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ID: 700006515
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006515
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Grave Naiskos of Demainete with an Attendant Holding a Partridge (naiskos; Unknown Greek (Attic) (Greek (Attic) Artist); about 310 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 75.AA.63)
Note: Shallow flat-topped naiskos with three antefixes framed by antas with projecting antecapitals. At the right of the composition, Demainete, a girl, stands holding a bird in her right uplifted hand. Her hair is styled with a central braid on top of her head and she wears a short-sleeved dress with shoulder-cords, a belt fastened just under her budding breasts, and a cloak. At the left of the composition stands a small girl holding a partridge. The long sleeves of her dress and her short-cropped hair indicate that she is a slave.
Titles:
Grave Naiskos of Demainete with an Attendant Holding a Partridge (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Gravestone of the Girl Demainete (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
naiskos [300108367] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, shrines (structures))
relief (sculpture ) [300047230]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by technique>)

Classifications:
sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: about 310 BCE

Creator Display:
Unknown Greek (Attic) (Greek (Attic) Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
unknown Attic (Attic cultural designation) [500202897]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 75.AA.63
Other: Creation: Attikí [7002681] Region of Central Greece (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Marble
marble (rock) [300011443]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: Object: H: 96.5 x W: 47.5 x D: 15 cm; Weight: 80.3 kg (38 x 18 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.; 177 lb)
Cultures:
Ancient Greek (preferred)
Attic

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Hellenistic [300020101] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Ancient Greek (culture or style))

General Subject:
human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
girl [300247581]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)
partridge [300250080]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Galliformes (order), Phasianidae (family)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Translated from Greek: "Demainete [daughter] of Prokles".
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Grave Naiskos of Demainete with an Attendant Holding a Partridge........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Gravestone of the Girl Demainete........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM,VP]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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