Xeno and Archippe
Two women identified by the names Χ Ε Ν Ω (left) and Α Ρ Ξ Ι Π Π Ε (right), Xeno e Archippe, face each other. On the left stands an young woman, presumably Xeno, in 3/4-view to the right, holding a baby in her right arm. She wears a himation over chiton, and her hair seems to be pulled back in a bun. At the right is a younger (?) woman, Archippe, presumably the mother, seated on a klismos. She too wears a himation over a chiton, and holds the right side of her himation in front of her chest, in her upraised right hand. She also wears sandals. She leans her left arm on the back of her chair (which is not apparent, so it may have been a painted detail). Her hair is rolled around in a roll around her crown. Some scholars suggest that the standing woman is the sister of Archippe, and that the latter died in childbirth.
Source: www.perseus.tufts.edu
Marble funerary stele
Low relief technique
Late classical Period
About 400-375 BC
From Attica
Munich, Glyptothek
Xeno and Archippe
Two women identified by the names Χ Ε Ν Ω (left) and Α Ρ Ξ Ι Π Π Ε (right), Xeno e Archippe, face each other. On the left stands an young woman, presumably Xeno, in 3/4-view to the right, holding a baby in her right arm. She wears a himation over chiton, and her hair seems to be pulled back in a bun. At the right is a younger (?) woman, Archippe, presumably the mother, seated on a klismos. She too wears a himation over a chiton, and holds the right side of her himation in front of her chest, in her upraised right hand. She also wears sandals. She leans her left arm on the back of her chair (which is not apparent, so it may have been a painted detail). Her hair is rolled around in a roll around her crown. Some scholars suggest that the standing woman is the sister of Archippe, and that the latter died in childbirth.
Source: www.perseus.tufts.edu
Marble funerary stele
Low relief technique
Late classical Period
About 400-375 BC
From Attica
Munich, Glyptothek