English: Grave stele. Thespian marble. Found in the outskirts of Thebes. Two figures, a bearded man with a staff on the right and a spinning woman (?) woman on the left, sit facing each other. Three more figures, two men and a woman stand in the background. A very small female attendant is represented at far left. Characteristic attributes are the pomegranate and torch (?) held by the standing bearded man in his left hand as well as the aryballos in the right hand of the beardless youth. The solemnity of the relief, which is emphasized by the rhythmic arrangement of the magnificent figures in two levels, points to the heroization of the dead – a fact that accords with the Boeotian origin of the stele. End of the 5th c. B.C. Accession Number: 1861. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Athens, Greece. Text credit: Museum inscription.