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Image: Naiskos stele Cyzicus Louvre Ma2854

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Description: Funerary banquet: from left to right, a servant holding a round object, perhaps a model of the Arsinoeion in Samothrace, a seated woman, a half-reclining man holding a phiale in which a snake is drinking, a boy cupbearer. Naiskos-style funerary stele with high-relief decoration ; epitaph inscribed on the plint: “Attalos, son of Asklepiodoros, greetings!”. Marble, 2nd quarter of the 2nd century BC. From Cyzicus.
Title: Naiskos stele Cyzicus Louvre Ma2854
Credit: Jastrow (2008)
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