AIUK15 no. 3.2 Funerary stele for Glaukon

Funerary stele for Glaukon

AIUK 15 (Miscellaneous) no. 3.2 Date: Ca. 350-330 BC

Glaukon

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AIUK 15 (Miscellaneous) no. 3.2 (Translated text) (AIO) (AIUK)

Petzl and von Hesberg, Bignor Park (MAR XXXVIII) no. 3

Translation by: Peter Liddel, Polly Low

AIO Images: 1

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Unknown (Bignor Park 3)

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[1] This inscription, a funerary monument, is now located at Bignor Park in West Sussex. Its findspot and original location are unknown, although its style suggests that it very likely derives from Attica.

The extant part of the monument consists of the top part of a stele of white marble. This takes the form of a rounded anthemion depicting two tendril stems, which emerge from the three acanthus leaves and each end in a half palmette with five leaves; there is a small flower above the central acanthus leaf. The most remarkable features of this fragment are the sphinxes, which sit facing outwards, integrated among the tendrils. They would have served as guardians of the tomb or peribolos.

Beneath the anthemion is a partially-preserved inscription, consisting only of a single name (Glaukon, a very common name in Attica).

This inscription was brought to Bignor Park by John Hawkins (1761-1841). Hawkins visited Greece in 1787-88 and again on several occasions in the 1790s, but it is not known where he acquired this monument.

For more detailed discussion of this inscription see AIUK 15 (Miscellaneous), pp. 16-17, no. 3.2.

Added: 30 Sep 2022
Updated: 3 Oct 2022
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