This funeral stele is decorated with a relief and rosettes and palmettes at the top. The scene shows a seated young woman shaking hands with a standing young man, while a small child holding a leaf stands at her knee. The handshake poignantly encapsulates that moment when the family have to say farewell to this woman forever
Number:
372
Material:
Marble
Location of Original:
Athens, National Museum 1028
Size:
1.35 x 0.40m
References:
Staïs: Marbres et Bronzes du Musée Nationale d’Athènes, 181
Inscription: Exploration archéologique de Délos, document 88, 1
Date:
c.200-175 BCE
Inscription:
The inscription reads Nike, daughter of Dositheos, from Thasos. Good, with loving care, greetings
Provenance:
Found at Rheneia, a small island in the Aegean next to Delos
