Painted limestone funerary slab with a soldier and two girls

Inscription: Painted inscription: “Isidoros, a Galatian”

Found in 1884 in a tomb in Alexandria, Egypt (near Ramleh)

1884, found in a tomb in Alexandria, Egypt; 1884, purchased by Elbert E. Farman, New York; after 1887, purchased by Darius Ogden Mills from Elbert E. Farman; until 1904, collection of Darius Ogden Mills; acquired in 1904, gift of D.O. Mills.

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