Grabrelief: Totenmahl
3. - 2. Jh. v. Chr.
In an architectural frame a bearded hero wearing a polos is shown reclining on a couch (klinē); he is clutching a bowl in his right hand. The woman sitting at his feet is taking grains of incense from a casket and placing them on an incense burner (thymiaterion); food is set out on a table beside her. Next to the bed stand a vessel for mixing wine with water (krater) and a young cupbearer. From the left worshippers approach bearing gifts. The head of a horse is visible through the window in the back. Reliefs depicting heroic banquets form a distinct group among Greek votive reliefs. From the 3rd century BC onwards, they also functioned as funerary reliefs.
In an architectural frame a bearded hero wearing a polos is shown reclining on a couch (klinē); he is clutching a bowl in his right hand. The woman sitting at his feet is taking grains of incense from a casket and placing them on an incense burner (thymiaterion); food is set out on a table beside her. Next to the bed stand a vessel for mixing wine with water (krater) and a young cupbearer. From the left worshippers approach bearing gifts. The head of a horse is visible through the window in the back. Reliefs depicting heroic banquets form a distinct group among Greek votive reliefs. From the 3rd century BC onwards, they also functioned as funerary reliefs.
Time:
3. - 2. Jh. v. Chr.
Object Name
Grabdenkmal
Culture
Griechisch
Location of discovery:
Ephesos (Selçuk, Kleinasien, Türkei)
Material/technology:
Marmor
Dimensions:
L/H 23 × B 35 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung
Invs.
Antikensammlung, I 903
Provenance
Sultan, Abdul, Hamid, II.; Österreichische Ausgrabungen in Ephesos; Geschenk an Kaiser Franz Joseph; 1914 nachträglich inventarisiert
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