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Gravestone of Demainete in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Title: Grave Naiskos of Demainete with an Attendant Holding a Partridge
Artist/Maker:Unknown
Date: about 310 B.C.
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Object: 96.5 × 47.5 × 15 cm, 80.3 kg (38 × 18 11/16 × 5 7/8 in., 177 lb.)
Place: Greece (Attica) (Place Created)
Culture: Greek
Object Number: 75.AA.63
Inscription(s): Inscription, "ΔHMAINETH ΠPOKAEOYΣ" Translation: "Demainete [daughter] of Prokles".
Alternate Titles: Gravestone of Demainete (Alternate Title)
Department: Antiquities
Classification: Sculpture
Object Type: Relief
Taking the form of a shallow naiskos, or three-sided funerary monument, this Greek relief sculpture once marked the grave of a little girl. The girl takes up virtually the full height of the relief, while a smaller figure is recognizable as an enslaved person by her diminutive scale, short hair and long-sleeved garment. The inscription running over their heads identifies the girl as Demainete, the daughter of Prokles. Both Demainete's hairstyle and the shoulder cords of her dress are signs of her youth.
The girl holds a bird in her now damaged right hand and her attendant cradles another large, fat bird, probably a partridge. Although the meaning is not known for certain, young girls frequently hold birds on funerary monuments. The depiction may be a simple reference to a beloved pet, or it may have a deeper symbolic meaning representing the life or soul of the child. The size of the monument, the quality of the carving, and the individual touches included, such as the two types of birds, indicate that Demainete came from a wealthy and prominent Athenian family.
Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103T1X
Artist/Maker:Unknown
Date: about 310 B.C.
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Object: 96.5 × 47.5 × 15 cm, 80.3 kg (38 × 18 11/16 × 5 7/8 in., 177 lb.)
Place: Greece (Attica) (Place Created)
Culture: Greek
Object Number: 75.AA.63
Inscription(s): Inscription, "ΔHMAINETH ΠPOKAEOYΣ" Translation: "Demainete [daughter] of Prokles".
Alternate Titles: Gravestone of Demainete (Alternate Title)
Department: Antiquities
Classification: Sculpture
Object Type: Relief
Taking the form of a shallow naiskos, or three-sided funerary monument, this Greek relief sculpture once marked the grave of a little girl. The girl takes up virtually the full height of the relief, while a smaller figure is recognizable as an enslaved person by her diminutive scale, short hair and long-sleeved garment. The inscription running over their heads identifies the girl as Demainete, the daughter of Prokles. Both Demainete's hairstyle and the shoulder cords of her dress are signs of her youth.
The girl holds a bird in her now damaged right hand and her attendant cradles another large, fat bird, probably a partridge. Although the meaning is not known for certain, young girls frequently hold birds on funerary monuments. The depiction may be a simple reference to a beloved pet, or it may have a deeper symbolic meaning representing the life or soul of the child. The size of the monument, the quality of the carving, and the individual touches included, such as the two types of birds, indicate that Demainete came from a wealthy and prominent Athenian family.
Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103T1X
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