Caption

Rectangular tombstone depicting a young man in a long robe in a semi-reclining position on a bed with a mattress and two pillows. He holds a flat bowl or patera in his right hand. The bed legs are decorated; sacrificial vessels stand under the bed. A vine grows from the footrests on the right. The vine and the vessels are shallowly engraved, while the man is in high relief. Inscription in the lower part lists the deceased's name: Drakon, son of Apion. 2nd–4th century, Terenuthis. Bas-relief tombstone with Greek inscription. Dimensions: height 33 cm, width 30 cm, depth 5.5 cm., A roughly rectangular stone slab with a weathered, uneven surface and rough edges rests against a plain gray background; the slab is primarily beige and light brown with areas of darker brown shading, and it features a recessed central panel carved with a relief of a reclining human figure draped in flowing garments and surrounded by decorative incised lines and curved motifs; the carved area shows textured grooves and smoother flattened sections, while the slab's perimeter displays shallow incisions and worn pitting, giving an overall appearance of aged, textured stone in beige, tan, and brown tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A05_447

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (2.7Mb) / 20.0in x 13.3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Rectangular tombstone depicting young man long robe semi-reclining position bed mattress two pillows holds flat bowl patera right hand bed legs decorated sacrificial vessels stand under vine grows footrests right vine vessels shallowly engraved man high relief Inscription lower part lists deceased's name Drakon son Apion 2nd–4th century Terenuthis Bas-relief tombstone Greek inscription Dimensions height 33 cm width 30 cm depth 5.5 cm roughly rectangular stone slab weathered uneven surface rough edges rests plain gray background slab primarily beige light brown areas darker brown shading features recessed central panel carved relief reclining human figure draped flowing garments surrounded decorative incised lines curved motifs carved area textured grooves smoother flattened sections slab's perimeter displays shallow incisions worn pitting giving appearance aged textured stone beige tan brown tones.