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Funerary bomos of Dorotheos

Type of monument:
Funerary bomos.
Location:
Dayıkuyusu (Komitanassos): in a well-head.
Description:
White limestone bomos, broken above, face damaged below. Above the inscription, on the shaft, relief of a standing draped male figure in an arched niche.
Dimensions:
Ht. 1.45+; W. 0.49 (shaft), 0.61 (base); Th. 0.36 (shaft); letters 0.020-0.030.
Record:
Squeeze; line drawing; MB notebook copy (1956/193).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Roman imperial period.
 
 

[Ἰ]ούλιον καὶ Σέλευκον
οἱ Ἀθηνέου ἀνέστη̣[σα]-
ν Δωροθέῳ τῷ ἀ[δελφῷ]
γλυκυτάτῳ μν[ήμης]
5 [ἕνεκεν]
Iulius and Seleukos, sons of Athenaios, set this up for Dorotheos, their sweetest brother, in memoriam.

Dayıkuyusu is a yayla in the steppe south of Ortakuyu, east of Akörenkışla; I have tentatively assigned the village to the territory of Komitanassos. For the name Seleukos in this region, see the commentary to MAMA XI 309 (1956/169); for the name Athenaios, compare MAMA VIII 271 (Obruk), and perhaps MAMA XI 366 (1956/192: Komitanassos). The irrational accusatives in line 1 both seem certain on the squeeze.

Illustrations:

Squeeze of MAMA XI 368 (Komitanassos 4: 1956-193)

Squeeze of MAMA XI 368 (Komitanassos 4: 1956-193)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 368 (Komitanassos 4: 1956-193)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 368 (Komitanassos 4: 1956-193)