The stele’s provenance is lost because it was the product of smuggling. Yet, its stylistic details and the white, fine-grained Pentelic marble it is made of indicate it was made in Attica.
It is 87.5 cm tall, 37 cm wide, and 10 cm thick, and its top end has the familiar triangular shape of a pediment, which once had painted plant decoration on it.
The main part depicts a sculpted loutrophoros – a vase used for funerary rites and the bridal bath – and carved on the body of the vessel is the seated figure of a woman and the standing figure of a young man.
Between the top and the main body is carved the name ‘Epikrates’, probably belonging to the young man.
Tags: funerary stele, Greece, British authorities, Epigraphical Museum in Athens
