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Marble Relief of a Chisel and Mallet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 2007

Marble Relief of a Chisel and Mallet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 2007
Marble relief of a chisel and mallet
Roman, ca. 2nd century AD

Accession # 23.160.81

This relief, probably votive in purpose, depicts a metal chisel and a wooden mallet, the basic tools of the ancient stonecutter.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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