MAMA XI 380 (Southern Lykaonia)
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.