Attic Funerary Stele

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 12 May 2018
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Attic Funerary Stele

Only this fragment of a large funerary stele has survived. It shows an old bearded man, who has frontal baldness, facing a horse head. Marble. Late Classical Period, 4th century BCE. probably from Attica Region, in modern-day Greece. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

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About the Author

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, May 12). Attic Funerary Stele. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8680/attic-funerary-stele/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Attic Funerary Stele." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 12, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8680/attic-funerary-stele/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Attic Funerary Stele." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 12 May 2018. Web. 03 Dec 2021.

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