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Museum collection · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 247107

Painted limestone funerary stele with a seated man and two standing figures

Unknown maker, late 4th–early 3rd century BCE

Painted limestone funerary stele with a seated man and two standing figures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904 · Public domain

Artist
Unknown maker
Date
late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Medium
Limestone, paint
Dimensions
Height: 29 1/4 × 18 3/4 in. (74.3 × 47.6 cm) Other: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Width: 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm)
Era
Museum collection

Why it matters

Painted limestone funerary stele with a seated man and two standing figures, dated late 4th–early 3rd century BCE, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Limestone, paint. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are Height: 29 1/4 × 18 3/4 in. (74.3 × 47.6 cm) Other: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Width: 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.