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Fragment of the Marble Stele of Kalliades in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008

Fragment of the Marble Stele of Kalliades in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008
Fragment of the Marble Stele of Kalliades
Greek, Attic, ca. 500-490 BC

Accession # 55.11.4

The inscription identifies the person commemmorated as Kalliades, son of Thoutimides. Whatever other references may have been intended, the Gorgon here replaces the usual sphinx or lion in protecting the grave and warding off evil.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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