This marble block carries carved relief decoration. Architectural sculpture from Ephesus includes garlands, masks, mythological figures and inscriptions, reflecting the wealth the city poured into its buildings in the Roman period.
Ephesus, on the Aegean coast of Anatolia, was one of the great cities of the Greek and Roman world. Under Rome it was the capital of the province of Asia, with a population estimated at well over 100,000, and it was famous for the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders.
