ID: 700006487 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006487	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Grave Stele For Helena (relief (sculpture ); Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); 150 - 200; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 71.AA.271)

Note: This rectangular funerary monument is designed in the form of a naiskos (shrine), flanked on either side by pilasters with Corinthian capitals. It is topped by a pediment with a small, simple akroterion. A small, heavy-bodied female dog, a Canis Melitaeus (Maltese) sits in the niche. Her head is turned to face the viewer. Beneath her on the face of the relief is a plaque with curved ansae and an incription reading "To Helena / foster daughter / the incomparable and / worthy soul".

Titles:

Grave Stele For Helena (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Gravestone of Helena (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

relief (sculpture ) [300047230] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by technique>)

stele [300007023]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, monuments, <monuments by form>)

funerary architecture [300005866]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, funerary structures)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 150 - 200

Creator Display:

Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 71.AA.271

Other: Creation: Roma [7003138] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Marble

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: Object: H: 61 x W: 31.5 cm (H: 24 x W: 12 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

Ancient Roman (preferred)

Roman

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Imperial (Roman) [300020541] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Ancient Italian, Roman (ancient Italian culture or period))

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	dogs (species) [300250130]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Canidae (family), Canis (genus)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: "HELENAE ALUMNAE / ANIMAE / INCOMPARABLI ET / BENE MERENTI". Translated from Latin: "To Helena / foster daughter / the incomparable and / worthy soul".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Grave Stele For Helena	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Gravestone of Helena	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)