IGII2 5937a Grave marker of Lysikrates of Gargettos

Grave marker of Lysikrates of Gargettos

IG II² 5937a Date: mid-iv BC

Lysikrates of Gargettos.^[1]

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IG II² 5937a (Translated text) (PHI)

Translation by: Kylie Ouellette

Images: Wikimedia Commons - (1)

Monument type: Slab

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Kerameikos, Street of the Tombs (Kerameikos Museum I 283, at peribolos)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This marker is one of three large rectangular slabs that cover individual graves within the funerary enclosure (peribolos) of Kephisodoros on the south side of the Street of the Tombs in the Kerameikos (see IG II² 11841 with notes). Lysikrates is not otherwise known. 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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