MAMA XI 279 (Northern Lykaonia)

The name Μάντριος is extremely rare. To the best of my knowledge, the only other example of the name derives from Dorylaion in northern Phrygia (SEG 41, 1185; the reading was wrongly challenged by Thonemann 2006: 21). The etymology of the name is uncertain; it seems to me unlikely to be a phonetic variant on the unattested name *Μάνδριος (Thonemann 2006: 21; 37).

The genitive Μάκρου in line 4 is likely to represent the Roman name Macer (gen. Macri). The name Macer is normally treated in Greek as a third declension noun (Μάκερ, Μάκερα, Μάκερος, Μάκερι). However, perhaps through a false etymological connection with the Greek adjective μακρός, it is also occasionally treated as a second declension noun. So the nominative form Μάκρος appears in SEG 23, 659 (Soloi, honours for M. Fulvius Macer); the genitive Μάκρου is found in IGR IV 467 (Pergamon, Pompeius Macer). In an inscription from Dorla/Aydoğmuş (ancient Isauropolis: MAMA VIII 161; Laminger-Pascher 1992: 230-1, no. 409), the name Μάκερος (nom.) ought also to be understood as representing Macer (Zgusta 1964: 281 n.32). (The discussion in Robert 1963: 292 n.5 is badly confused.)

The cult of (Meter) Angdistis is not common in this region (Robert 1980: 236-40), although dedications to her (in combination with other deities) are known from Ikonion (I.Konya 9) and Sizma (SEG 6, 392).