Funerary monument of Kottion (fragment)

Classification

funerary stela

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

32.5 × 49.5 × 18.5 cm

Date

4th century B.C.

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

material analysis ; limestone

Findspot

Acarnania

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Nani Collection ; Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

4725

Hyp-3988

References

Hekler 1929, 38, no. 27; Calvelli–Crema–Luciani 2017, 271, no. 40; Cavalier 1996, 46

Material analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the stela was made of Rhodian limestone. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.