Cast of the grave stele of Hegeso from the Athenian Kerameikos
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Details
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Title
Cast of the grave stele of Hegeso from the Athenian Kerameikos
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Associated place
Greece (Kerameikos in Athens) (find spot of original) -
Date
2nd half of the 19th century -
Material and technique
plaster
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
150 x 97 cm estimated (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1884 or 1894.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 14 | Cast Gallery -
Museum department
Cast Gallery
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Accession no.
CG.D.37
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Catalogue text
Relief with seated woman dressed in chiton and himation, her hair
wrapped in sakkos. She picks out jewellery from a box held for her by
a standing servant. The stele is framed by pilasters and pediment with
three acroteria. The inscription on the horizontal geison of the stele
reads: ‘Hegeso, daugther of Proxenos’.In: Frederiksen, Rune, and R.R.R. Smith, The Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum: Catalogue of plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2011)
Further reading
Frederiksen, Rune, and R.R.R. Smith, The Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum: Catalogue of plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2011)
