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Permanent Collection of the Archaeological Museum of Komotini

The front view of the stele of Athena
Grave stele carved on both sides

This Archaic stele, part of which is currently exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Komotini, is very important for the development of grave relieves with multifigural representations. On the obverse is a representation of a young, beardless man wearing an himation (mantle). He paces towards the right on a narrow ground rendered in relief, while holding his himation, which covers most of his body, in his right hand. His hair is tied with a ribbon that divides it in slender, rope-like curls that conclude in a group of helixes. In addition to that, the existence of three openings suggests that there must have been an added metallic wreath. His face has the typical Archaic, faint smile. On the other side, towards the right, stands his young servant, also dressed in a himation. The servant is attributed on a smaller scale. He carries a stool on his left shoulder, which he holds with his right hand. His master's dog is near his feet, and faces up toward him. The part of the stele bearing the head of the dead has been in the National Archaeological Museum since 1858. For that reason, the Museum of Komotini has replaced the missing part with a plaster cast made by the sculptor D. Sotiroudes. The palmette of the stele, which does not survive in full, has been substituted based on a reconstruction made by the painter A. Kontopoulos.

Exhibit Features
Date: Archaic period
Place of discovery: Glykonerio, necropolis of ancient Dikaia
Dimensions: width: 0,45 m, height: 1,05 m
Material: marble
Inventory number: 33
Exhibition hole: Hall A
Copyright: Hellenic Ministry of Culture
 
 
 
  Suggestive Bibliography
 
Πεντάζος Ε., "Το Μουσείο Κομοτηνής", ΑΑΑ,ΙΧ, 2, (1976)
 
Μπακαλάκης Γ., Ελληνικά αμφίγλυφα, Θεσσαλονίκη, 1946
 
Μπακαλάκης Γ., Προανασκαφικές έρευνες στη Θράκη, Θεσσαλονίκη, 1958
 
Τριαντάφυλλος Δ., Θράκη, Αλεξανδρούπολη, 1994
 
Μπακιρτζής Χ., Τριαντάφυλλος Δ., Θράκη, Αθήνα, 2001
 
 
 
Other views
Detail from the back of the stele