MAMA XI 146 (Pentapolis) 
Funerary bomos of Aur. Andragathos and family
- Type of monument:
- Funerary bomos.
- Location:
- Koçhisar (Pentapolis): in a cemetery west of the village, on the track to Çorhisar.
- Description:
- Limestone bomos, broken below.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.98+; W. 0.55 (upper moulding), 0.47 (shaft); Th. 0.50 (upper moulding), 0.41 (shaft); letters 0.030-0.045.
- Record:
- Squeeze; line drawing; MB notebook copy (1955/86).
- Publication:
- Legrand and Chamonard 1893: 276, no. 76 (lines 1-8); Ramsay, Phrygia II 733, no. 659.
- Date:
- Third century AD.
Αὐ̣ρ̣(ήλιος) Ἀνδράγα-
θος ζῶν ἑαυ-
τῷ̣ κ̣ὲ̣ τ̣ῷ ὑῷ Θά-
λλῳ κὲ τ̣ῇ γυναι̣-
5κὶ Τ[. . 3-4 . .] τ̣ὸ κυμη-
[τ]ήρ̣ι̣ον κατεσκε-
[ύ]ασεν μνήμης
vac. χάριν vac.
ἰ̣ δέ τις ἐπιτη-
10δεύσι, θήσι εἰς τὸ
τα̣μῖο̣ν̣ (δηνάρια) [- - -].
Line 3: [καὶ τ]ῷ L(egrand) and C(hamonard).
Lines 3-4: Θά|λ[λῳ καὶ] L. and C.; Θα|λ[ά]μ[ῳ] κὲ R(amsay).
Lines 4-5: γυνα|[ικὶ] L. and C.; γυνα|[ικ]ὶ R.
Line 5: Τ[ατίᾳ (?)] R.
Lines 5-6: κυμ|[ητήρι]ον L. and C.; R.
Line 9: εἰ R.
Aur(elius) Andragathos constructed the resting-place while still living for himself and his son Thallos and his wife T[...], in memoriam. If anyone tries (to bury another here), he shall pay to the fiscus [...] denarii.
Illustrations:
Squeeze of MAMA XI 146 (Pentapolis 14: 1955-86)
Line drawing of MAMA XI 146 (Pentapolis 14: 1955-86)
For the term κοιμητήριον (lines 5-6), used only by Christians and Jews, see the commentary to MAMA XI 37 (1954/23). The name Ἀνδράγαθος is not especially common; it is attested elsewhere in Phrygia among several members of a leading family at Synnada in the early imperial period (RPC I 3179-80, 3185-6; Müller 1980: 464-6) and in a votive dedication to Zeus Alsenos in the Afyon museum (Drew-Bear and Naour 1990: 1916, no.1; SEG 40, 1203).