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LOT 0089
Graeco-Roman Naiskos-Type Limestone Stele with 'Long Life, Free from Sorrow, Farewell' Inscription
ASIA MINOR, 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
27 3/4 in. (88 kg, 70.5 cm).
With rosette in the gable, a basket filled with wool and a garland above it; inscription in Greek reading: 'ΥΓΕΙΑ ΑΛΥΠΕ ΧΑΙΡΕ (HEGHIA ALYPE CHAERE' (Long life [or health], free from sorrow, farewell!).
ProvenanceEx Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, during the 19th century.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12657-236384.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Wagner, J., Seleukia am Euphrat/Zeugma, Wiesbaden, 1976.
FootnotesThis type of stele is comparatively rare, and highly gendered: it is intended to represent a woman when decorated with a basket of wool, and for a man when decorated with an eagle. They are typical of the Zeugma area of the Euphrates river in ancient Seleukia.
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LOT 0089
Graeco-Roman Naiskos-Type Limestone Stele with 'Long Life, Free from Sorrow, Farewell' Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
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Opening Bid: £2,000
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