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FRAGMENT OF A STATUE BASE WITH RELIEF DECORATION

Fragment of a relief: two youths with altar

Classification
relief
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
19 × 14.5 cm
Period
Early Imperial Period (1st century)
Material
marble analysis; Luna marble
Iconography
altar; landscape; tunic; child?; palm tree
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4833
ID
Hyp-3886
References
Hekler 1929, 96, no. 87; Bencze, HWA 2012 Spring; Bencze, in Ókor 11/2 (2012)

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 Luna (Carrara) marble. Click here for the detailed results.
 

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