Painted marble doric frieze fragment with Charon in a metope, Altalena Tomb (Cyrene), Hellenistic period (fourth quarter of the 3rd c. – first quarter of the 2nd c. BC), 32 x 37 cm.

Architectural elements – Column capitals and bases, lintels, cornices and chancel screens

Material: Rocks/Stones | Type: Architectural elements | Countries: Libya

  • Period

    1st millennium BC – AD 1551

  • Red List

    Emergency Red List – Libya

Category

Architectural elements – Column capitals and bases, lintels, cornices and chancel screens
Porphyry, granite, limestone, marble. Humans, animals, deities, floral and/or geometric motifs. May have Greek or Latin inscriptions.

Sculpted column capitals, cornices and chancel screens. Plain, moulded or carved bases. Lintels may have vertical channels (triglyphs) and flat rectangular spaces (metopes).
© RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre), Paris / Hervé Lewandowski