IK Ephesos 2269A: Funerary Stele for Herodotos

Modern Publication(s): IK Ephesos 2269A; McCabe, Ephesos 2335; Michaelis p. 424 no. 6.

Brief description: Funerary stele for Herodotos.

Attributes

Inscription Type: Funerary

Object Type: stele

Material: coarse marble (Michaelis)

Original Location: Unknown

Provenance: 'From the mouth of the aqueduct at Ephesos' (Michaelis)

Date: 1st c. BC?

Dimensions: H. 0.66 L. 0.31

Layout: The inscription is below the cornice, above the relief.

Writing: Inscribed

Condition: Broken into two pieces through the relief.

Decoration: 'The slab is furnished at the top with a cornice, only a little decorated... In the relief stands Herodotos, apparently beardless, in cloak, holding out r. hand to an unveiled women sitting to the r. On the l. behind Herodotos the faithful nurse, who has dedicated the sepulchral monument to her charge, stands in full face, veiled, head supported on l. hand.' (Michaelis)

Collection

Location: National Museums Liverpool (World Museum)

Collector: 'Presented by E. Bibby, Esq.' (Michaelis)

Date collected: Presented to Liverpool Museum in 1875

Accession or catalogue number: National Museums Liverpool (World Museum) 7.7.75.1

Translation

'Herodotos Skyllionos. His nurse set this up.'

Bibliography

C. T. Gatty, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities in the Mayer Museum (Liverpool, 1883), no. 2 (= Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire 34 (1883) 39-66, no. 2).

A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain (Cambridge, 1882), 424, no. 6

Web Links

Greek text, from PHI

Image(s)

Courtesy National Museums Liverpool, World Museum