MAMA XI 165 (Kidyessos)
Funerary bomos of Theodoule and her children
- Type of monument:
- Funerary bomos.
- Location:
- Tokuşlar (Kidyessos): in the boundary wall of the cemetery, on the road west to Kınık.
- Description:
- White marble bomos with mouldings above and omphaloid top; broken below.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.67+; W. 0.33 (upper moulding), 0.26-0.28 (shaft); Th. --; letters 0.027-0.030.
- Record:
- Drawing; MB notebook copy; squeeze (1956/7).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Third century AD.
Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ζωτικὸς
Λ̣ΙΝΟΠΑΠΠΟΥΣ
κὲ ἡ σύνβιος αὐ-
τοῦ Αὐρ(ηλία) Τατιανὴ
5τῇ θυγατρὶ Θεο-
δούλῃ κὲ τέκνο[ις]
Ζωτικῷ κὲ [. . c. 4 . .]
[. c. 2 .]ω, μνήμ̣[ης χά]-
[ριν. vac. (?)]
Aur(elius) Zotikos... and his wife Aur(elia) Tatiane (set this up) for their daughter Theodoule and her children Zotikos and ..., in mem[oriam].
The reading in line 2 seems certain, aside from the first letter, which could be a lambda or an alpha. I do not know how to interpret this sequence of letters; I know of no personal name, ethnic, or designation of profession that looks anything like this.