Votive relief

Classification

votive relief ; votive offering

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 18.5 cm; width: 17.8 cm

Period

2nd–3rd century A.D.

Material

marble ; marble analysis

Iconography

architectural frame ; altar ; libation bowl (phiale, patera); sceptre (skeptron/sceptrum); himation ; chiton ; god ; goddess

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Szepsy Szűcs, Levente

Inventory

98.5.A

Hyp-6979

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 white marble of unknown origin. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.