Attic funerary stele of Erine, Eutychos, and Nikon
- Title:
- Attic funerary stele of Erine, Eutychos, and Nikon
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Mericle, Danielle
- Date:
- ca. 1880-1920
ca. 400 BCE
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Attica, Greece (original)
- Location:
- 726 University Avenue, Cornell University
previously, Goldwin Smith Hall showcase 1 (12/10)
Attica, Greece (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0621
- Accession Number:
- No. 66 (or IV 66?) carved in back
466 - File Name:
- CCC_0621.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 65 (H) x 45 (W) cm
- Culture:
- Greek
- Style/Period:
- Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble sculpture in relief and inscription (original) - Subject:
- Funerary monuments
- Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 40 x 42 x 4 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is the lower part of a damaged cast of a marble Attic anthemion stele that is housed in the National Museum in Athens. Three names are inscribed on separate lines above two detailed rosettes, IG II² 11494: Eutychos, Erine, and Nikon. Erine was the first name to be inscribed. Later, Eutychos was added above her name and Nikon below. The sides of the stele taper upwards to a molding. Broken away and missing from the top of this cast is its anthemion with triangular top, which consisted of acanthus leaves, a large stylized palmette, and scrolling volutes topped by small palmettes.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 868 - Bibliography:
- Panagiotes Kavvadias, Glupta tou Ethnikou Mouseiou. Katalogos Perigraphikos (Athens: E.K. Blastou, 1890-1892), 416, no. 868
Gipsformerei, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Katalog der Originalabgüsse, Heft 5, Griechenland und Rom: Reliefs, Bauornamentik und Geräte, pl. 19, no. 1621
Edward Robinson, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Catalogue of Casts part III, Greek and Roman Sculpture, rev. ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896), 192, no. 471 - Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Athens, National Museum (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.