AIUK46 no. 33 Funerary naiskos of Aristeis

Funerary naiskos of Aristeis

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 33 Date: ca. 350-320 BC

Aristeis daughter of Epichares. - -e wife of Epichares. (relief)^[1]

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Greek text

References:

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 33 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 10758 (PHI)

IG II² 10754a, Add. p. 887 (PHI)

GIBM IV 938

Clairmont, CAT 3.415a

Translation by: Robert Pitt

AIO Images: 1 2

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Velanideza(?), East Attica (BM 1910,0712.1)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This large naiskos stele was purchased by the British Museum from the dealer Georges Yannacopoulos in 1910; it is said to have come from “Velaniderya” in East Attica (Velanidezas, modern Artemis). It depicts a woman seated on a stool (diphros) taking the hand (dexiosis, cf. on no. 26) of her standing daughter Aristeis; their name labels take up the whole geison above their heads. The third figure of an elderly man between them is presumably Epichares, but we learn his identity only from his relationship to the two women (he may have been commemorated on a separate monument). If reports of the findspot at Velanideza are correct, it might suggest the monument was taken from a cemetery of the ancient deme Halai Araphenides (in which the name Epichares is attested twice). For more detailed discussion of the inscription see AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments), no. 33.

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Updated: 6 Apr 2022
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