Cast Gallery catalogue number: D038

Seated woman holding a ? jewellery box. Another woman (a servant?) stands before her holding a second box.

• Plaster cast: Height: 1.18m, Width: 70cm.
• Copy of a marble grave stele.
• The stele:
  • was made in the late 5th century BC.
  • was found in Athens in 1898 (lower part) and 1964 (upper part with heads of figures).
  • is now in Athens, National Museum, 1822.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

D 038
Grave Stele with Seated Woman and Maid; Athens

Marble
Grave Stele
Greece, Athens, National Museum, 1822