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Field, House, Garden, Grave

Classical grave stele with young woman representation
Funerary stele of a girl with dove

Grave stele of a girl from Nea Kallikratia, Chalkidiki. It was made by a Parian sculptor, an artist who was the equal of those who carved the sculptures from the Parthenon frieze. The dead girl wears a Dorian peplos and holds a dove, an iconographic motif known from other funerary stelai of the 5th century B.C. About 440 B.C.

Exhibit Features
Date: Classical period, 440 BC
Place of discovery: Nea Kallikratia
Material: parian marble
Inventory number: 6876
Copyright: Hellenic Ministry of Culture
 
 
 
  Suggestive Bibliography
 
Βοκοτοπούλου Ι., Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης, Αθήνα, 1996, 29