AIUK46 no. 71 Funerary disk of Gnathon

Funerary disk of Gnathon

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 71 Date: ca. 530 BC

This is the tomb of Gnathon. His sister buried him, having nursed him in vain.^[1]

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AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 71 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG I³ 1210 (IG Online)

GIBM IV 935

Peek, GVI, no. 58

CEG 1, no. 37

Translation by: Robert Pitt

AIO Images: 1

Monument type: Marble disk

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Athens (BM 1908,0413.2)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This inscribed funerary discus for Gnathon set up by the sister who nursed him was purchased by the British Museum in 1908. It is one of a number from Archaic Athens that likely played some role at the tombs of the dead, perhaps covering offering channels or urns. They have a fairly standardised diameter, suggesting that they imitate real athletic diskoi and symbolise the athletic prowess of the dead. The lettering shows characteristic forms of the mid-sixth century BC with wagon-wheel theta, phi as a circle with a vertical line within it, epsilon with three stokes slanting downwards, three-bar sigma and alpha with a diagonal crossbar. For more detailed discussion of the inscription see AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments), no. 71.

Added: 6 Apr 2022
Updated: 6 Apr 2022
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