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Relief with garlands and birds

Date 1st century BC (?)
Object type relief
Medium, technique incised, porphyry
Dimensions

31.6 × 48.7 × 3.1 cm

Inventory number 4792
Collection Classical Antiquities
On view Museum of Fine Arts, Basement Floor, Classical Antiquity, The ancient Mediterranean

The red marble relief served as the decorated panel of a table: its inscription (doron) suggests that it was given as a gift. Examples of this rare type were found in distant parts of the Hellenised world: in Crete, Delos, and Pella.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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