Marble Funerary Stele

Item

Title

Marble Funerary Stele

Inventory Number

A0427

Description

Rectangular slab w inscription in capital letters in 5 lines:

Θ • Κ
ΑΓΑΙΟΣ ΤΕΡΤΙΟΣ
ΖΗΣΑΣ ΗΤΗ
ΠΕΝΤΕΚΟΝΤΑ
ΧΑΙΡΕ

To the gods of the underworld (θεοῖς καταχθονίοις / theois katakhthoniois)
Agaios Tertios
having lived 50 years
Greetings!

Only face well smoothed, back rough pecked, edges incompletely ground.

State of Preservation

Edges chipped ; lower r corner broken off to c 1/2 thickness. Considerable darkish incrustation.

Height

26 cm

Width

22.3 cm

Color

N6/ (light gray); incrustation 7.5YR 8/2-7/2 (pinkish white-pinkish gray).

Type

Material