Fragment from the tomb of Nikarete

The Fragment from the tomb of Nikarete[1] from the third quarter of the fourth century BC, found near Athens is displayed today in the Antikensammlung of the Altes Museum in Berlin.

The 117 cm high and 59 cm wide fragment of a grave relief made out of Pentelic marble depicts a woman named Nikarete, daughter of Ktesikles of the deme of Hagnous.

Her name is preserved on a piece of the grave's gable, which was separately manufactured.

It probably belonged to one of the most elaborate grave monuments of the fourth century BC, some of which are known today.

The pieces were acquired by the Baron Albert von Sack[2] who traveled through Greece and the east with Georg Christian Gropius, then the Austrian consul in Athens and acquired a collection of ancient artefacts in the process which he later sold to the Antikensammlung in Berlin.