Π Λ Α Ν Γ Ω Ν - I
A duck stands profile to the right, looking up at a doll, held in the hand of a young girl. The inscription Π Λ Α Ν Γ Ω Ν, carved on the epistyle, probably identifies the young girl as Plangon. She is standing in 3/4-view to the left, looking down at the bird. She wears slippers, a high-belted, short-sleeved chiton with shoulder cords, and a stephane around her short curly hair. She holds the doll in her upraised left hand, and a bird in her left hand, held at her side. In the background plane, as if hanging on a wall, are articulated a large bag, which may have contained astragaloi (knucklebones), and two objects that are not easily identified. The objects seem to be oversized, perhaps to emphasize the girl's small size, and youth.
The overall scene is enclosed in a naiskos comprised of antae supporting a narrow architrave, with shallow pediment above. The pediment is only decorated with one central akroterion.
Source: www.perseus.tufts.edu
Marble funerary stele
Late classical Period
About 325 BC
From Athens [?]
Munich, Glyptothek
Π Λ Α Ν Γ Ω Ν - I
A duck stands profile to the right, looking up at a doll, held in the hand of a young girl. The inscription Π Λ Α Ν Γ Ω Ν, carved on the epistyle, probably identifies the young girl as Plangon. She is standing in 3/4-view to the left, looking down at the bird. She wears slippers, a high-belted, short-sleeved chiton with shoulder cords, and a stephane around her short curly hair. She holds the doll in her upraised left hand, and a bird in her left hand, held at her side. In the background plane, as if hanging on a wall, are articulated a large bag, which may have contained astragaloi (knucklebones), and two objects that are not easily identified. The objects seem to be oversized, perhaps to emphasize the girl's small size, and youth.
The overall scene is enclosed in a naiskos comprised of antae supporting a narrow architrave, with shallow pediment above. The pediment is only decorated with one central akroterion.
Source: www.perseus.tufts.edu
Marble funerary stele
Late classical Period
About 325 BC
From Athens [?]
Munich, Glyptothek