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Funerary stele of Herakleides
Egyptian
Late Roman Imperial Period
A.D. 200–310
Findspot: Egypt, Kom Abu Billo
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height x width: 33.3 x 25.5 cm (13 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William K. and Marilyn M. Simpson Fund
Accession Number1984.256
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Stele
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 037.
DescriptionLimestone funerary stele depicting a man dressed in an Ionic chiton and himation lying on a couch. The man's figure is carved in very high relief. To his right is a figure of Anubis on a standard. Offerings are grouped beneath the couch. The entire composition is surrounded by an architectural framework of palm leaf capitals supporting a triangular pdiment (now broken at the top). At the base, four lines of Greek text are lightly incised.
ProvenanceBy 1984: with Norman Hurst, Cambridge, MA; purchased by the MFA from Norman Hurst, June 13, 1984.