Sculpture Fragment
530–520 B.C.
Marble
A fragment of a marble relief carving depicts architectural elements and possibly a staff or scepter. The fragment is broken and shows signs of age. This fragment (consisting of two joined pieces) belongs to a group of thirty nine other non joining pieces of a large relief monument that depicted a male figure wearing a long tunic, leaning on a wineskin and reclining on a kline (couch) padded with a thick cushion and pillow (see 81.AA.193; 81.AA.194.2-27; 82.AA.123.1-4; 85.AA.419.1-5; 86.AA.545.1-3) This particular fragment depicts the upper part of the couch leg and a cushion that hangs over the end. The leg is crisply carved with moldings and post and tenon joins indicated. The carving of the relief fragments is of high quality with a refined degree of finish on the frontal sur
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