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Funerary Stela, for Galeria Helpis

Funerary Stela, for Galeria Helpis

Currently unknown artist or artists

Like members of many cultures worldwide, Romans commemorated the dead with inscribed markers, called stelae. This one honors Galeria Helpis, a freedwoman who lived to the age of sixty.
Artist/Maker
Currently unknown artist or artists
(Italian)
Title
Funerary Stela, for Galeria Helpis
Date
around 2nd–3rd century C.E.
Material & Process
Marble
Dimensions
8 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. overall
Credit
Bequest of Eloise Gerry
Inventory No.
71.44
Classification
Sculpture
Location
Italy

Related

By November 1970, Eloise Gerry (Madison, WI); 1970, bequeathed by Eloise Gerry (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Hensley, Eric. "A Grave Stele for the Freedwoman Galeria Helpis." Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 232 (2024): 307–308.

  • Recent Acquisitions: Elvehjem Art Center, 6/16/1972–8/20/1972

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