| Collection: | Athens, National Epigraphic Museum |
| Title: | Relief from a proxeny (?) decree with a representation of Demos |
| Context: | Probably from Athens |
| Summary: | Relief from a proxeny (?) decree with a representation of Demos |
| Object Function: | Other document |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Stele, relief-decorated |
| Category: | Single monument |
| Style: | Late Classical |
| Technique: | Low relief |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | 360 BC - 340 BC |
| Dimensions: | Pres. H. 0.155 m; Pres. W. 0.27 m; Th. 0.12 m; Pres. H. (stele) 0.29 m; D. (reli |
| Scale: | Miniature (pictorial field) |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Classical |
Subject Description: A missing figure (probably Athena or Boule); a small male figure, probably the honorand (only lower legs preserved), wearing a short chiton and a cuirass (?), standing 3/4-view to the left; Demos (only legs preserved), standing 3/4-view to the left, with his weight on his right leg, wearing a himation that crosses his lower legs diagonally, and a staff extending diagonally from beneath the bottom right of his himation.
Form & Style: The relief is framed by antae, of which the right one is preserved (W. tapers up from 0.04 m to 0.037 m), with a moulding below (W. 0.06 m), comprised of an inscribed taenia, above a bevelled element.
Condition: Fragmentary
Condition Description: Two joining fragments, preserving the right anta and lower right corner of the relief, as well as some of the inscription; otherwise broken on sides and back; surface worn, chipped, and corroded (including recent damage to the figure of Demos since Svoronos' published photograph); stained brown in parts.
Material Description: White (streaked with gray), medium-grained marble
Inscription: The inscription on the taenia reads:
Inscription Bibliography: IG II.2 160
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