Seated female figure, nursing, from Samsun
Classical Antiquities
Date | second half of the 4th century B.C. |
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Object type | relief |
Medium, technique | carved, marble |
Dimensions | 42 × 32 × 10 cm |
Inventory number | 4746 |
Collection | Classical Antiquities |
On view | Museum of Fine Arts, Basement Floor, Classical Antiquity, Eros – Dionysos – Thanatos |
The Athenian relief carved in honour of an unknown hero commemorates a funerary banquet, with a number of motifs, such as the pillowed couch, the reclining gesture and the table laden with food, familiar from vases with symposium scenes.
Marble analyses have shown that the relief was made of Pentelic marble.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.