Gravestone

Lekythos

MS5709

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Greece | Attica | Athens

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5709
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Greek
Provenience Greece | Attica | Athens
Date Made 375-350 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Pentelic Marble
Technique Carved
Iconography Lekythos | Father | Mother | Daughter | Greek Inscription
Inscription Language Ancient Greek Language
Description

Gravestone of Melitta. Broken across neck; base missing. Pentelic marble, in low relief, figures of father seated, mother and daughter standing.

Height 83.2 cm
Depth 36.1 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Joseph Brummer, 1926

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