Michaelis no. 13: Upper end of a funerary monument of Aristoklea

Modern Publication(s): Michaelis no. 13

Brief description: Upper end of a funerary monument

Attributes

Inscription Type:

Object Type: funerary monument

Material:

Original Location:

Provenance:

Date: Late fifth century/ early fourth century BC

Dimensions: H. 0-33. W. 0-44.

Layout:

Writing: Inscribed: beneath the anthemion is ‘a slightly scratched inscription the paleographical character which indicates about the second century B.C… this inscription … [is] a later addition. [Michaelis reads ΕΥΦΥΛΛΑΠΙΝΑ rather than ΕΧΕΦΥΛΛΑΠΙΝΑ.] Below, an architrave with the original inscription, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΛΕΑ.’ (Michaelis)

Condition: ‘Upper end of a stele… Unfortunately, of the relief, nothing remains except a small portion of a head in high relief.’ (Michaelis)

Decoration: ‘Semi-circular akroterion with elegant tendrils in very flat relief. From a leaf of acanthus spinosa, emerge gently curved twigs, symmetrically arranged, ending in reed-like leaves, and interspersed with various flowers.’ (Michaelis)

Collection

Location: Broom Hall (Scotland, Fife): along the walls of the spacious hall (Michaelis).

Collector(s): Lord Elgin.

Date collected: Not known. Michaelis noted that ‘as the marble chair [as well as some other marbles] did not form part of Elgin’s collection offered for sale to the nation in 1816, it may have been brought to Scotland at a later time.’

Accession or catalogue number: Not known

Translation

Euphylla [daughter/wife of/from?] Pin…

Aristoklea

Bibliography

A. Michaelis, ‘Ancient marbles in Great Britain: Supplement I’, JHS 5 (1884) 143-161, no. 13.

C. C. Vermeule, ‘Notes on a new edition of Michaelis: Ancient marbles in Great Britain’, AJA 59 No. 2 (1955), 129-150 (132 s.v. Broom Hall).