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Fragment of a double-sided stela: fighting animals, palmette

Date 300–150 B.C.
Object type relief
Medium, technique carved, marble (Pentelic)
Dimensions

28.5 × 38 x 12 cm

Inventory number 4785
Collection Classical Antiquities
On view Museum of Fine Arts, Basement Floor, Classical Antiquity, Eros – Dionysos – Thanatos

The double-sided relief was the upper part of a stele. Its main side depicts a griffin catching a deer, while there is a palmette motif on the other side.

Marble analyses have shown that the stela was made of Pentelic marble.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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