MAMA XI 244 (Kinna) 
Funerary stele for Maria
- Type of monument:
- Funerary stele.
- Location:
- Altılar (Kinna): in a cemetery to the south of the village.
- Description:
- Very rough trachyte stele, probably broken below. Inscription occupies entire width of shaft; at the top, incised cross in circle.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.76+; W. 0.30; Th. 0.20; letters 0.025-0.050.
- Record:
- MB notebook copy; photograph (1957/30=5741).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Fourth or fifth century AD.
Εἰρινη-
κὸς ἀ-
νέστιεσε̣
τῖ εἰδίᾳ σι-
5νβ̣ίῳ Μαρί-
ᾳ χάριν
μνήμης
Eirenikos set this up for his own wife Maria, in memoriam.
Illustrations:
MAMA XI 244 (Kinna 23: 1957-30)
The name Εἰρηνικός is fairly widely-attested in late antiquity: cf. e.g. MAMA III 323b, 469 (Korykos); I.Perinthos 227; TAM V 1, 384 (Kollyda); TAM II 1009 (Olympos).