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A ROMAN MARBLE GRAVE STELE INSCRIBED FOR DAPHNIS, ATTICA, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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A ROMAN MARBLE GRAVE STELE INSCRIBED FOR DAPHNIS, ATTICA, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
of rectangular form, carved within a recessed rectangular area with a standing figure of a woman wearing a chiton and himation, two lines of Greek inscription below reading ΔΑΦΝΙΣ ΘΕΟΔΟΡΟΥ / ΜΕΙΛΗΣΙΑ ("Daphnis, daughter of Theodoros, from Miletos"); no restorations.
71 by 37.5 by 9 cm.
Léon Rodrigues-Ely (1924-1973), Marseille, France (Christie's, Paris, May 6th, 2015, lot 38, illus.)
acquired at the above sale by the present owner
As in many other Attic grave stelai of the Roman period, the figure of the deceased conforms to the type of the Small Herculaneum Woman; for other examples see D. v. Moock, Die figürlichen Grabstelen Attikas in der Kaiserzeit, 1998, pls. 2, 17, 23, 31, 33, 38, 40, 45f., 51f., 54, 56, 66. For the name and ethnicon cf. the stele of Daphnis, daughter of Tatius, from Miletos: v. Moock, op. cit., p. 144, no. 308, pl. 46d. The ethnicon Miletos appears in almost one third of all inscriptions with ethnic indication on Roman Imperial grave stelai from Attica (v. Moock, op. cit., p. 10).