Stele of the Glykera (Kerameikos)
The stele of Glykera is a funerary monument in the ancient Athenian cemetery Kerameikos .
The stele of Glykera was found in 1863 in the burial area of Demetria and Pamphile directly on the west path of the Kerameikos necropolis of Athens. In this area you can also find the Kioniskos of the Dorkas and the Loutrophoros of the Hegetor . 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 stele was erected shortly before Demetrios von Phaleron (317 to 307 BC), that is to say around 320 BC, when the Grave Luxury Law was passed . BC, set up within the grave area, which has been in use for a long time, facing north. Apart from two rosettes in the upper area, it has been left without further decoration. It is very likely that the stele was painted in color in ancient times . Another ornament in relief was a palmette as an attachment, which, however, has largely broken off. The inscription names the deceased as Glykera, daughter of Antiochus from Knossos ( Greek Γλυκέρα Ἀντιόχο Κνωσίο ).
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
- ↑ Inventory number: Kerameikos I 261
- ↑ Inscriptiones Graecae II² 9044 .