Funerary Stele with a Loutrophoros-Amphora in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, October 2009

Grave stele

Greek, Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, about 325 B.C.

Dimensions: Overall: 82 x 46 cm (32 5/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Mount (painted wooden pedestal ): 108 x 31.8 x 54.3 cm (42 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 21 3/8 in.)

Medium or Technique: Marble, from Mt. Hymettos near Athens

Classification: Sculpture

Catalogue Raisonné: Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 009.

Accession Number: 1979.511

An ornate loutrophoros is carved in medium-high relief on the stele, which is broken at the top and the bottom.

Scientific Analysis:

University of South Florida Lab No. 8414: Isotope ratios - delta13C +2.5 / delta18O -1.4,

Attribution - Mt. Hymettos. Justification - C and O isotopes, fine grain, Attic style

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/grave-stele-150169