MAMA XI 280 (Northern Lykaonia) 
Sarcophagus of Ariadne
- Type of monument:
- Sarcophagus fragment.
- Location:
- Akçaşar (Northern Lykaonia): in a yard.
- Description:
- Grey marble slab with tabula ansata, probably from a sarcophagus; broken left, right, above, and below.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.52+; W. 0.60+; Th. 0.17; letters 0.027-0.034.
- Record:
- Squeeze; line drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/156).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Roman imperial period.
[- - -]νεος καὶ Μεστρία
[Μεσσ]αλεῖνα Ἀριάδνῃ
[θυγ]ατρὶ γλυκυτάτῃ
[μνή]μης χάριν. v.v.
5[ὁ δ]ὲ̣ τόπος Ε̣ἰ̣α̣νουαρίᾳ
[τῇ ἀδ]ελφῇ μου μόνον.
...neos and Mestria [Mess]alina, for Ariadne, their sweetest daughter, in memoriam. This place is for my sister Ianuaria only.
Illustrations:
MAMA XI 280 (Northern Lykaonia 6: 1956-156)
Line drawing of MAMA XI 280 (Northern Lykaonia 6: 1956-156)
Squeeze of MAMA XI 280 (Northern Lykaonia 6: 1956-156)
The personal name in line 1 cannot be restored with certainty. [Εἰρη]νος or [Ἀθη]νος would fit the lacuna; an abbreviated praenomen could stand before the name, but there seems to be no space for a gentilician. For Mestrii in this region, see the commentary to MAMA XI 283 (1956/131: Pomponius Mestrius Eukarpos, at the neighbouring village of Zengicek/Koçyaka).