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Top left: Left half of a votive relief from Loukou with 17 worshippers; To...
| Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
| Title: | Votive of Aristarche |
| Context: | From Piraeus |
| Findspot: | Found at Piraeus, near the Tsocha Theater |
| Summary: | Zeus Meilichios and three worshippers |
| Object Function: | Votive |
| Material: | Limestone |
| Sculpture Type: | Stele, relief-decorated |
| Category: | Single monument |
| Style: | Late Classical |
| Technique: | Low relief |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 400 BC - ca. 300 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.30 m; W. 0.40 m |
| Scale: | Miniature (pictorial field) |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Classical/Hellenistic |
Subject Description: On the left of the relief is Zeus Meilichios, seated on a relief-decorated throne profile to the right. He is bearded, wears a himation draped over his left shoulder, holds a scepter upright in his upraised left hand, and reaches a phiale, or offering bowl, toward a square, low altar, in front of him. Opposite him, on the other side of the altar, stand a man and a woman, shown in 3/4-view, with right hands raised in adoration, and a child, to the left side of the woman.
Form & Style: The relief is framed by rectangular antae supporting an inscribed horizontal cornice decorated with at least seven antefixes, and the figures stand on a narrow plinth.
Condition: Intact
Condition Description: Broken on the left edge and the upper right hand corner. The surface is somewhat stained and worn.
Material Description: White
Inscription: The epistyle is inscribed with the following votive dedication:
Collection History: Purchased from the A. Meletopoulos Collection.
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