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Demetrios son of Alexis

The inscription Δ Η Μ Η Τ Ρ Ι Ο / Τ Ο Υ Α Λ Ε Ξ Ε Ω identifies the warrior fighting on the prow of the ship as "Demetrios son of Alexis". The bearded warrior, shown in 3/4-view to the right, is brandishing a sword in his lowered right hand, and holding a shield on his left arm. He steps up onto the prow with his left foot. He wears a short chiton and cuirass.
The figural scene is shown in a relief square sunk into the surface of the stone. A crown molding comprised of cymation below flat fascia surmounts the stele. Although the iconography and form of the stele are popular at Athens, the purported provenance and marble out of which this stele were worked indicate that this was probably the work of an Ionian artist.
Below the figure field, the beginning of an epigram, in two lines, suggests that Demetrios died while fighting:
T O N Δ Η [... Π] Ρ Ο Μ Α Ξ Ο Ι Σ

Source: www.perseus.tufts.edu

Marble funerary stele
Height: 43 cm. Width: 34,7 cm.
Late classical Period
About 350-325 BC
From Cyzicus, Mysia, Turkey,
Munich, Glyptothek

Taken on: April 29, 2022

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bas-relief

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stele funeraria

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Greek sculpture

Ionia

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Mysia

Mesia

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