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Grave Stele Of Mynno Formerei der königlichen Museen zu Berlin (cast maker)

Artist

Formerei der königlichen Museen zu Berlin (cast maker) Berlin, active since 1819

Date early 20th century (plaster cast), 410-400 BC (original)
Object type plaster cast
Medium, technique plaster
Dimensions

59 x 29 x 6 cm

Inventory number Ag.316
Collection Classical Antiquites - Plaster casts
On view Star Fortress (Komárom), Athenian men and women from the fourth century BC, Corridor A

The upper part of the stele is engraved with a fragmentary inscription that commemorates a woman named Mynno. She sits on a backless chair, wearing a thin dress (chiton) and a mantle (himation). Her lowered right hand holds a spindle, in her raised left hand there is a ball of yarn or a distaff, which was probably once painted. A yarn basket (calathus) is placed beside her chair; thus, the sculptor showed the young woman while spinning. This was a customary way of depicting married women, since families usually produced their clothes themselves. The stele is crowned with a tympanon and palmette-shaped acroteria.

References

Hekler, Antal, Az antik gipszgyűjtemény I-II., Budapest, 1919-1920, 1923, no. no. 251.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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