AIUK46 no. 35 Grave stele of Menekrates

Grave stele of Menekrates

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 35 Date: 350-300 BC

Μενεκράτης Μένωνος. (relief)

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References:

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 35 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 12090 (PHI)

GIBM I 121

Conze II no. 947

Clairmont, CAT 0.921

Scholl, Bildfeldstelen no. 438

Translation by: Robert Pitt

AIO Images: 1

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Athens? (BM 1864,0220.9)

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[1] This grave stele was purhcased by the British Museum in 1864 from the collection of the Irish peer Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford (1780-1855), who had served as British Ambassador to Constantinople between 1820-1824. It depicts a standing nude boy with a himation draped over his left shoulder holding a bird. Menekrates’ nudity emphasises his youth and unmarried status, as a boy who frequented the gymnasium (see discussion in AIUK 13 (Mount Stewart), p. 8 and cf. AIUK 4.6, no. 40). For more detailed discussion of the inscription see AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments), no. 35.

Added: 6 Apr 2022
Updated: 6 Apr 2022
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