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Grave Stele of Asia

This small sepulchral slab is inscribed at the top with just the dead woman’s name, and shows her seated with a naked child.

Often on these sorts of grave reliefs, which frequently feature two or more adult figures, the identity of the dead person is unclear. In this case however, it seems unlikely that the (male) child is being commemorated, as the adult is seated, and the name in the inscription is a female one

Number: 
222
Material: 
Pentelic marble
Location of Original: 

Athens National Museum 767

Size: 
0.95 x 0.47m
References: 

Walston: Catalogue of Casts in the Museum of Classical Archaeology (1889), 57, no.264
Conze: Die Attischen Grabreliefs (1890-1922) I, 19, pl. XXVI
Staïs: Marbres et Bronzes du Musée Nationale d’Athènes, 133

Date: 
C4 BCE
Inscription: 

Asia

Provenance: 

Found near Athens

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