Grave Stela
| Object Number: | MS5470 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Greece Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Greek |
| Provenience: | Greece Attica |
| Period: | Classical Greek Period Hellenistic Period |
| Date Made: | 350-300 BCE |
| Early Date: | -350 |
| Late Date: | -300 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Pentelic Marble |
| Iconography: | Female Krinylla Man Greek Inscription |
| Inscription Language: | Ancient Greek Language |
| Height: | 155.5 cm |
| Width: | 97 cm |
| Thickness: | 26.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase, 1917 |
Description
Pentelic marble, pinkish where weathered. At L: Woman seated r. on stool. At C: Man standing in back, en face. At R: Man standing l. Inscription, in shallow irregular letters. Grave Stele of Krinylla.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical Gallery: Greece (1975 - 1989) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Collection] Romano, Irene B. 2006. Classical Sculpture; Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 30, no. 22 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Tracy, Stephen, and Bodel, John. 1997. Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A Checklist.. Rome. American Academy in Rome. pg. 211-212 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 212 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Frel, Jiri. 1969. Les sculpteurs antiques anonymes.. Praze. Universita Karlova. pg. 61 Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Chase, George H. 1924. Greek and Roman sculpture in American Collections.. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. pg. 305 Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 179-180, no. 53 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Luce, Stephen B. 1917. "An Attic Grave Stele". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 8. no. 1. pg. 10-14 Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Kern, Otto. 1913. Inscriptiones Graecae, Vol II.. A. Marcus et E. Weber. : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 11911 | View Objects related to this |
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