The closing formula of the Old Phrygian epitaph B-07 in the light of the Aramaic KAI 318: a case of textual convergence in Daskyleion

Abstract After an overview of the multilingual epigraphy Daskyleion during Achaemenid period, this paper focuses on closing formula shared by Aramaic KAI 318 and Old Phrygian B-07 epitaphs, which consists a warning not to harm funerary monument. Comparison two inscriptions sheds light cryptic B-07, sole epitaph known. As result, provides new forms, like possible first-person singular umno=tan , ‘I adjure you’, occurrence god Ti -, ‘Zeus’, together with second Devos ‘God’, equated Bel Nabu inscription.