A Marble Grave Stele inscribed for Gaius Iulius of Byzantium, Asia Minor/Eastern Aegean, 1st Century A.D.

A Marble Grave Stele inscribed for Gaius Iulius of Byzantium, Asia Minor/Eastern Aegean

1st Century A.D.

of slightly tapering rectangular form, carved within a recessed area with a seated veiled figure of a woman and a standing draped figure of a man, a tripod table laden with cakes to his left, a diminutive servant figure next to each figure, two lines of Greek inscription above reading ΓΑΙΟΣ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ / ΒΥΖΑΝΤΕΙΝΟΣ ("Gaius Iulius, of Byzantium"); no restorations.

53.5 by 43 by 8 cm.