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Funerary inscription in verse

Type of monument:
Funerary inscription in verse.
Location:
Mernek (Karakaya) (Perta): in a house wall.
Description:
Fragment of coarse grey-brown marble, broken below, right, and probably above.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.42+; W. 0.39+; Th. --; letters 0.030-0.040.
Record:
Squeeze; line drawing; MB notebook copy (1956/143).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Roman imperial period.
 
 

τύνβος [ὅδ᾿ - - -]
ὑπένερ[θε - - - -]
καλὸν [- - - - - -]
ΑΧΟΥΣΕ[- - - - -]
5ΛΥΧ̣[- - - - - - - -]
Π̣Α̣Υ̣[- - - - - - - -]
This tomb... underneath... fair...

Line 1 apparently represents the beginning of the inscription; cf. Cronin 1902: 360, no. 121 (Sadettin Hanı), which begins τύμβος ὅδ᾿ ἐν χθονίῃ κατ[έχει πο]λὺ φίλτατον ἄνδρα.

Illustrations:

Squeeze of MAMA XI 325 (Perta 20: 1956-143)

Squeeze of MAMA XI 325 (Perta 20: 1956-143)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 325 (Perta 20: 1956-143)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 325 (Perta 20: 1956-143)