MAMA XI 265 (Laodikeia) 
Funerary stele of Mania
- Type of monument:
- Funerary stele.
- Location:
- Ladık (Laodikeia): in the wall of the school.
- Description:
- Grey marble fragment of stele, broken above and below, concealed behind, and partially to left and right; remains of pilasters to left and right.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.32+; W. 0.55+; Th. --; letters 0.030-0.040.
- Record:
- MB notebook copy; photograph (1957/103a=5932).
- Publication:
- W. M. Calder, MAMA I 96a (text only).
- Date:
- Roman imperial period.
Γηρόπολις
Πιατερου
Μανιᾳ γυν-
αικὶ μνήμ-
5[ης χάρ]ι̣ν̣
Geropolis son of Piateros, for Mania his wife, in memoriam.
Illustrations:
MAMA XI 265 (Laodikeia 12: 1957-103a)
The names Geropolis and Piateros both appear only to be attested at Laodikeia. Γηρόπολις (a very puzzling name) appears twice more at Ladık (MAMA I 87; 96), and Πιατερος appears once at the neighbouring village of Sarayönü (Ramsay 1888: 263, no. 97: Αὐρήλιοι Πιατερ⟨ο⟩ς καὶ Δέκμος). The name Πιατερος is certainly indigenous (Zgusta 1964: 426 §1251-1) and may be Pisidian in origin (cf. the Pisidian name Πιατηραβις, Zgusta 1964: 426-7 §1251-2). For the Phrygian name Μανια, see Zgusta 1964: 293-4 §865-1.