Marble analysis, 50.401
Head-fragment of a votive relief with a hunting rider with modern inscription
White marble
Place of origin: unknown
Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 2.80 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -10.38 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 1.53 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: light brown and brown
Cathodoluminescence intensity: intermediate
Cathodoluminescence distribution: heterogeneous
It is impossible to determine the origin of the marble used for this sculpture as no comparable reference material exists in our data bank.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1998, 2016)
50.401; Head-fragment of a votive relief with a hunting rider with modern inscription 
Microfacies under transmitted light. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 
Microfacies under polarized light. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 
Cathodomicrofacies, exposure time 60 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 