Marble akroterion of the grave monument of Timotheos and Nikon

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ca. 350–325 BCE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

This akroterion once crowned a tall marble shaft now in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. The inscription states that the grave monument was erected to honor Timotheos and his son Nikon, both of the deme (political district) of Kephale. The front of the akroterion is decorated in relief with a palmette, the stems of which rise as spiral tendrils from a bed of acanthus leaves. At the top is a flower that once had a painted stem.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 350–325 BCE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1907