Fragment of a Campana relief: arimaspos feeding a griffin
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FRAGMENT OF A RELIEF: GREEK HEROES

Fragment of a double-sided stela: fighting animals, palmette

Classification
stela
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
29 × 37.5 cm
Date
1st centuy B.C. (?)
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)
Material
marble analysis; Pentelic marble
Iconography
palmette/palmette frieze; griffin; deer
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4785
ID
Hyp-3924
References
Hekler 1929, 75, no. 63; Wulfmeier 2005, 33–34, 163, fig. 4

The double-sided relief was the upper part of a stele. Its main side depicts a griffin catching a deer, while there is a palmette motif on the other side.

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 stela was made of Pentelic marble. Click here for the detailed results.

Trails
Hybrid mythological creatures
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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.