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Grave stele of a seated woman with veil wearing a tunic and cloak, holding a swaddled child with a pointed cap, and a reclining man with beard holding a bowl and (coin?) pouch and wearing a tunic, cloak, and headband with rosette flowers
Grave stele of a seated woman with veil wearing a tunic and cloak, holding a swaddled child with a pointed cap, and a reclining man with beard holding a bowl and (coin?) pouch and wearing a tunic, cloak, and headband with rosette flowers

Grave stele of a seated woman with veil wearing a tunic and cloak, holding a swaddled child with a pointed cap, and a reclining man with beard holding a bowl and (coin?) pouch and wearing a tunic, cloak, and headband with rosette flowers

Datelate 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Periodearly Hellenistic
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone with red paint
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), March 30, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1929
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DimensionsOverall
Height (front): 26.0 in. (66 cm)
Width (top): 27 3/16 in. (69 cm)
Width (bottom): 26 3/8 in. (67 cm)
Thickness (max, at top): 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)
Thickness (bottom): 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)
Depth (max, of carving): 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Thickness (strip left at front of bottom): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Thickness (max, portion sliced off at bottom): 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)
Female face
Height: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Width (at cheeks): 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Infant face
Height (with pointed cap): 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)
Width: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)
Male face
Height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm)
Width: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
Bowl
Height (preserved): 1 3/4 in. (4.41 cm)
Diameter (preserved): 3 1/2 in. (8.88 cm)
Woman
Height (standing): 26.0 in. (66 cm)
Height (seated): 21 7/16 in. (54.5 cm)
Chair
Height (with pillow to bottom of stele): 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Width (max, at pillow): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Hole (in woman’s lap)
Diameter: 1 3/8 in. (2.87 cm to 4.22 cm)
Man
Height (upper body, from couch to top of head): 17 5/16 in. (44 cm)
Couch
Height (max): 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Length (with pillow/cushion): 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm)

Medium Details

Color  (Munsell soil color chart)

Stone:  2.5 Y 8/2 (pale yellow) to 10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown)

Paint:  10R 5/6 (red)

Inclusions

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