AIUK46 no. 50 Lekythos of Mys, Philia, Metrodora and Meles

Lekythos of Mys, Philia, Metrodora and Meles

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 50 Date: 375-350 BC

Μῦς. Φιλία. Μητροδώρα. Μέλης. (relief)

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References:

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 50 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 12216 (PHI)

GIBM I 122

Conze II no. 1141

Schmaltz, Marmorlekythen A186

Clairmont, CAT 4.322

Translation by: Robert Pitt

AIO Images: 1

Monument type: Marble lekythos

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Athens, perhaps from Glyfada (BM 1816,0610.199)

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[1] This marble lekythos (cf. no. 44) in the British Museum was aquired by Lord Elgin (cf. AIUK 4.1, no. 2). The relief depicts four standing figures: two women in the centre shaking hands (dexiosis, cf. no. 26), flanked by two bearded men, each named with a label above their heads. The lekythos has been linked with a similar monument discovered at Chasani (between Kalamaki and Elliniko on the west coast of Attica) that depicts four figures with the same names but in a different order (IG II² 12121; CAT 4.321), suggesting that both monuments were from the same family grave plot perhaps in the deme Aixone. For more detailed discussion of the inscription see AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments), no. 50.

Added: 6 Apr 2022
Updated: 6 Apr 2022
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