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title: Grave Stele of a Young Girl, Melisto
author: Sarah E. Bond
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12749/grave-stele-of-a-young-girl-melisto/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 2024-08-22
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# Grave Stele of a Young Girl, Melisto
_Authored by Sarah E. Bond_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12749.jpg)
## Image Caption
Stele showing a girl holding a doll in one hand and a bird in the other, which she seems to be offering with a gentle smile to the small dog jumping up to greet her, c. 340 BCE.
Harvard Art Museums.
## Cite This Work
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Bond, S. E. (2020, September 15). Grave Stele of a Young Girl, Melisto. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
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### MLA
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## License & Copyright
[](https://www.flickr.com/photos/99690453@N02/16088821725)This image was first published on [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com). [Original image](https://www.flickr.com/photos/99690453@N02/16088821725) by [**Sarah E. Bond**](https://www.flickr.com/photos/99690453@N02/16088821725). Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 15 September 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.