Grave Stele | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 63 B.C.–A.D. 325

Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 21 × 10 1/2 × 2 3/16 in. (53.34 × 26.67 × 5.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift to the Classics Department from the Archaeology Department; Transfer from the Classics Department to the Art Gallery
Accession Number: 1949.212
Culture: Roman
Period: Roman
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Reportedly found near Smyrna by a missionary named Brewer, and brought to Yale before 1836.

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Additional information

Inscriptions

Eight line epitaph in Greek: stele of Aneiketos, died A.D. 309

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