AIUK46 no. 29 Grave stele of Eukleia

Grave stele of Eukleia

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 29 Date: mid-iv BC?

[- - -]ο ⋮ Εὔκλεια vac. [(relief)]

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AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 29 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 11408a (PHI)

GIBM I 115

Clairmont, CAT Suppl., p. 35, PE 53

Translation by: Robert Pitt

AIO Images: 1

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Acropolis, west of the Parthenon (BM 1843,0531.20)

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[1] This corner fragment from a large naiskos stele was found by Henry William Inwood (see AIUK 4.6, no. 5) to the west of the Parthenon, where it must at some point have been transported as building material. The scale of the monument and depth of the recessed naiskos suggest it contained substantial sculpture. Eukleia, as the last element inscribed on the geison, should be a name label above a lost figure, and the surviving final letter omicron beforehand (most likely a genitive ending of a patronymic) suggests there was at least one further figure. The punctuation of three dots between the names in funerary inscriptions of the fourth century BC is not common (cf. AIUK 5 (Lyme Park), no. 2). For more detailed discussion of the inscription see AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments), no. 29.

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