Grave stele

myminifactory

This is a funerary stele which has a form of naiskos with pilasters. On the pediment, a farewell to the dead man, Nikainetos, is incised. Accompanied by his young slave, he wears a himation and holds a papyrus scroll, indicating that he was a state official (palliatus) or an intellectual (literatus). The stele was discovered in Athens