Cast Gallery catalogue number: D037

A seated woman picks out jewellery from a box held for her by a standing girl (possibly a servant).
The name Hegeso is inscribed.

• Plaster cast: Height: 1.5m, Width: 97cm.
• Copy of a marble grave stele.
• The stele:
  • was made about 400 BC.
  • was found in the Kerameikos at Athens in 1870.
  • is now in Athens, National Museum, 3624.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

D 037
Grave Stele of Hegeso; Athens

Marble
Grave Stele
Greece, Athens, National Museum