IGII2 11817 Funerary monument of Kalliphanes

Funerary monument of Kalliphanes

IG II² 11817 Date: late iv BC

Kalliphanes.^[1]

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IG II² 11817 (Translated text) (PHI)

Conze IV no 1751

Translation by: Aidan Gregg

Monument type: Kioniskos?

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Kerameikos, peribolos of Dexileos (Lost)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This monument once stood in the family peribolos on the Street of the Tombs in the Kerameikos that includes the famous funerary relief of the cavalryman Dexileos (IG II² 6217). The form of the monument is not fully understood, but was reported in the 19^th century as being columnar with an upper section that was recessed and tapered (perhaps similar to Conze IV no. 1750 pl. 376). This suggests that it was a kioniskos, one of the three forms of gravestones allowed by the sumptuary reforms of Demetrius of Phaleron ca. 317 BC (see AIUK 3 (Fitzwilliam), p. 31). Kalliphanes also appears in a funerary trapeza along with his parents (IG II² 6226) and is perhaps to be identified with a councillor of 336/5 BC (Agora XV 42, l. 270). For other family members commemorated in the same grave plot, see IG II² 6226, 6227, 6230 (for the stemma, see Humphreys, Kinship, 994 tab. 27.6A). For a general discussion of Attic funerary monuments, AIUK 3 (Fitzwilliam), section 3.

Added: 2 Jun 2025
Updated: 2 Jun 2025
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