Fragment of a sarcophagus: banquet

Classification

sarcophagus ; relief

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

17.6 x 11 x 5.5 cm

Date

last third of the 3rd century A.D.

Period

Diocletianus and the tetrarchy (284–305)

Material

marble analysis ; marble

Iconography

male figure ; tunic ; curtain

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Inventory

63.6.A

Hyp-6965

References

Sprincz, in BullMusHong 15 (1959), 23–26, 78–80, no. 9, fig. 14

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

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.