Abstract
Anthemion stelae of the Archaic and Early Classical periods—tall gravestones crowned by volute-palmette designs—are found at many sites in Greece and western Asia Minor. This article presents five previously unpublished fragments from Sardis in Lydia and two gravestones discovered in 1912 but never thoroughly described, bringing to at least 10 the total number of such stelae found at Sardis. Most of these are only fragments, and none bears any trace of figural decoration. The anthemion stelae from Sardis nevertheless include some objects of superlative craftsmanship, and they help to illuminate relations between Lydia and neighboring regions in the sixth and fifth centuries B. C.
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