AIUK46 no. 2 Grave stele of Eupolemos and family

Grave stele of Eupolemos and family

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 2 Date: ca. early iv BC

[Eupol]emos (son) of -is of [Ptelea?]. -strate (5)(daughter) of [Eupol]emos. [Eupol]emos (son) of [Eupol]emos. . . . ^[1]

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References:

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 2 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II 2693

GIBM I 95

SEMA 3181

Translation by: Robert Pitt

AIO Images: 1

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: [Athens] (BM 1816,0610.385)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This monument was among the inscriptions acquired in Athens by Lord Elgin (cf. AIUK 4.1, no. 2). It belongs to a genre of Attic funerary monuments which listed members of a family across more than one generation. Sometimes such monuments were located in a funerary enclosure (peribolos) which also included other monuments commemorating individual family members or groups. It can be dated to about the early 4th century BC by its letter forms and orthography and, though the names are not fully preserved, they can plausibly be restored to yield members of a known family from the Attic deme of Ptelea. For more detailed discussion of the inscription see AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments), no. 2.

Added: 6 Apr 2022
Updated: 6 Apr 2022
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