MAMA XI 339 (Perta) 
Funerary inscription of Letoes(?)
- Type of monument:
- Funerary inscription.
- Location:
- Hacınuman (Perta): by a well.
- Description:
- Limestone slab with large panel, outlined with cavetto moulding. Below the inscription, Latin cross.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 1.71; W. 0.62; Th. 0.24; letters 0.035-0.050.
- Record:
- Line drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/168).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Fifth or sixth century AD.
† ἔνθα
κατάχι-
τε ΛΗΤΟ-
ΗΣ ὁ τῆς
5λα⟨μ⟩πρᾶς
μνήμης.
Line 5: ΛΑΗΠΡΑΣ.
Here lies Letoios (?), of glorious memory.
Illustrations:
MAMA XI 339 (Perta 34: 1956-168)
MAMA XI 339 (Perta 34: 1956-168)
Line drawing of MAMA XI 339 (Perta 34: 1956-168)
For the phrase ὁ τῆς λαμπρᾶς μνήμης, cf. e.g. Ramsay, Phrygia II 743, no. 683 (Dokimeion); Harper 1969: 37, no. 8.13 (Kappadokian Komana: read ἔνθα κατάκειτ[ε]|[ὁ] τῆς λαμπρ[ᾶς]|μνήμη[ς ὁ δεῖνα]); French 2007: 74-5, no. 8 (Kırşehir Museum: read εἱ τῖς [i.e. ἡ τῆς; not εἵτις] λαμπρᾶς μνήμις). The reading in lines 3-4 seems certain, but the name *Λητοης is unattested and implausible. It is possible that we are dealing with a mason’s error for Λητό⟨ϊο⟩ς, a name which is well-attested in this period: see Dagron and Feissel 1987: 40-1, no. 15, with bibliography.