Last Existence: Unpreserved scenes; male and female figures

Fragment of a relief with two registers separated by a row of acanthus leaves. The lower register originally shown scenes from the Buddha’s Last Existence, the upper preserves three men, possibly a woman, and traces of another figure. Vertical tool marks run on the back face. The lower register shows only scanty remains of two scenes separated by a framed half-column of the Gandharan-Corinthian type, of which only the capital is preserved. On the left, the head of a male figure wearing a turban and earrings is still discernible. On the upper register, from the right, are two male figures turning to each other, both wearing a long tunic and a mantle. That on the right is shown frontally and with the left hand on the hip. His right hand was possibly raised. The figure on the left is carved in a three-quarter view with the right hand raised while the left is holding the mantle. Next is another man, identical to the previous ones, who is turning towards a much-defaced figure. This latter was possibly a female, as the poor traces of what appears to be the lower hem of a sleeved long tunic spreading at the feet. On the left are the feet of another figure not preserved.