War Memorial, Louvre Ma 863

Memorial for the dead of the Erechteid Tribe. Pentelic marble, ca. 460–/59 BC, found in Athens in 1674. The inscription reads: "Of the Erechteid Tribe, died at war in Cyprus, in Phoenicia, at Halieis, at Egina, at Megara, the same year." Follows a list of 170 dead, among which two strategoi (generals) and a soothsayer.

Louvre, Department of Greek antiquities (Ma 863).

Photographer: Jastrow (2005)