relief
- Museum number
- 1847,0424.17
- Description
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Marble relief showing a banquet and sacrifice. A male figure, half draped and wearing a polos reclines on a couch. He has a cup in his left hand and a rhyton in the right. Before him is a table with food. A woman is seated at the foot of the couch, with a cup in her left hand. On the left a boy stands beside a jar of wine, which is raised on a pedestal. At the left a woman, and two smaller figures approach as worshippers. Above, the head of a horse is seen looking through an opening. The relief is bound by two pilasters, surmounted by an entablature, above which are roof tiles.
- Production date
- 323BC-31BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.40 centimetres
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Width: 33.52 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1847
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1847,0424.17
