View source for Winbolt no. 2: Funerary relief of Agatheia and Brithon

[[Category:Bignor Park]]


'''Modern Publication(s):''' Winbolt no. 2 (''editio princeps''), Clairmont, ''Classical Attic Tombstones'' 2. 868. 

'''Brief description:''' Funerary relief


== Attributes ==

'''Inscription Type:''' Funerary relief

'''Object Type:''' Stele crowned by pediment

'''Material:''' Marble (Clairmont)

'''Original Location:''' Unknown, but ‘there is a Καλαμύδη in Crete, and possibly Agatheia and Brithon were Cretans.’ (Winbolt)

'''Provenance:''' Unknown (see above).

'''Date:''' Unknown.

'''Dimensions:''' 0.675 m; 0.45 m (Clairmont)

'''Layout:''' ‘The monument is in three divisions: a pediment, a slab ornamented with three pateras and a Greek inscription, and three sculptured figures.’ (Winbolt). ‘In the panel, left, a lady is seated facing right and holding out her arm to clasp the hand of her husband, who stands facing her, holding in his left hand a spear which rests on his shoulder. He is dressed in a short tunic. Under his forearm their child is standing.’ (Winbolt)

'''Writing:''' Two inscribed lines consisting of two names with ethnics. Variation in the penultimate syllable of the ethnic: ΚΑΛΑΜΥΟΔΑ, ΚΑΛΑΜΥΟΙΔΑ. (Winbolt)

'''Condition:''' Damage to the central part and only the right akroterion is preserved; the lower legs of the figures of Agatheia and Brithon are missing (Clairmont).

'''Decoration:''' ‘…ornamented with three pateras … and three sculptured figures.’ (Winbolt)


== Collection ==
'''Location:''' Bignor Park: ‘built into the walls of a garden house’. (Winbolt)

'''Collector(s):''' ‘Almost certainly brought over to England by Mr. John Hawkins.’ (Winbolt)

'''Date collected:''' Presumably reached Bignor Park when Mr. John Hawkins settled down there in 1806 (Winbolt).

'''Accession or catalogue number:''' Not known.


== Translation ==
Agatheia from Kalamyde

Brithon from Kalamyde 


== Bibliography ==
A. Becket, ''The Sussex County Magazine'' vol. 3 (1929) 408. 

C. W. Clairmont, ''Classical Attic Tombstones'' vol. 2 (Akanthus 1993).

A. Scholl, ''Die attischen Bildfeldstelen des 4. Jhs. v. Chr.: Untersuchungen zu den kleinformatigen Grabreliefs im spätklassischen Athen'' (Berlin 1996). 

C. C. Vermeule, ‘Notes on a new edition of Michaelis: Ancient marbles in Great Britain’, ''AJA'' 59 No. 2 (1955), 129-150 (130 s.v. Bignor Park). 

S. E. Winbolt, ‘Ancient sculptured marbles at Bignor Park, Sussex’, ''JHS'' 48 No. 2 (1928) 178-182, no. 2.


== Image(s) ==
Winbolt, Figure 2, No. 2.