing; MB notebook copy (1956/27).
- Publication:
- Körte 1902: 32-3, no. 58.
- Date:
- Roman imperial period.
Λ̣α̣υδίκη [Δαμᾷ]
ἀδελφῷ μ̣[νήμης]
χάριν· ζήσα̣ς̣ [ἔτη - - ἐ]-
τελεύτα ἔ[τους - -]
5[μη(νὸς)] Δ̣ύστρο[υ - -]
Laudike, for her brother Damas, in memoriam. Having lived for - years, he died in Year -, on the -th day of the month of Dystros.
Buresch was able to read several more letters on the right-hand side of the stele, underlined in the text above.