| Collection: | Athens, Acropolis Museum |
| Title: | Relief from an honorary decree |
| Context: | From Athens |
| Findspot: | Said to be found at Athens, probably Acropolis |
| Object Function: | Honorary |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Stele, relief-decorated |
| Category: | Separated fragments |
| Style: | Late Classical |
| Technique: | Low relief |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 350 BC |
| Dimensions: | P.H. 0.245 m; W. 0.325 m; Th. 0.08 m; P.H. (stele) 0.282 m; D. (relief) 0.013 |
| Scale: | Miniature (pictorial field) |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Classical |
Subject Description: A small, bearded, male figure, perhaps the honorand (head and upper chest preserved), standing profile to the right, wearing a himation draped over his left shoulder, raises his right hand slightly (in worship to Athena?); Athena (head and right leg destroyed), standing 3/4-view to the left, with her weight on her right leg, her left leg relaxed, wearing a belted peplos (?), extends her right hand to the left, placing a crown (in very low relief, slightly incised into the background plane, presumably also painted once) on the head of the honorand, while she rests her left hand on the rim of her shield; another female figure, Boule or the honorand's patron deity, standing 3/4-view to the left, with her weight on her right leg, her left leg relaxed, wearing a peplos, a himation draped over her left arm and around her lower body, and a sakkos (?), raises her right hand, perhaps to hold a (once) painted object, while she lowers her left hand at her side, perhaps holding a wreath/crown (her left thigh is eroded, but a slight bump there suggests this interpretation).
Form & Style: The relief is framed by antae (W. 0.035 m); a moulding below (H. 0.035 m) is comprised of a plain taenia above a flat ovolo.
Condition: Fragmentary
Condition Description: Two joining fragments, rejoined with plaster, each preserving part of one vertical edge; broken above and below, with a modern dowel hole (diam. 0.028; D. 0.067) in bottom edge, below left foot and shield (?) of Athena; back rough picked; surface worn and battered, with a large chip missing from the left anta, scratches and chips all over surface; many modern plaster adhesions, as well as tan adhesions on bottom and sides; background surface and right edge preserve remains of red/pink pigment; brown stain on underside of smaller (left) fragment and on back.
Material Description: White, medium-grained marble
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