Fragment of a relief: male head
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Golden mask 'of Agamemnon'

Funerary monument of aurifex (fragment)

Classification
funerary relief
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
42 x 41 x 29.7 cm
Date
Flavian Period
Period
Flavian Dynasty (69–96)
Material
marble analysis; Luna marble
Iconography
male figure; male head; hammer; anvil; balance; table
Findspot
Rome (city)
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4832
ID
Hyp-3887

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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