Relief fragment with Agathos Daimon in front of an offering table

Relief fragment with Agathos Daimon in front of an offering table

The snake god Agathos Daimon is depicted coiling in side-view, filling the frame almost completely. He faces right; in front of him is an offering table with three offerings on it: in the centre a fir-cone or a bunch of grapes, on each side a round fruit or cake.

The frame is crowned with a cornice.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number APM 7945

Dating ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category RELIEF

Material LIMESTONE

Technique HIGH RELIEF

Height 18.1 cm

Width 26 cm

Depth 5.9 cm

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Bibliography•W.M. van Haarlem (ed.), CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. III, 1995, 93-94