Title: Rare Greek Design Art Stone Marble Stele Tablet Inscription Carving
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Period: Antiquity
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Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: Ancient
Item ID: 6193
LARGE GREEK MARBLE STELE, ca. 2nd century BC/AD. The stele carved with central wreath with six-pointed star, offering baskets? to the left, two large connected rings to the right, and clover leaf devices above. The inscription reading: ETOUS RPH (all with lines above)M(small H above) AIDONAIOU L (line above) [Year 188, Month of Aidonaios, 30th day] PAPIAS TATIAN THN GUN [Papias for Tatia, his wife,] AIKA PAPIAS THN MHTERA E [Papias for his mother] RMAS THN QREYAS AGRAPTH [Hermas for the one who reared him, Agrapte] THN KURIAN SWTHRP(possibly TI?)AOKA [For her mistress, Sotertia ????] MOS THN KURIAN MELTINH [For her mistress, Meltine] THN QUGATERA OLUMPICOS [For her daughter, Olympichos] THN QUGATERA OLUMPICOS [For her daughter, Olympichos] THN ADELFHN AFEIN THN [For his sister consecrated] ADELFHN MENEKRATHS THN [For his sister, Menekrates for his] ADELFHN KAI SUNGENEIS [Sister and relative] TATIAN CAIRE [Tatias. Farewell.] 14 x 26 x 3 inches. Provenance: Purchased by the current owner in the late 1990's on the European market from the collection of a European business executive. All of the art is edited and chosen by us for its high quality and workmanship before posting. These collectibles have been selected with the artist & collector in mind. We are committed to enhancing our customer’s lives by discovering creating, and pointing out only the best art we can find in the world today. We Are Taste-Makers, Art Advisers, Consultants & Publishers Of Spectacular Art Stories. Our job is to be intermediaries between buyers and sellers. We are vetting for high end art patrons. We are determined to catalog the world's most exceptional art and share it with everyone.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stele
A stele (plural steles, from Greek: stela (plural stelas or stelae, from Latin) is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected as a monument, very often for funerary or commemorative purposes. Stelae may be used for government notices or as territorial markers to mark borders or delineate land ownership. They very often have texts and may have decoration, which may be inscribed, carved in relief (bas, high, etc.), or painted onto the slab. Traditional Western gravestones are technically stelae, but are very rarely described by the term.
