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Funerary bomos of the parents(?) of Eidomeneus
Type of monument
Funerary bomos.
Location
Ömerli (Eumeneia): outside a house near the station.
Description
White marblebomos, complete, buried above. On the shaft, wreath with hanging grape-clusters and two ribbons; inscription in tabula ansata (Ht. 0.22; W. 0.26).
...Eidomeneus... parents, the loving brothers; greetings to all. Year 215.
Commentary
I am unable to propose a plausible reading in line 3; the reading in line 4 is very uncertain. For the name Εἰδομενεύς in southern Phrygia, cf. SEG 50, 1265 (Motella); Ramsay, Phrygia I 155, no. 60 (Motella); MAMA IV 203 (Apollonia by Pisidia).