MAMA XI 321 (Perta)

It is not clear how best to understand the sequence of letters in lines 1-2. We could assume that the first line of the inscription was inscribed on a lost upper moulding, and understand a genitive patronym Κυριακοῦ with accidental repetition of the final syllable (i.e. [ὁ δεῖνα] Κυριακοῦ{κου}). Alternatively, we could interpret the sequence as a female name Κυρία (as in e.g. MAMA I 272 [Ladik]; MAMA VII 119 [Ilgın]; SEG 1, 453 [Kadınhanı]), followed by a genitive patronym Κουκου. A name *Κουκος does not seem to be attested elsewhere, but compare the female name Κουκα in MAMA VII 400 (Sarıkaya: Vetissos?); the female name Κοκω (dat.) at Savatra (MAMA VIII 254), the male name Κουκως in Swoboda, Keil and Knoll 1935: 88, no. 236 (Isaura Palaia), and cf. Zgusta 1970: 77-8. It is possible that this family of names should be connected to the difficult name Κῶκος and its derivatives (Robert 1963: 312-5, 320; Zgusta 1964: 262-3 §778, with addenda at pp.689-90; Zgusta 1970: 50).