Fragment of a Tarentine relief: youth
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Fragment of a Tarentine relief: Amazonomachia

Fragment of a Tarentine relief: Nereid with the shield of Achilles

Classification
relief
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 14 cm
Date
325–280 B.C.
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)
Material
material analysis; Tarentine limestone
Iconography
Nereid; muscle cuirass
Production place
Tarentum / Taras (Taranto)
Findspot
Tarentum / Taras (Taranto)
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4750
ID
Hyp-3961
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 89–90; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 101; Hekler 1929, 44, no. 32

Material 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 Tarentine limestone. Click here for the detailed results.
 

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