Epitaph and funerary epigram (lines 2-4) for Menneas. Stele of whitish marble; below the inscription engraved depictions of birds and trees.
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Mak. (Bottiaia) — Edessa — 3rd c. AD — SEG 65.465
| 1 | Μεννέου τάφος οὗτος ἀγαπηθέντος ὑ- |
| πὸ πάντων. ❦ ἄνδρ’ ἀγαθὸν θεράπον- | |
| τα Θεοῦ τε καὶ Χρηστοῦ μεγίστου, ❦ ἐνθά- | |
| δε <γ>ῆ κατέχι δέγμενον ἀϊταγίην. ❦ Σιλ- | |
| 5 | βίνα σὺν τεκέεσιν μνήμης [ἁγ]νῆς ἕνεκεν |
| καὶ οἱ γονῖς αὐτοῦ̣ Ἰσίδωρος καὶ Μεννα- | |
| εὶς τῷ γλυκυτάτῳ τέκνῳ Μεννέανι μνή- | |
| [μ]ης χάριν. ζήσῃς vac. ἐν vac. Θε%⁸⁰%⁸⁰ῷ. |