Caption

Family tombstone with epitaph, unknown workshop, Greek inscriptions, restitution Braniewo ; Lyc.Hosianum, sepulchral funerary architecture, riders iconographic, wreaths, laurel wreaths, ribbon ornament, horses iconographic, sepulchral sculpture artist, rectangular marble slab, diagonally cracked. The block bears an inscription divided into three parts and two reliefs - a laurel wreath with a ribbon and a metope with a depiction of a young man on horseback accompanied by a slave . Both faces are damaged - perhaps hammered. The rider is dressed in a chiton and chlamys. The slave is exaggeratedly reduced in size in relation to the rider. He is dressed in a short girded chiton and holds a spear in his hand. 1st century BC - 1st century AD, Cyzicus, Asia Minor, Greek inscription, grave inscription, stele, gravestone, bas-relief, height 76 cm, width 203 cm, depth 11 cm, weight 450 kg, A rectangular stone slab with a rough light gray surface showing a shallow rectangular recess on the right that contains a carved relief of a person seated on a horse with a smaller standing figure beside the horse, a laurel wreath carved in low relief near the center, and several horizontal lines of shallow carved grooves across the upper and middle portions; the slab shows variations of gray and subtle darker gray marks and weathered edges, with some chipped corners and small surface irregularities.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A06_066

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Keywords

Family tombstone epitaph unknown workshop Greek inscriptions restitution Braniewo Lyc.Hosianum sepulchral funerary architecture riders iconographic wreaths laurel wreaths ribbon ornament horses iconographic sepulchral sculpture artist rectangular marble slab diagonally cracked block bears inscription divided three parts two reliefs - laurel wreath ribbon metope depiction young man horseback accompanied slave faces damaged - perhaps hammered rider dressed chiton chlamys exaggeratedly reduced size relation short girded holds spear hand 1st century BC - 1st century AD Cyzicus Asia Minor Greek inscription grave inscription stele gravestone bas-relief height 76 cm width 203 cm depth 11 cm weight 450 kg rectangular stone slab rough light gray surface showing shallow rectangular recess right contains carved relief person seated horse smaller standing figure beside laurel wreath carved low relief near center several horizontal lines shallow carved grooves across upper middle portions slab variations gray subtle darker gray marks weathered edges chipped corners small surface irregularities.