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Funerary stele of Menedemos

Type of monument:
Funerary stele.
Location:
Ladık (Laodikeia): in a gateway.
Description:
Grey marble stele, broken above and below. Lower moulding of pediment only. On the shaft, pilasters to left and right, each with stylised capitals. Between the capitals, egg-and-dart design in relief with three ‘eggs’.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.36+; W. 0.48; Th. --; letters 0.040.
Record:
MB notebook copy; photograph (1957/103=5929).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Roman imperial period.
 
 

Μενέδη-
μος καὶ Κ̣-
- - - - - -
Menedemos and K...

For the egg-and-dart design at the top of the stele, compare the slightly cruder MAMA XI 262 (1957/102), from the neighbouring village of Nevine [Bahçesaray].

Illustrations:

MAMA XI 264 (Laodikeia 11: 1957-103)

MAMA XI 264 (Laodikeia 11: 1957-103)