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Funerary Stela of the Priest Dionysios and His Wife, Tertia
Funerary Stela of the Priest Dionysios and His Wife, Tertia

Funerary Stela of the Priest Dionysios and His Wife, Tertia

Artist Unknown
Datecirca 240–260
MediumMarble
DimensionsMax. Dimensions: 60 1/4 x 34 x 8 in. (153 x 86.4 x 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object numberG.79.6.13
On View
On view
Published ReferencesWaelkens, M. 1985. “17. Gable of a funerary stele.” The Malcove Collection, edited by Sheila Campbell. Toronto: University of Toronto. 22.

Lochman 1986. Eine Gruppe von phrygischen Grabstelen im Antikenmuseum Basel + Sammlung Ludwig. Unpublished thesis. Basel: Universität Basel. [page reference unknown], plate V, ill. 19;

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 35.

John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A Checklist (New York: American Academy in Rome, 1997), 141.

Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Funerary Stele of the Priest Dionysios and His Wife, Tertia, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 35, illus. (color).

Tomas Lochman, Studien zu kaiserzeitlichen grab- und votivreliefs Aus Phrygien (Basel: Skulpturhalle, 2003), p. 59 fn. 29, 66, 66 fn. 59, 100, 105 fn. 247, p. 260, cat no. II 92, tafel 8, fig. 29.

Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Funerary Stela of the Priest Dionysios and His Wife, Tertia, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 72, illus. (color) 73.

Ute Kelp, Grabdenkmal und Lokale identität: Ein Bild der Landschaft Phrygien in der Römischen Kaiserzeit (Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, 2015), p. 78-79, 276, tafel 26, 3.
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