Fragments of a frieze with the relief representation of a Dionysiac scene; The bearded Dionysos, torch in hand, moving forward, grasping his female companion around the shoulder, following a young Pan playing his pipes. From the decoration of the chryselephantine couch found in the main chamber of tomb III. Chryselephantine statues were typically fabricated around a wooden frame, to which carved sheets of ivory were attached, representing the flesh, and thin sheets of gold leaf representing the armour, drapery, hair, and other physical details.

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