Limestone cippus of Olympianos
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Limestone cippus of Olympianos
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Published 2019-04-26T10:59:44+00:00
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Funerary monuments of this type were common on Cyprus from the Late Hellenistic through the Roman period. Each was engraved with a standard formula of farewell addressing directly the deceased in the vocative. Sometimes a comment is added, such as "no one is immortal." Here the inscription in Greek simply reads: "Good Olympianos, farewell." Above is a wreath decorated with pine cones and fruit that flank a plain circular disk on which a portrait of the deceased may have been painted.
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| Date published | 26/04/2019 |
| Complessità | Easy |
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| Title | Limestone cippus of Olympianos |
| Date | Early 3rd century A.D. |
| Dimension | H. 39 1/2 (100.3 cm); W. 14in. (35.6cm) |
| Accession | 74.51.2268 |
| Period | Imperial |
| Medium | Limestone |
| Credit | The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 |
| Record | https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/241821?&searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=74.51.2268&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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