IG II(2) 6711: Sepulchral stele of Khairippe
Modern Publication(s): Michaelis no. 10; IG 2.2290; IG II² 6711; Clairmont, Classical Attic Tombstones 2.358c
Brief description: Sepulchral stele
Attributes
Inscription Type: Tombstone
Object Type: Stele
Material: ‘Pentelic’ marble (Michaelis)
Original Location:
Provenance: Athens/Attica
Date: Third century BC
Dimensions: 0.50 m; 0.39 m (Clairmont).
Layout: Two lines of text (non-stoichedon). ‘The deme reference in the second line … is written in slightly larger letters and is spread out below the first line with the first and last letters aligned.’ (Clairmont)
Writing: Inscribed
Condition: The slab is broken at the lower end (Michaelis). ‘The central akroterion is missing, both lateral akroteria are damaged.’ (Clairmont)
Decoration: ‘A female, draped in chiton and mantle, unveiled, sits to right on a chair with footstool, and stretches her right hand to a bearded man standing opposite her.’ (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
Khairippe daughter of Euphranor of Lamptrai.
Bibliography
C. W. Clairmont, Classical Attic Tombstones vol. 2 (Akanthus 1993).
A. Michaelis, ‘Ancient marbles in Great Britain: Supplement I’, JHS 5 (1884) 143-161, no. 10.
