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Funerary inscription of a presbyteros

Type of monument:
Funerary inscription.
Location:
Anbar (Southern Lykaonia): in the steps of a house.
Description:
Blue marble slab, broken right and above, buried left. Inscription in tabula ansata, between deep incised guide-lines; at left, incised wreath, apparently tied with ivy-leaf below.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.83+; W. 0.50+; Th. 0.16; letters 0.075-0.095.
Record:
MB notebook copy; photograph (1957/66=5840).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Fifth or sixth century AD.
 
 

ἐνθ[άδε κῖτε]
Θεοδ̣[- - -]
πρεσβ[ύτερος]
He[re lies] Theod[- -] , presbyter.

The name in line 2 could be Θεοδόσιος, Θεόδωρος, Θεόδουλος, or Θεόδοτος. The inscription is notably more elegantly cut than most monuments from this region.

Illustrations:

MAMA XI 380 (Southern Lykaonia 12: 1957-66)

MAMA XI 380 (Southern Lykaonia 12: 1957-66)

Notebook copy of MAMA XI 380 (Southern Lykaonia 12: 1957-66)

Notebook copy of MAMA XI 380 (Southern Lykaonia 12: 1957-66)