Ilissos' Stele Type with a Loutrophoros - II
Stele of Ilissos type. The dead youth raises one hand to his head, deeply immersed in mourning his premature death, while a boy stands in front of him. The young man is portrayed naked and leaning against a loutrophoros visible behind him. In ceramic form, this large vessel shape was used in funerary rituals for washing the corpse. During the classical period, this vessel could be carved on a grave relief, or take a monumental form in the round, made in stone, and used as a grave marker.
Marble funerary stele
Ca. 330 BC
Piraeus - Archaeological Museum - Inv. No. 5318
Ilissos' Stele Type with a Loutrophoros - II
Stele of Ilissos type. The dead youth raises one hand to his head, deeply immersed in mourning his premature death, while a boy stands in front of him. The young man is portrayed naked and leaning against a loutrophoros visible behind him. In ceramic form, this large vessel shape was used in funerary rituals for washing the corpse. During the classical period, this vessel could be carved on a grave relief, or take a monumental form in the round, made in stone, and used as a grave marker.
Marble funerary stele
Ca. 330 BC
Piraeus - Archaeological Museum - Inv. No. 5318