A Roman marble funerary stele
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Depicting a bearded man in a sunken panel, wearing a short tunic and a belt, a mantle draped around the shoulders, holding a sickle in one hand and a dog on a lead in the other, the dog with short legs and pointy ears, the head turned backwards looking up to his owner, the pediment surmounted by a palmette and decorated with a disc and an arch with a line of Greek text, three more lines of text around the man's head, the inscription saying 'Apollonios Kennenion, for Menandros his only son, for memory's sake', 31in (79cm) high, mounted
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Depicting a bearded man in a sunken panel, wearing a short tunic and a belt, a mantle draped around the shoulders, holding a sickle in one hand and a dog on a lead in the other, the dog with short legs and pointy ears, the head turned backwards looking up to his owner, the pediment surmounted by a palmette and decorated with a disc and an arch with a line of Greek text, three more lines of text around the man's head, the inscription saying 'Apollonios Kennenion, for Menandros his only son, for memory's sake', 31in (79cm) high, mounted
Estimate:
£10,000 - 15,000
US$ 16,000 - 23,000
€12,000 - 18,000
US$ 16,000 - 23,000
€12,000 - 18,000
Footnotes
- Provenance:
John Rilling Collection, California, acquired prior to 1970.
Literature:
The second name 'Kennenion' is very rare in the literature and the only other recorded example is an 'Apollonios Kennenion' from Phrygia, possibly the same person mentioned in this stele, W.M. Ramsay, The Cities and Bishoprics of Phyrgia, 1895-7, inscription no. 32.
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