MAMA XI 349 (Savatra) 
Funerary inscription of Iulius the presbyter
- Type of monument:
- Funerary inscription.
- Location:
- Yağlıbayat (Savatra): in a well just above the village.
- Description:
- Coarse marble block, buried below, broken above and behind. Below the inscription, incised monogrammatic cross.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.70+; W. 0.29; Th. 0.40; letters 0.025-0.035.
- Record:
- Squeeze; line drawing; MB notebook copy (1956/195).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Fourth to sixth century AD.
τῷ τῆς μ-
ακαρείας
μνήμνη-
ς Εἰουλείῳ
5τῷ πρεσβ-
υτέρῳ Μο-
υσῖος ὁ ἀ-
δεφὸς αὐ-
τοῦ ἀνέ-
10στησεν τ-
ὴν στήλ-
ην μνή-
μης χά-
ρειν.
☧
For Iulius of blessed memory, the presbyter, Mousios his brother set up the stele in memoriam.
Illustrations:
Squeeze of MAMA XI 349 (Savatra 7: 1956-195)
Line drawing of MAMA XI 349 (Savatra 7: 1956-195)
For the phrase ὁ/ἡ τῆς μακαρίας μνήμης, see also MAMA XI 367 (1956/190: Ortakuyu), and cf. MAMA XI 339 (1956/168: Hacınuman). I have assumed that the name in lines 6-7 is the common name Μουσαῖος, although the variation αι/ι is unusual; cf. Laminger-Pascher 1992: 80, no. 85 (Madenşehir: Μουσιανός). Names in Μουσ- are common in Phrygia Paroreios and Lykaonia, and their analysis (indigenous, Greek, or even Latin) is frequently uncertain (Zgusta 1964: 337-9; cf. MAMA XI 347 [1956/202]). It is not clear whether Mousios was Julius’ biological brother, or merely his spiritual brother (cf. MAMA XI 292 [1956/151]; MAMA XI 302 [1957/52]). The omission of lambda in ἀδεφὸς (lines 7-8) is relatively common (Brixhe 1987: 45): cf. MAMA VII 459 (Bulduk); RECAM II 263 (İnler); MAMA IV 260 (Tymandos); SEG 15, 800 (Afyon); SEG 28, 1165 (Eumeneia); SEG 41, 1218 (Kotiaion).