Image of Attic Grave Stele of a Young Girl, 'Melisto', c.340 BC by Greek school, (4th century BC)

Attic Grave Stele of a Young Girl, 'Melisto', c.340 BC (marble)

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Image title: Attic Grave Stele of a Young Girl, 'Melisto', c.340 BC (marble)
Artist: Greek school, (4th century BC) / Greek
Location: Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums,USA
Medium: marble
Date: c. 340 BC (C4th BC)

Image description: There are faint traces of painted egg and dart motif above the inscription. Melisto, daughter of Ktesikrates, holds a doll in her left hand and a bird in the right, and looks down toward the furry little dog springing up at her from the right. She wears a simple girt chiton, like a nightgown. The deme of Potamos, whence Melisto came, was on the Attic coast, north of Sounion, south of Brauron, where statues of girls similar to this representation in relief were found in the sanctuary of Artemis.
Photo credit: © Harvard Art Museums / Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing and Gifts for Special Uses Funds in memory of Katherine Brewster Taylor, as a tribute to her many years at the Fogg Museum / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: animal / dog / marker / girt / relief / greek / doll / period / monument / memorial / gravestone / stone / classical / daughter / marble / pet / late / ktesikrates / greece / chiton / melisto

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