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Funerary inscription of Nestor

Type of monument:
Funerary inscription.
Location:
Burunkuyu (Perta): by a well.
Description:
Plain limestone cornice, complete; hollowed out above to make a trough.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.29; W. 1.82; Th. 0.54; letters 0.035-0.040.
Record:
Squeeze; line drawing; MB notebook copy (1956/183).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Roman imperial period.
 
 

Νέστωρ Κάστορος ἐποίησα τὸ μνημεῖον ἐκ τῶν ἐμῶν̣.
I, Nestor son of Kastor, made the tomb from my own (resources).

The inscription appears to be complete. The names Nestor and Kastor were both extremely common in Lykaonia (cf. MAMA XI 378 [1957/65]). For the name Nestor in this region, see Robert, OMS VII, 588, n.71; Ma 2007: 103-7; MAMA XI 268 (1957/113: Ladık). The popularity of the name can be explained by its connotations of rhetorical success: see e.g. I.Sinope 170 (φρεσὶ δ᾿ εἶχεν ἀληθῶς αὐτὴν τὴν Πυλίου Νέστορος εὐεπίην). For Kastor, e.g. MAMA I 281 (Laodikeia); Laminger-Pascher 1992: 193, no. 311 (Yenisu/Alkaran: Isauropolis); 212, no. 366 (Ören: Isauropolis); Cronin 1902: 112, no. 22 (Fassılar); Hall 1968: 78-9, no. 25 (Amblada).

Illustrations:

Squeeze of MAMA XI 327 (Perta 22: 1956-183)

Squeeze of MAMA XI 327 (Perta 22: 1956-183)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 327 (Perta 22: 1956-183)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 327 (Perta 22: 1956-183)