Upper part of the marble stele (grave marker) of Kallidemos

Unknown

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

Inscribed below the molding, Kallidemos, the son of Kalliades The back of the stele was cut down in modern times. The akroterion is decorated with a double palmette flanked by two half palmettes, all rising from spiral tendrils set in a bed of acanthus leaves. Bell-like flowers are suspended from the volutes of the central palmette, and a four-petaled flower is carved at the top. The simple shaft is decorated with double eight-petaled rosettes.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 350–325 BCE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1925