MAMA XI 286 (Northern Lykaonia) 
Funerary stele for a virgin
- Type of monument:
- Funerary stele.
- Location:
- Zengicek (Koçyaka) (Northern Lykaonia): in the foundation of a house, said to have been brought from the kale.
- Description:
- Mottled grey and white marble stele, cut off above.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.67+; W. 0.39; Th. 0.22; letters 0.027-0.030.
- Record:
- Line drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/133).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Roman imperial period.
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παρθένῳ
μνήμης χά̣-
ριν hed. ῥίψον
5δάκρυ, ὦ πα-
ροδῖτα. hed.
hed. hed.
...virgin, in memoriam. Shed a tear, passer-by.
Illustrations:
MAMA XI 286 (Northern Lykaonia 12: 1956-133)
Line drawing of MAMA XI 286 (Northern Lykaonia 12: 1956-133)
The term παρθένος is used as a term of praise in the epitaphs both of pagan and Christian women: Robert, Hellenica XIII, 38; 76-7. Cf. MAMA XI 292 (1956/151: Maydos); 340 (1956/163: Koçaş).