Gravestone of Phanokrates in the Getty Villa, July 2008

Gravestone of Phanokrates
Greek, made in Smyrna (in present-day Turkey) about 200 BC
Marble

Inventory # 96.AA.50

The youth Phanokrates is commemorated here with his slave attendant at his side and with objects that represent his wealth and education. Phanokrates has an eagle-headed sword at his waist, a large ivy-leaf pin on his right shoulder, and on the ledge above his head, wax writing tablets and a chest containing book rolls. He wears a short-sleeved tunic and a medium-length cloak.

Text from the Getty Villa museum label.