CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Given its dimensions and the depiction of architectural elements this large relief fragment might have adorned a monumental altar or a public building. The presence of the remains of a female figure might suggest the representation of a procession. For another example of a relief representing the exterior of a temple dating to the Claudian period and possibly from the Triumphal Arch of Claudius and now in the collection of the Centrale Montemartini, cf. M. Bertoletti et al., Sculture di Roma Antica, Roma, 2003, p. 86, fig. II.70a.