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Revision as of 15:32, 25 April 2014
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 coornice, 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 teh 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
A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain (Cambridge, 1882), 424, no. 6
