AIUK46 no. 17 Grave stele of Timarete

Grave stele of Timarete

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 17 Date: early iv BC

Timarete. (relief)^[1]

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References:

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 17 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 12782 (PHI)

Conze II no. 888

Clairmont, CAT 1.867

Translation by: Robert Pitt

AIO Images: 1 2

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Athens (BM 1947,0714.1)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This Athenian grave relief is first recorded in a Venetian collection in a 17th century drawing. It next appears in London, where James Yates transcribed it ca. 1835 when it was in the possession of a chemist called Dodd, and it later became part of the collection of Sir Francis Cook (1817-1901), a wealthy textile magnate living in Richmond. The Museum purchased the stele from the sale of the Cook family collection in 1947.

Timarete stands with her head inclined mournfully downwards, wearing a sleeved chiton and draped in a himation that envelops her left arm. She holds a bird towards a small child in a long chiton who reaches out her arms. The scene suggests that Timarete died young, leaving behind a baby girl. The inscription gives only a single name without further details, which leaves open the question of whether the deceased had citizen status, although such information could have been carried by other inscriptions within the family grave plot. For more detailed discussion of the inscription see AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments), no. 17.

Added: 6 Apr 2022
Updated: 6 Apr 2022
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