MAMA XI 272 (Laodikeia) 
Funerary stele of Aurelius Eutychos and Thekla
- Type of monument:
- Funerary stele.
- Location:
- Nevine (Bahçesaray) [Laodikeia]: not recorded.
- Description:
- Rough grey marble stele, possibly broken above. Inscription in panel; above, labarum (chi-rho monogram, the chi consisting simply of a horizontal line across the upright stroke of the rho; the upright stroke of the rho terminates in a cursive omega).
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.88+; W. 0.80; Th. 0.40; letters 0.040-0.050.
- Record:
- Squeeze; AH notebook copy (1957/82).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Fourth century AD.
α̣ ☧ ω
Αὐρήλιος
Εὔτυχος
Παύλου ἀν-
5έστησα σ-
ὺν τῇ γλυ-
κυτάτῃ συν-
βίου Θέκλης
κὲ ἐμαυτῷ ζ-
10ῶν μνήμης χάριν.
I, Aurelius Eutychos, son of Paulus, set this up along with my sweetest wife Thekla, and for myself, while still living, in memoriam.
Illustrations:
Squeeze of christogram in l. 1 of MAMA XI 272 (Laodikeia 19: 1957-82)
Squeeze of MAMA XI 272 (Laodikeia 19: 1957-82)
The phraseology of this inscription is somewhat awkward; the author seems to have hesitated between setting up the stele ‘for’ and ‘with’ his wife Thekla.