Relief from Chios: carrier with his chariot

Classification

relief

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

23.6 × 32.3 cm

Date

1st century A.D.

Period

Early Imperial Period (1st century)

Material

marble ; marble analysis

Iconography

male figure ; tunic ; mantle ; dog ; mule ; chariot

Findspot

Chios

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

4824

Hyp-3893

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 160; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 182–183; Hekler 1929, 138, no. 127

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 Naxian or Western Anatolian marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.