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Four figures are represented in this relief. The couple in the centre is surrounded by a female sitting on a throne and a wine-boy.
Grave relief representing a funerary meal

The particular grave relief has the shape of a small chapel (naiskos), and is decorated with a scene from a funerary meal. A half-naked man reclining on a bed at the center of the scene holds a kantharos (drinking vessel) in his left hand and rests his right hand on the shoulder of a seated woman. The latter, probably his wife, turns her head towards the man, and holds a wreath. Her legs, covered by the chiton (light robe, usually made of linen) and the himation (mantle), are placed on a footstool. The couple is surrounded by two smaller figures. The first is a female figure seated on a throne picking up some food from the table in front of her. The second figure is a naked male slave who stands and holds an oinochoe in one hand and an unidentified object in the other. On the upper left corner is a depiction of a horse's head in low relief placed inside a metope.

Inscription:   Θεοδότα Διογένη/χαίρε
Exhibit Features
Date: Classical period, 4th c. B.C.
Place of discovery: Mytilini, Pronoias' building plot
Dimensions: length: 0,59 m, height: 0,45 m
Material: marble
Inventory number: 2593
Exhibition hole: Exhibition hall III, new building
Copyright: Hellenic Ministry of Culture
 
 
 
  Suggestive Bibliography
 
Χαριτωνίδης Σ., "Ανασκαφαί εν Λέσβω", Αρχαιολογικό Δελτίο 16 (1960), Χρονικά, Αθήνα, 1962, σ.235 και πιν. 206 δ
 
Mitropoulou Ε., Three Unusual Banquet Reliefs, Αθήνα, 1974, pp. 15-16
 
Pfuhl E., Mobius H., Die Ostgriechischen Grabreliefs (vol. I, II), Mainz, 1977, Textband II, No 1868, pp. 449,Taf 268
 
Αρχοντίδου Α., Αχειλαρά Λ., Κυριακοπούλου Θ., Παππά Μ., Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Μυτιλήνης, Μυτιλήνη, 1999, σσ. 118-125