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Funerary stele of Seleukos and Tata

Type of monument:
Funerary stele.
Location:
Giymir (Perta): in the wall of a house.
Description:
Marble stele with inscription in inset panel. Broken above and below.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.27+; W. 0.48 (panel 0.30); Th. --; letters 0.025-0.028.
Record:
Line drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/174).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Roman imperial period.
 
 

Βαβεις Ποσι-
δωνίου Πασι-
κράτου Σελεύ-
κῳ ὑῷ καὶ Τα-
5τᾳ ἐγγόνῃ μνή-
μ̣η̣ς̣ χ̣άριν.
Babeis, daughter of Posidonios, grand-daughter of Pasikrates, for her son Seleukos and her granddaughter Tata, in memoriam.

For the female name Βαβεις, see Zgusta 1964: 115-6 §133-15, and cf. MAMA XI 219 (1954/32: Yukarı Küçükhasan). The name Pasikrates was common at Perta: see MAMA XI 320 (1956/176: Giymir); MAMA VIII 273-4 (Obruk Han), 275 (Giymir), and cf. MAMA XI 294 (1957/47, Tatlıkuyu [Akbaş]: territory of Ikonion). For the name Seleukos at Perta, see the commentary to MAMA XI 309 (1956/169).

Illustrations:

MAMA XI 323 (Perta 18: 1956-174)

MAMA XI 323 (Perta 18: 1956-174)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 323 (Perta 18: 1956-174)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 323 (Perta 18: 1956-174)