MAMA XI 234 (Kinna) 
Funerary stele of Aurelia Dido and family
- Type of monument:
- Funerary stele.
- Location:
- Yaraşlı (Kinna): in a wall of a house of the north side of the village.
- Description:
- White limestone stele, broken above. At top, rectangular or arched pediment, with female bust and two male busts in relief; female figure with veil and incised necklace. Line 1 of inscription on moulding; lines 2-6 in sunken panel on shaft. Below inscription, incised depictions of wool-basket on chest; spindle and distaff; mirror. At base of shaft, incised depictions of oinochoe, crude one-handled skyphos (?), and pelike.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.72+; W. 0.58; Th. 0.42; letters 0.015-0.030.
- Record:
- AH notebook copy; photograph (1957/12=5708).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Third century AD.
Αὐρη(λία) Διδω ζῶσα κ[ὲ φρο]-
νοῦσα ἑατῇ κὲ εἱ̣-
ῷ Δημητρίου κὲ ἀ-
{α}νδρὶ Δαδῃ ἀνέστ-
5{τ}ησεν μνήμης
χάρ⟨ι⟩ν.
Aure(lia) Dido, while still living and in her right mind, set this up for herself and her son Demetrios and her husband Dades, in memoriam.
Illustrations:
MAMA XI 234 (Kinna 13: 1957-12)
The indigenous names Διδω and Δαδης are highly characteristic of eastern Phrygia, Lykaonia and Galatia: for Διδω see Zgusta 1964: 147-8 §282-3; RECAM II 115, 254; for Δαδης see Zgusta 1964: 140-1 §244-5; Drew-Bear and Naour 1990: 1927-8.