Fragment of a votive relief: hunting rider
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Fragment of a stela with horseman (plaster cast)

Fragment of a votive relief: hunting rider

Classification
votive offering; votive relief
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
23.5 x 14.7 x 3.23 cm
Date
first half of the 3rd century A.D.
Period
3rd century A.D.
Material
marble; marble analysis
Iconography
rider; horse; hunting scene; female figure; dog; hare?; deer; vessel; altar; chiton; mantle; chlamys; tunic
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Fleissig, József (1897–1944)
Inventory
50.402
ID
Hyp-3171
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 172–173; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 196; Oroszlán–Dobrovits 1947, 10, no. 7c; Mihailov, in BullMusHong 60–61 (1983), 24, 171, no. 5, fig. 22; Szilágyi, J. Gy., HWA 2008 Spring

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the relief was made of white marble of unknown origin. Click here for the detailed results.

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