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Attic grave stele.
Originally the inscription named only euphrosyne and mynnia.
Attic grave monuments of the end of the sixth century b c.
Marble grave stele of antigenes end of the 6th century b c.
Shaft or pillar plural stelae standing stone slab used in the ancient world primarily as a grave marker but also for dedication commemoration and demarcation.
The names of artemisias and euteles the girls father were added at a later date.
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Greek attic because the framing niche that once surrounded this relief is missing there are no inscriptions that might identify the deceased.
Although the origin of the stela is unknown a stone slab either decorated or undecorated was commonly used as a tombstone both in the east and in grecian lands as early as mycenae.
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400 bce it is made entirely of pentelic marble it stands 1 49m high and 0 92m wide in the form of a naiskos with pilasters and a pediment featuring palmette acroteria the relief currently on display at the national.
In particular the sculpted finials in the form of sphinxes are replaced by palmettes that are integral with the shaft.
Tend to be simpler than their earlier counterparts.
Stela also spelled stele greek.
An attic grave stele.
The grave stele of hegeso most likely sculpted by callimachus is renowned as one of the finest attic grave stelae surviving mostly intact today.