Fragment of a relief: male head
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FRAGMENT OF A STATUE BASE WITH RELIEF DECORATION

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
ID
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.

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