id: 105937 accession number: 1924.1018 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.1018 updated: 2023-03-04 09:29:26.417000 Grave Stele, 400–350 BC. Greece, first half of 4th Century BC. Pentelic marble; overall: 128.3 cm (50 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Leonard C. Hanna 1924.1018 title: Grave Stele title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 400–350 BC creation date earliest: -400 creation date latest: -350 current location: 102C Greek creditline: Gift of Mrs. Leonard C. Hanna copyright: --- culture: Greece, first half of 4th Century BC technique: pentelic marble department: Greek and Roman Art collection: GR - Greek type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 128.3 cm (50 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: ...ΜΕΓΑΛΗΝ ΛΥΠΗΝ ΣΥ ΛΙΠΟΣΑ ΦΑΝ... ...ΔΕ ΣΕΠΩΙΚΤΙΣΕ ΜΟΙΡΑ ΠΟΘΕΙ... translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The fragmentary seated woman at right represents the deceased. digital description: Carved in high relief, the original composition of this Attic grave marker can be reconstructed by comparison with more complete examples elsewhere (such as the Stele of Hegeso in Athens [National Archaeological Museum, 3624]). The standing figure at left likely represents a maid or servant, her hair mostly contained within a sakkos (haircloth). Holding a pyxis (small container) in her left hand, she approaches the more fragmentary seated figure at right. This woman, draped and casting her eyes downward, represents the deceased, perhaps Phanostrate, as one scholar has restored the partial name Phan... inscribed in the fragmentary epigram on the preserved portion of the lintel. wall description: Carved in high relief, the original composition of this Attic grave marker can be reconstructed by comparison with the famous stele of Hegeso in Athens. With downcast eyes, the seated matron dressed in a himation (cloak) in the Cleveland stele is being approached by her maid, who holds a pyxis (small container for personal items) in her left hand. Much of the lintel above is missing. It would have included an inscription with her name. The deceased is represented in a common domestic setting. The mood is somber and contemplative without any overt expression of mourning. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. page number: Reproduced: p. 63 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n65 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. page number: Reproduced: p. 77 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n81 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 23 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n20 Bieber, Margarete. The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961. page number: P. 10, fig. 6. url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 22 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n46 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 22 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n44 Clairmont, Christoph W. Gravestone and Epigram; Greek Memorials from the Archaic and Classical Period. 1970. page number: No. 31, pls. 15.17 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 24 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n44 Neils, Jenifer. “The Orestes Sarcophagus and Other Classical Marbles.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71, no. 4 (1984): 102–13. page number: url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159856 Clairmont, Christoph W., and Alexander Conze. Classical Attic Tombstones. Kilchberg, Switzerland: Akanthus, 1993. page number: Pp. 201-202, cat. 2.276 (vol. II). url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.1018/1924.1018_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.1018/1924.1018_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.1018/1924.1018_full.tif