MAMA XI 305 (Konya)

The mason originally omitted line 7, and had subsequently to insert it in smaller letters between lines 6 and 8. For the phrase ‘in Christ Jesus’ (lines 1-2), cf. I.Konya 202 (Ikonion), ἐνθάδε κῖμε ἐν Χρ(ιστ)ῷ Ἰ(η)σ(ο)ῦ. For the spelling πρεσβιτέρῳ (line 2), see Laminger-Pascher 1973: 18. The indigenous name Zeudas (line 3) seems otherwise to be entirely restricted to Isauria (Isaura Palaia, Astra, and the villages south of lake Trogitis: see Zgusta 1964: 178-9 §385); this appears to be the only attestation of the name from Lykaonia. (I have accented the name according to the recommendations of Masson, OGS I, 16 n.18.) For the prothetic ἰ- of ἰστήλην (line 5), see Brixhe 1987: 115-6. For the omission of beta in γαμβρός (lines 6-7), cf. Swoboda, Keil and Knoll 1935: 89, no. 242 (Isaura Palaia); MAMA IV 96 (Synnada); Ramsay 1887: 493 (Trokonda); SEG 40, 1230 (Upper Tembris valley); for discussion and bibliography, Drew-Bear and Naour 1990: 1962. For the characteristically Phrygian variation χ/κ (εὔκου, lines 8-9), Brixhe 1987: 110-11. For the request to ‘pray for us’, cf. TAM V 2, 1302 (Hierokaisareia), εὔχεστε ὑπὲρ ἡμν; MAMA I 258 (Laodikeia Katakekaumene); MAMA IX 557 (Aizanoi).