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