Marble Palmyrene Funerary Stele

Item

Title
Marble Palmyrene Funerary Stele
Inventory Number
A0426
Date Acquired
1963
Source
Origins, Boston
Provenance
Syria
From Date
1
To Date
100
Description
Rectangular stele w naiskos frame occupying 5/6 of surface, lower 1/6 given to inscription in large capitals:

ΣΑΤΟΡΝΙΛΑ • ΑΛΥΠΟ ΧΑΙΡΕ
Satornila, daughter of Alypos, Greetings!

Within naiskos woman in chiton & himation reclining on kline w elaborately turned legs, in front of which round 3-legged table in birds-eye perspective on which large aryballos in center, smaller skyphos on l & ?dipper on r. Woman reclines against triple-segmented pillow to her left, w upper body frontal, lower body profile; l arm bent, hand holding cup, r hand stretched out over lower body w handing holding ?purse; features of face clearly articulated, hair in waves fr central part.
State of Preservation
Chipped on edges, large fragment missing fr edge nr woman’s head. Darkish incrustation.
Color
Ca 5Y 7/1 (light gray); incrustation 5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown)
Type
burial
Material
marble

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