Cast Gallery catalogue number: D004

Warrior holding a spear.
The stele is signed by the sculptor Aristokles.
The base (not shown) is inscribed with the name of the dead man: Aristion.

• Plaster cast: Height: 2.01m, Width: 43cm.
• Copy of a marble grave stele.
• The stele:
  • was made by Aristokles in about 510 BC.
  • was found in 1839 at Velanideza in Attica.
  • is now in Athens, National Museum, 29.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

D 004
Stele of Aristion; Athens 29

Marble
Grave Stele
Greece, Athens, National Museum, 29