Fragment of a grave stele

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This fragment was found in Anavyssos, Attica. It preserves only the face It preserves only the face of a woman who holds with her left hand the head of a child. The stele would have shown the woman seated, holding the child on her lap. Indeed it was a custom in Greek funerary art to represent the deceased in a daily life situation, often with his family, friends and servants.