Grave stele with a standing female figure holding a jug and a reclining man wearing a tunic and cloak inset within a floral frame below a crouching lion
Date5th century BCE
Periodend of the Archaic to the early Classical
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone with red paint
ClassificationArchaeology
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1922
On View
Not on viewHeight (max preserved): 23 1/16 in. (58.5 cm)
Width (max): 15 15/16 in. (40.5 cm)
Thickness (max): 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
Face of standing figure
Height: 1 5/16 in. (3.28 cm)
Width (cheek to cheek): 1.0 in. (2.54 cm)
Standing figure
Height: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
Jug
Height: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
Diameter (body): 11/16 in. (1.75 cm)
Lion
Height (preserved): 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
Length (preserved): 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm)
Thickness: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm)
Man
Length (as preserved to top of cutting where his head was): 17 11/16 in. (45 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Stone: 10YR 7/2 (light grey)
Paint: 10R 5/6 (red)
Inclusions
n/a
325-50 BC
500-400 BC
540-450 BC
late 6th or early 5th century BCE
3rd–1st century BCE