3rd-4th c. Roman Relief of Reclining Man with Basket & Sheaf

Sculpture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

3rd-4th c. Roman Relief of Reclining Man with Basket & Sheaf

Entry/Object ID

HM-300

Description

Marble fragment with male figure (Eros) reclining with a sheaf of wheat in right arm, left hand supporting fruit basket on raised knee. 3rd-4th c. Roman May be a small fragment of a sarcophagus with a Season Putto, of the Tetrarchic period, late 3rd or early 4th c. (from correspondence with Dr. Guntram Koch, July 11, 1978) Eros with a basket: he reclines to the right and rests the basket on his knee. (Festschrift F. Matz, 1962, article by Vermeule)

Collection

Sculpture

Acquisition

Accession

300

Made/Created

Place

Location

Roman

Notes

Date: ca. late 3rd-early 4th c. A.D.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Relief

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects