Fragment of a funerary frieze

Frammento di fregio funerario
Type: 
Sculpture
Year: 
Late 4th - early 3rd century B.C.
Material and technique: 
Pietra tenera
Origin: 
From Taranto
Inventory: 
Inv. MB 148

Fragment made in Taranto for the decoration of tombs, made in a local stone called pietra tenera. The great ductility of the pietra tenera enabled the development of a local style that in some cases anticipated expressive trends (for example, “Pergamum Baroque”) typical of other periods and other centers of the Hellenistic world.

The hall

These two little rooms display fine copies of Greek sculptures from the early Hellenistic period, together with a number of archaic works.