Roman copy of the votive relief from Eleusis

Classification

votive relief ; relief

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 227 cm

Date

27 B.C. – 14 A.D.

Period

Late Republic ; Early Imperial Period (1st century)

Material

marble

Iconography

Demeter ; peplos ; himation ; grain, stalk of grain ; sceptre (skeptron/sceptrum); Persephone ; chiton ; torch ; Triptolemos ; child

Present location

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Greek and Roman Art

Inventory

14.130.9

Per-6680

Roman period copy after a votive relief originally made around 440 B.C. and representing Demeter, Kore and the child Triptolemos.

For a detailed description, see the website of the Metropolitan Museum.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

Roman copy of the votive relief from Eleusis

Related pages

Votive relief: the Great Eleusinian Relief