Plaster Cast: Gravestone Inscription

1900.11.0099

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Artifact Identification Plaster Cast: Gravestone Inscription   (1900.11.0099)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Ceremonial Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Funerary Objects
Artist/Maker Berlin Museum. Gipsformerei. Previously attributed to Emile Gillieron & Fils.
Geographic Location
Period Archaic
Date 650-550 BCE
Culture Ancient Greek

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 57.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 35.2 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 5.4 cm
Weight 5025 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Plaster, Metal
Manufacturing Processes Cast

Research Remarks

Description Under Review
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Guarducci, M. L'epigrafia greca dalle origini al tardo impreo. Rome, 1987: Instituto poligrafico e Zecca dello stato: Libreria dello Stato, 80.

Jeffery, L.H. The local Scripts of Archaic Greece: A Study of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet and Its Development From the Eighth to the Fifth Centuries BC. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961. 323, no. 5. pp. 317-318.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Classical Museum Purchase
Reproduction Yes, Original displayed in the Athens Epigraphical Museum. Reproduction probably made by the staff of the Athens National Archaeological Museum, perhaps Emile Gillieron & Fils, Athens. The casts of the front and right side of this slab are Spurlock artifacts 1900.11.0103 and 1900.11.0102 respectively.

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