Loutrophoros of the Hegetor
The Loutrophoros des Hegetor is a funerary monument in the ancient Athenian cemetery of Kerameikos .
The Loutrophoros des Hegetor was found in 1863 in the area on the south path of the Kerameikos necropolis of Athens. The tomb was found at the Kioniskos of Dorkas and the stele of Glykera behind the relief of the burial area of Demetria and Pamphile . Further excavations by the Athens Archaeological Society under Athanasios S. Rhousopoulos were carried out in 1870, then in 1912 under Konstantinos Kourouniotis and finally in 1982 by Wilfried K. Kovacsovics .
The Loutrophoros was built around 350 to 340 BC. And was thus set up some time before Demetrios von Phaleron (317 to 307 BC) passed the grave luxury law within the grave area that had been in use for some time . A farewell scene is depicted on the belly of the marble loutrophore, as it was widespread in Attic and also ancient Greek funerary art. On the left is a man who stands for the grave owner Hegetor, to the right of him sits on a chair a woman, Pamphile, the wife of Hegetor. Both face each other and hold out their right hands. Both names are inscribed above the heads of the figures ( Greek Ἡγήτωρ. Παμφίλη ). Another inscription is the grave inscription for the deceased: Hegetor, son of Kephisodoros ( Greek Ἡγήτωρ Κηφισοδώρο ). Today there is a modern copy in the area, the original is shown under the canopy of the Kerameikos Museum .
literature
- Jutta Stroszeck : The Kerameikos in Athens. History, buildings and monuments in the archaeological park. Bibliopolis, Athens 2014, ISBN 978-3-943741-04-9 , p. 178.
Remarks
- ↑ Inscriptiones Graecae II² 11569 .
- ↑ Inventory number: Kerameikos MG 32
- ↑ Inventory number: Kerameikos I 260