AIUK15 no. 3.1 Funerary stele for Agatheia and Brithon

Funerary stele for Agatheia and Brithon

AIUK 15 (Miscellaneous) no. 3.1 Date: Late 4th cent. BC

Ἀγα[θ]εία Καλαμυθ⟨ί⟩δα

Βρίθων Καλαμυθίδα

Relief

Next - Petzl and von Hesberg, Bignor Park (MAR XXXVIII) no. 3
Translated text

References:

AIUK 15 (Miscellaneous) no. 3.1 (Translated text) (AIO) (AIUK)

SEG 50.241

SEG 63.195

Clairmont, CAT 2.868

SEMA 1489

Petzl and von Hesberg, Bignor Park (MAR XXXVIII) no. 1

Translation by: Peter Liddel, Polly Low

AIO Images: 1

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Unknown (Bignor Park 1)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This inscription, a funerary monument, is now located at Bignor Park in West Sussex. Its findspot and original location are unknown, although its iconography suggests that it might derive from Attica.

The monument commemorates two individuals, probably siblings (the son and daughter of Kalamythidas). The names Agatheia and Brithon are not otherwise attested in Attica, so, if this is an Attic gravestone, it is likely that these two individuals were non-Athenians. The Doric ending (-idas) of their patronymic supports the view that they were not Athenian, as does the absence of demotics.

The inscription is placed above a sculpted relief, which depicts a female figure, sitting on a chair and facing towards a standing male with whom she shakes hands (dexiosis); in his left hand the male figure holds a pole supporting an object (perhaps representing an axe or a stick carrying a bundle), which rests on his shoulder. A small figure (probably a female child) stands between them, facing frontally.

This inscription was brought to Bignor Park by John Hawkins (1761-1841). Hawkins visited Greece in 1787-88 and again on several occasions in the 1790s, but it is not known where he acquired this monument.

For more detailed discussion of this inscription see AIUK 15 (Miscellaneous), pp. 13-15, no. 3.1.

Added: 30 Sep 2022
Updated: 3 Oct 2022
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