A Roman marble stele

A Roman marble stele
Phrygia, dated to 173-174 A.D.
Carved in relief with two female busts, each portrayed with ridged coiffures curled at the tips, wearing pleated tunics with geometric decorated collars, set within an arched niche flanked by fluted columns, the pediment decorated with foliate acroteria, with two rows of symbolic accoutrements beneath including mirrors and spinning implements such as a spindle with whorl and distaff, with three lines of Greek text beneath dedicated to an unnamed deity by Ammia and her two deceased children, Antiochus and Aphion, 129cm high