Marble Grave Stele of a Young Woman in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2009

Marble Grave Stele of a Young Woman
Greek, Attic, ca. 400-390 BC
Said to be from near Koropi, in Attica

Accession # 36.11.1

The young woman leans against the framing pilaster of her grave stele in a pose that may have been inspired by a famous contemporary statue of Aphrodite. Like the child with doves on the stele found no Paros (# 27.45, displayed in this gallery), the little girl wears an ungirt peplos that is open at the side. Her hair is cut short in mourning. She holds a jewel box and may be a younger sister of the deceased or a household slave.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.