Three Maenads, followers of Dionysos, are shown dancing in an ecstasy associated with the rituals of the god of wine and strong emotions. Maenads not only danced and sang but also indulged in omophagia, the eating of the raw flesh of wild animals. The Maenads, or Bacchae as the Romans called them, are shown here with elaborately swirling clothes and dismembered animals.

This relief is placed inside an architectural frame, such as was more commonly found on votive reliefs and grave memorials. Some traces of colour remain on the original