Fragment of a pilaster capital
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Fragment of a sarcophagus: head of Aetas (Summer)

Fragment of a relief: actor with mask

Classification
relief
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
6 × 6.5 cm
Date
50–1 B.C.
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)
Material
marble analysis; Luna marble
Iconography
comedy mask; actor
Findspot
Rome?
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4786
ID
Hyp-769
References
Hekler 1929, 100, no. 91

The fragmentary relief depicts the head of a masked actor.

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 Luna (Carrara) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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