Top and shaft of a grave stele
550–520 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueMarble, probably from the Greek Island of Naxos
DimensionsHeight: 131 cm (51 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession number03.753
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1892: Frank Calvert Collection at Thymbra Farm in the Troad [see note]; by 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (a note in his records, signed J.M. [John Marshall] says: "I was told it was found near the tomb of Aias."; a further note in Warren's records cites Körte, Athenische Mitteilungen, 1895, p. 93, who said the piece was found in the Troad 3 kms. east from 'tomb of Aias.'); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24,1903
Note: S. H. Allen, AJA 99 (1995), p. 388, fig. 7 [photo dated 1892]
Note: S. H. Allen, AJA 99 (1995), p. 388, fig. 7 [photo dated 1892]
about A.D. 48 or 49
about A.D. 42
530–515 B.C.
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
probably A.D. 50–75
about 1st century B.C.
150–100 B.C.
about A.D. 190
about 20 B.C. to A.D. 40
about 560–550 B.C.
about 480 B.C.