Table panel decorated with birds and garlands

Classification

relief ; offering table

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

31 x 48.8 x 3 cm

Date

1st century BC (?)

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)?

Material

porphyry

Iconography

ornamentika ; bird

Findspot

Crete

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

4792

Hyp-3911

References

Hekler 1929, 95, no. 86

The red marble relief served as the decorated panel of a table: its inscription (doron) suggests that it was given as a gift. Examples of this rare type were found in distant parts of the Hellenised world: in Crete, Delos, and Pella.

Trails

Hellenistic sculpture

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.