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File:Funerary stele Nicomedia Louvre Ma4501.jpg

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Object type stele
object_type QS:P31,Q178743
Description
English: Funerary stele from Nicomedia (modern İzmit) in Bithynia, white marble, ca. 150–100 BC. The dead is figured reclining on a bed and surrounded by his wife and son. Two slaves, customarily figured in a diminutive fashion, stand at the end of the bed.
Français : Stèle funéraire de Nicomédie (actuelle İzmit) en Bithynie. Le défunt est représenté sur un lit, entouré de sa femme et de son fils. Deux esclaves, figurés de taille plus petite comme le veut la tradition, se trouvent au pied du lit.
Date between circa 150 and circa 100 BC
Medium marble
medium QS:P186,Q40861
Dimensions height: 75 cm (29.5 in); width: 36 cm (14.1 in); depth: 7 cm (2.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,75U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,36U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Antiquités grecques, room 2: Galerie d'épigraphie. Denon, Entresol.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).
Accession number
Ma 4501 (MND 1775 )
Object history collection of Charles de Peyssonel
Credit line

King's Cabinet in 1749;

1929: deposited to Louvre Museum by Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque nationale de France
References Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 26147
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