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AN EAST GREEK MARBLE FUNERARY STELE FOR DYNTONOMOS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Rectangular in form, divided into two recessed panels sculpted in raised relief; the upper with a scene of a funerary banquet, the heroized deceased man reclining on a couch, supporting his weight on his left elbow on a cushion, holding a cup in his left hand, his right arm resting on his right side, wearing a sleeved chiton and a himation gathered in twisted folds at his waist and over his left shoulder, a woman seated on the couch at his feet, wearing a chiton and a himation, wrapped over her head as a veil to convey mourning, her feet resting on a foot stool, a tripod table before them, with two diminutive figures below, a female to the left holding a lidded cista, a youth to the right; the lower panel with an equestrian scene, the man wearing a himation falling against the horse's side, holding the reins firmly, the horse prancing with its left front hoof raised, the back left leg advanced, the tail raised, with an attendant to the left; the shaft topped with an unadorned pediment crowned with akroteria above, a Greek inscription incised below the architrave, reading: "Dyntonomos, son of Dionysos."
30 3/8 in. (77.2 cm.) high
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