Marble Column Drum at The British Museum, London
Marble Column Drum at The British Museum, London
3D
Published 2015-01-02T11:56:39+00:00
Sculptured marble column drum 325-350 BC
Found at the south-west corner of the later temple of Artemis at Ephesos
This is the best preserved of the column drums carved in relief. It shows a youthful winged Thanatos (death), a draped woman, a figure of Hermes Psychopompos (leader of souls into the underworld), a standing woman and a seated man, identified as Persephone and Plouton (Hades), gods of the underworld. The female figure has been tentatively identified as either Alkestis leaving the underworld, or Eurydike, wife of Orpheos.
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This is a very large sculpture, it is advised to print with less infill.
| Date published | 02/01/2015 |
| Time to do | 1200 - 1260 minutes |
| Material Quantity | 193g |
| Dimensions | 124.58 x 125.00 x 118.86 |
| Complexity | Very Easy |
| Title | Marble Column Drum |
| Date | 340BC-320BC |
| Dimension | Height: 1.82 metres |
| Accession | 1872,0803.9 |
| Period | Hellenistic |
| Medium | marble |
| Record | http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=460570&partId=1&searchText=Marble+Column+Drum+artemis&sortBy=imageName&page=1 |
| Place | British Museum |
