AIUK46 no. 42 Grave stele of Epigona

Grave stele of Epigona

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 42 Date: i AD

Ἐπιγόνα Μοσχίωνος Μ̣ε̣ιλησία. (relief)

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References:

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 42 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 9558 (PHI)

Conze IV no. 1917

GIBM IV 943

von Moock no. 449

Translation by: Robert Pitt

AIO Images: 1 2

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Athens (BM 1890,0919.1)

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[1] In 1890, construction work at 67 New Bond Street in London uncovered this grave stele, which was then donated to the British Museum. It is not known how it came to England, but it had been recorded in Athens as far back as the late 17th century. The relief - dating to the mid-first century AD - depicts Epigona, heavily draped in chiton and himation with hands wrapped within her garments. The object in the pediment is probably a basket or kalathos, a symbol of the feminine domestic virtues of the deceased. By this period “Milesians” in Athens were not necessarily from Miletos; they were likely a special class of resident of non-Athenian descent (see AIUK 4.6, no. 39). For more detailed discussion of the inscription see AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments), no. 42.

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