25. Stele: Grandmother and Child

Creator	Keefe, Susan
Date Accessioned	2017-07-31T19:54:30Z
Date Available	2017-07-31T19:54:30Z
Date Issued	July 2, 2005
xmlui.metadata.dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11258/36124
Description	The Kerameikos Cemetery in Athens has tombs of famous Athenians along its "Sacred Way." This grave stele of a grandmother and child has the following inscription: "I hold here the beloved child of my daughter which I held on my knees when we were alive and saw the light of the sun. And now dead, I hold it dead." 430-420 BC.
xmlui.metadata.dc.description.sponsorship	Duke Divinity Library
Subject	Archaeology
Subject	Death
Title	25. Stele: Grandmother and Child