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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 carved stone relief shows a raised rectangular panel with a sculpted scene of a person seated on a horse and a smaller standing figure behind the horse; the rider wears draped clothing and sits upright while the horse is depicted in profile with a raised front leg and a mane of rounded beads; the smaller figure appears to hold a long object and stands near the horse’s hindquarters; surrounding the panel the stone surface is flat with carved decorative leaf motifs at the left edge; the overall colors visible are pale gray and off-white with subtle darker gray shadows and slight brownish discoloration in some areas.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A06_069

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68.7Mo (6.5Mo) / 50.8cm x 33.9cm / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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 carved stone relief raised rectangular panel sculpted scene person seated horse smaller standing figure rider wears draped clothing sits upright depicted profile raised front leg mane rounded beads smaller figure hold long object stands near horse’s hindquarters surrounding panel stone surface flat carved decorative leaf motifs left edge colors visible pale gray off-white subtle darker gray shadows slight brownish discoloration areas.