Marble analysis, 4788
South Italian relief with battle scene
Limestone
Limestone origin: Lecce area (Italy)
Microfacies: biomicrite
Bioclasts: planctonic foraminifera
It is realistically that this sculpture was carved from a limestone of the Lecce area, most probably the Lecce stone (Pietra di Lecce) used since Antiquity. This Pietra di Lecce is a Miocene biocalcarenite with planktonic foraminifera as the rock of the sculpture.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1998, 2016)
4788; South Italian relief with battle scene 
Microfacies under transmitted light. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 