Marble Funerary Stele

Item

Title
Marble Funerary Stele
Inventory Number
A0427
Date Acquired
1954
Source
Unknown Donor
Description
Rectangular slab w inscription in capital letters in 5 lines:

Θ • Κ
ΑΓΑΙΟΣ ΤΕΡΤΙΟΣ
ΖΗΣΑΣ ΗΤΗ
ΠΕΝΤΕΚΟΝΤΑ
ΧΑΙΡΕ

To the gods of the underworld (θεοῖς καταχθονίοις / theois katakhthoniois)
Agaios Tertios
having lived 50 years
Greetings!

Only face well smoothed, back rough pecked, edges incompletely ground.
State of Preservation
Edges chipped ; lower r corner broken off to c 1/2 thickness. Considerable darkish incrustation.
Height
26 cm
Width
22.3 cm
Color
N6/ (light gray); incrustation 7.5YR 8/2-7/2 (pinkish white-pinkish gray).
Type
burial
Material
marble

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