ID: 700006488 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006488	Record Type: Movable Work
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Grave Stele of Herophanta and Posideos (relief (sculpture ); Unknown East Greek (East Greek Artist); about 150 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 71.AA.288)

Note: Tall, slightly tapering stele with a pedimental top complete with akroteria. A deeply recessed panel contains four figures. At the right of the scene a woman, Herophanta, stands frontally with her right arm around a large, vertical torch. To her right stands her husband, Posideos. To his right is a small barefoot boy wearing a belted short tunic. Between Posideos and the torch is a small female figure who holds onto the torch with both hands and looks up toward Herophanta. The large torch indicates that Herophanta was a priestess of Demeter.

Titles:

Grave Stele of Herophanta and Posideos (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Gravestone of a Prominent Family (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>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: about 150 BCE

Creator Display:

Unknown East Greek (East Greek Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Ancient Greek (Ancient Greek cultural designation) [500202840]

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.288

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: 151.4 x W: 57 x D: 11.5 cm (H: 59 5/8 x W: 22 7/16 x D: 4 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

Ancient Greek (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Hellenistic [300020101] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Ancient Greek (culture or style))

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	family (kinship group) [300055474]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, kinship groups) (AAT)

	Term Not Found
	..... ULAN Candidate

	Posideos (Ancient Greek man, ca. 2nd century BC) [500354930]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Translated from Greek: "The People [Demos], [for or: in honour of Posideos, [son] of Demokles / The People [Demos], [for or: in honor of] Herophanta, [daughter] of Timon".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Grave Stele of Herophanta and Posideos	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Gravestone of a Prominent Family	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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