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Upper part of an (inscribed) stele
Greek, East Greek
Hellenistic Period
Findspot: Anatolia (Turkey), Troad, Assos (Behramkale), Presumably from the area of the Agora
Medium/Technique
Marble from western Asia Minor
Dimensions
32.5 x 50.5 x 11 cm (12 13/16 x 19 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Archaeological Institute of America
Accession Number84.62
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsInscriptions
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 283.
DescriptionThe akroteria are damaged; the surface is slightly incrusted and yellowed; but what remains is in good condition.
A large, complex rosette appears in the tympanum. In the field below are the remains of three inverted wreaths with fillets, carved in low relief in recessed circles. One might assume that this formed part of a dicast's stele, but such monuments with multiple wreaths were set up to magistrates who had served on embassies to Rome and elsewhere, and especially to athletes. A splendid example in this last category was found in the atrium of the church of Saint John at Ayasoluk-Ephesos.
A large, complex rosette appears in the tympanum. In the field below are the remains of three inverted wreaths with fillets, carved in low relief in recessed circles. One might assume that this formed part of a dicast's stele, but such monuments with multiple wreaths were set up to magistrates who had served on embassies to Rome and elsewhere, and especially to athletes. A splendid example in this last category was found in the atrium of the church of Saint John at Ayasoluk-Ephesos.
ProvenanceFrom Assos (Behramkale, Turkey); presumably from the area of the Agora. 188?: excavated by the Archaeological Institute of America; gift of the Archaeological Institute of America to MFA, January 1884.