Fragment of a relief: male head
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Funerary monument of aurifex (fragment)

Fragment of a relief: male head

Classification
relief
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
height: 16.1 cm; width: 12.4 cm
Date
mid-3rd century A.D.
Period
3rd century A.D.
Material
marble; marble analysis
Iconography
male head
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Inventory
52.969
ID
Hyp-6945

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 Parian (Paros-Choriodaki) or Prokonnesian (Marmara) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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