Currently not on view
Stele of Aitete,
2nd century CE
Roman
2000-98
Information
Title
Stele of Aitete
Dates
2nd century CE
Medium
Coarse-grained white marble
Dimensions
h. 22.2 x w. 11.8 x d. 4.1 cm. (8 3/4 x 4 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
letter h. 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch to Princeton University
Object Number
2000-98
Place Excavated
Turkey
Inscription
Below the relief panel is a two-line inscription in a rather squat script (See unicode) [Griefless Aitete, farewell!]
Culture
Period
Subject
Excavated by the Princeton-led team at Antioch-on-the-Orontes, present-day Antakya, Turkey, 1931-1939; with the Museum since 1939
- Richard Stillwell, ed., Antioch-on-the-Orontes III: the excavations 1937–1939, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1941)., cat. no. 83; pl. 30
- J. Michael Padgett, ed., Roman sculpture in The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University, 2001)., cat. no. 109
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 2000," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 60 (2001): p. 66-93., p. 90
