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| Name: |
Funerary
Stele |
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| Description: |
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provenance. Present location unknown. H. 0.56m. Small stele. A seated
woman to the left, her veil over her head. She tugs at the veil with
her left hand in the time-honoured gesture of aidos. In her right
hand she clutches a small dove, given to her by a male child, probably
her son, who stands to the right, looking up at her. |
| Date: |
400-350 B.C. |
| Discussion: |
The
sense of alienation is greater than that of previous examples of grave
steles, this time with the mother unable to acknowledge her son, and
only half aware of the gift of the dove. Her listless action of touching
her veil is not only a symbol of aidos, signifying that she was a
good wife whilst alive, it also represents death, the drawing of the
veil across the face of a corpse. |
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