Upper part of the marble stele (grave marker) of Kallidemos

ca. 350–325 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 153

Inscribed below the molding, Kallidemos, the son of Kalliades
The back of the stele was cut down in modern times.

The akroterion is decorated with a double palmette flanked by two half palmettes, all rising from spiral tendrils set in a bed of acanthus leaves. Bell-like flowers are suspended from the volutes of the central palmette, and a four-petaled flower is carved at the top. The simple shaft is decorated with double eight-petaled rosettes.

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Title: Upper part of the marble stele (grave marker) of Kallidemos
Period: Late Classical
Date: ca. 350–325 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Overall: 31 15/16 x 18 3/4in. (81.2 x 47.6cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.78.30
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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