AIUK46 no. 26 Grave stele of Kleo (?)

Grave stele of Kleo (?)

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 26 Date: 360-340 BC

Kleo. Hermodoros. Xeno. (relief)^[1]

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References:

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 26 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 12345 (PHI)

GIBM I 124

Conze I no. 324

Clairmont, CAT 3.410a

Scholl, Bildfeldstelen no. 439

Translation by: Robert Pitt

AIO Images: 1

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Athens (?) (BM 1816,0610.373)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This funerary stele, dated by its sculpture to ca. 360-340 BC (Scholl), was acquired by Lord Elgin, probably in Athens (cf. AIUK 4.1, no. 2). It depicts a woman labelled as Xeno seated on a high-backed chair, perhaps suggesting her advanced age or social maturity (such as married status). She wears a sleeved chiton and a himation drawn up over the back of her head and shakes hands with a standing younger woman, Kleo, in sleeved chiton and himation, her hair held up with a fillet. Behind the women stands a bearded male, Hermodoros, who rests his right hand and himation-covered left arm on what would have been a painted stick. The figures are labelled above their heads in staggered lines; it is not clear who the deceased should be, but perhaps Kleo is the late daughter whom both parents face. The handshake (dexiosis) signifies the close bonds between family members rather than specifically greeting or farewell; cf. the discussions in the notes to AIUK 2, no. 10; AIUK 5, no. 2; AIUK 7, no. 1. For more detailed discussion of the inscription see AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments), no. 26.

Added: 6 Apr 2022
Updated: 6 Apr 2022
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