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Attic grave stele.
Article luce stephen b.
Greek attic because the framing niche that once surrounded this relief is missing there are no inscriptions that might identify the deceased.
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.
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.
The grave stele of hegeso most likely sculpted by callimachus is renowned as one of the finest attic grave stelae surviving mostly intact today.
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Stela also spelled stele greek.
Originally the inscription named only euphrosyne and mynnia.
An attic grave stele.
Marble grave stele with a family group ca.
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.
The figures moreover may be painted instead of.
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.