Marble funerary lekythos of Kallisthenes
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During the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., memorials to the dead sometimes took the form of monumental marble lekythoi. The shape was appropriate, for the lekythos\u2013a vase used exclusively to hold oil\u2013played an important part in funerary preparation and ritual. The figure of Kallisthenes, whose name is inscribed, is shown in low relief clasping the hand of a seated man, while a woman raises her hand to her chin in a customary gesture of mourning.Free picture Marble funerary lekythos of Kallisthenes integrated with the OffiDocs web apps