Limestone pediment from a funerary stele (shaft)

Cypriot

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In the center two women stand tearing their hair in mourning. They are flanked by lions and diminutive figures that may represent a Master of the Animals, known in Near Eastern art, or else the Egyptian god Bes. An inscription on the lower edge reads: "I am Aristokretes, my brothers set [this] down in memory of good deeds that I once did well."

Limestone pediment from a funerary stele (shaft), Limestone, Cypriot

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Limestone pediment from a funerary stele (shaft), Limestone, Cypriot
Limestone pediment from a funerary stele (shaft), Limestone, Cypriot

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