FUNERARY SLAT Composed of a silver leaf worked... Lot 24

FUNERARY SLAT Composed of a silver leaf worked in repoussé with an inscribed text. We find this type of lamella called "Orphic lamella", in the tombs of ancient Greece from the 5th century BC. These tablets, often made of gold, were intended to facilitate the way to Elysium. They are thin strips on which are inscribed guides to paradise, written from the point of view of the deceased. Dating from the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, they were most often found in tombs. About 30 to 40 of them have been found across the Greek-speaking Mediterranean, from the island of Crete to the mainland region of Thessaly in northern Greece and to "Magna Graecia", a coastal region in southern Italy settled by the ancient Greeks. Here the writing seems to be cursive ancient Greek, as used on papyrii of the second half of the 2nd century B.C. Dim. 45 x 50 mm Hellenistic art, 2nd century B.C. An Hellenistic silver foil of funerary text, in the type of "lamella Orphica", circa 2nd century B.C. Made of a silver foil worked in repoussé with an inscribed text. We find this type of lamella called Orphic lamella, in the tombs of ancient Greece from the 5th century B.C. These often gold tablets were intended to facilitate the way to the Elyseum. These are thin foils on which are inscribed guides to paradise, written from the point of view of the deceased. Dating from the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C., they were most often discovered in tombs. About 30 to 40 of them have been found across the Greek-speaking Mediterranean, from the island of Crete to the mainland region of Thessaly in northern Greece and "Magna Graecia", a coastal region in the south of Italy colonized by the ancient Greeks. Here the writing appears to be cursive ancient Greek, as used on papyri from the second half of the 2nd century BC.