Funerary pediment stele with a symposium scene
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Funerary pediment stele with a symposium scene
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Published 2018-08-24T16:06:36+00:00
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This is a funerary pediment stele with a symposium scene depicting two couples.
The men are leaning back on a low bench and the women seated on the bench, the women seem to be wives of the men and not hetairas, a detail which may often be observed in symposium scenes in Cyprus. A fifth figure is holding a vessel and possibly represents a servant. The theme is usually connected to life after death and shows the deceased to be content in the afterlife and not at a moment during his lifetime on earth.
The stele was discovered in the unknown provenance.
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Date published | 24/08/2018 |
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Title | Funerary pediment stele with a symposium scene |
Date | 4th century BC |
Period | Ancient |
Medium | Limestone |
Artist | Unknown artist |
Place | Cyprus Archaeological Museum |
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