<rs type="textType">Funerary</rs> stele for Amyntas and family

Charlotte M. Roueché and Gabriel Bodard2007

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Originally published in McCabe (1993).

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Description of Monument

A white marble stele, with a pediment; very worn and scarcely legible in places. (H. 0.97, W. 0.50).

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face below the pediment.

Letters

second-early 1st century B.C.; 0.02

Date

second-early 1st century B.C. (lettering, nomenclature)

Edition Ἀμύντας Μένητος Ὄνασις Ἡρακλείτου γυνὴ δὲ Ἀμύντου Μενέστρατος Ἀμύντου Βερε νίκη Μενεστράτου γυνὴ δὲ Μενεσττράτου ΤΕ Λ Υ
Apparatus

l. 2, the name could also be Ἡρακλεί[δου] or Ἡρακλεί[ους] (Robert).

Translation

Amyntas (son) of Menes, [...] [O]nasis (daughter of) Herakleitos, wife of Amyntas, Menestratos (son of) Am[yntas, B]erenike (daughter of) Mene[stratos, wife] of ?[Men]estra[tos] [...]

Commentary

Apparently a list of members of a family, on their tomb. Robert drew attention to the Macedonian names, and queries the restoration of the wife's name in line 1.

Locations

Necropolis, North-east, Ata Eymir: 'Vakuf Chan (in der Wand)'. Unknown Findspot (1893)

Text Constituted From

Notebook, publications.

History of Recording

Recorded by Kubitschek (K iii.58; Abklatsch 70); not reported subsequently.

Bibliography

Published from Kubitschek's copy by Cormack, ABSA 59 (1964), 31; discussed L. Robert, Ant. Class. (1966) 384-5, BullEp 1967.544; from these McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 418 .

Representations

Kubitschek notebook III, 58