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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.

Illustrations:

Squeeze of MAMA XI 96 (Traianopolis 7: 1956-27)

Squeeze of MAMA XI 96 (Traianopolis 7: 1956-27)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 96 (Traianopolis 7: 1956-27)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 96 (Traianopolis 7: 1956-27)