A Marble Relief Fragment

This fine marble relief fragment was most probably taken from the corner of a monumental lion--hunt sarcophagus. It is finely carved in high relief in the manner of a young hunter who wears a chlamys fastened around his right shoulder with his head carved almost in the round and turned sharply to his right just enough to make out his long sideburns. His face is composed of large eyes with recessed crescent pupils and incised irises while his hair is swept up and back from his forehead in long wavy locks.