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| Keywords: Egyptian - Funerary Stele of Aurelia Artemis - Walters 262.jpg This stele tombstone commemorates the death of a woman named Aurelia Artemis The use of costly imported marble and the woman's elaborate dress suggest that she came from a wealthy family The presence of a Greek inscription as well as the woman's pose point to a Greek family possibly Christian living in southern Egypt century 3 4 Late Antique marble plaster ground and paint cm 34 41 2 accession number 26 2 11187 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 Translation Farewell Aurelia Artemis Pasion s daughter incomparably sweetest among all Beyond the Pharaohs Egypt and the Copts in the Second to Seventh Centuries A D Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Providence; The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1989 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Steles of Roman Egypt Ancient Roman women | ||||
