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Antikensammlung [SK 1161]
https://id.smb.museum/digital-asset/3625078 (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin CC BY-NC-SA)
Provenance/Rights: Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Johannes Laurentius (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Tombstone of Archio

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Description

In meticulously chiselled letters, the inscription is distributed across four lines with four letters each and scorings between them. The name of the deceased, Archio, is followed by that of her father, Agathokles, given in genitive. The form of gamma and sigma is a peculiarity of Archaic Melian inscriptions.

Material/Technique

Limestone

Measurements

Height: 68 cm, Width: 34 cm; Depth: 12 cm

Antikensammlung

Object from: Antikensammlung

Die Antikensammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin gehört zu den bedeutendsten Sammlungen für antike griechische und römische Kunst in der Welt....

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