Northwest Asia Minor Marble Grave Stele
1st century BC
38-19-1
Inscribed "Farewell, worthy Hippodorus, Son of Menander." The upper
register depicts the dead Hippodorus on a tall kline. He holds a squat jar
and an egg or piece of fruit. His spouse sits to the left. The table, with
its fruits, vegetables and partially overturned juglet, rests on three goat-leg
supports ending in cloven hooves. In the corner a small-scale girl turns away
in an attitude of mourning, while a serving boy stands nonchalantly off to
the right. The lower panel depicts a horseman and a woman facing out beneath
an arched doorway.
H. 61.0; W. 34.5; Th. 5.4 cm. UM neg. S8-73376.