• Stone funerary stele of Voula daughter of Isidoros



Stone funerary stele of Voula daughter of Isidoros
Stone funerary stele of Voula daughter of Isidoros

Stone funerary stele of Voula daughter of Isidoros

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Stone (Limestone)
Intact with scattered chipping
Height: 49.5 cm. Width: 19 - 22 cm. Thickness: 5.8-6.5 cm. Height of letters: 3.5 cm. (ll. 1-3) and 1.5-2 cm. (the rest)
Lato
Roman period:
1st c. BC:
Gallery:
XXII
Exhibition thematic unit:
Classical - Hellenistic - Roman period (5th c. BC-4th c. AD). The Cemeteries
Description
Inscribed grave stele, tapering upwards, topped with pediment and acroteria and with a tenon on the bottom for setting into a base. The letters of the three first verses containing the name of the deceased girl are larger than the rest of the inscription, which is a typical elegiac epigram. The 10-verse text runs as follows: 1 Βούλα Ἰσιδώρω χαῖρε. οὐ τὸ θανῖν ἀλ- 5 γεινὸν ἐπεὶ τό γε Μοῖρα ἐπέ- κλωσε, | ἀλλὰ πρὶν ἡλικίας καὶ γονέων προ- 10 τέραν. | Free translation: Hail Voula, daughter of Isidoros. It is not your death that is painful, since Fate has spun it, but the fact that you died young and before your parents.
Bibliography:
Inscriptiones Creticae I, xvi, 50
Author:
K. S.


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