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Sarcophagus with a depiction of a married couple and a shepherd, unknown Roman workshop. A large Roman sarcophagus with strigilla S-shaped grooves on the front forming a central medallion, decorated with a standing, thoughtful shepherd leaning on a staff pedum. Flanking the central medallion are figures presumed to be the deceased, standing against draped fabrics parapetasmata: on the left, a woman in a tunic and long cloak palla holding a scroll volumen in her left hand; on the right, a man in a tunic and toga with contabulatio a specially wrapped hem, holding a scroll in his left hand and wearing mullei leather military boots. Both frontal figures have incompletely finished heads. The side walls show reliefs of a seated griffin with a lion's head; the left wall near its lower left corner contains an opening to the interior, and the lower left corner of the right wall is missing. The rear wall is rather carelessly worked. Numerous abrasions and damage, particularly to the corners and the figures on both sides of the front. Circa 270 CE, Roman Empire. Sarcophagus Roman. Height 100 cm, width 214 cm, depth 100 cm, weight 2400 kg., A carved stone surface in shades of gray shows a repeated petal-like pattern with a small sculpted figure nestled in the central petal; the figure appears to have curly hair and is posed with one arm bent toward the head and the other across the chest, and the surrounding carved grooves create a symmetrical, layered design.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A05_243

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68.7Mo (4.8Mo) / 33.9cm x 50.8cm / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Sarcophagus depiction married couple shepherd unknown Roman workshop large Roman sarcophagus strigilla S-shaped grooves front forming central medallion decorated standing thoughtful shepherd leaning staff pedum Flanking figures presumed deceased draped fabrics parapetasmata left woman tunic long cloak palla holding scroll volumen left hand right man toga contabulatio specially wrapped hem holding scroll wearing mullei leather military boots frontal figures incompletely finished heads side walls reliefs seated griffin lion's head left wall near lower corner contains opening interior corner right wall missing rear wall carelessly worked Numerous abrasions damage particularly corners figures sides front Circa 270 CE Roman Empire Sarcophagus Roman Height 100 cm width 214 cm depth 100 cm weight 2400 kg carved stone surface shades gray repeated petal- pattern small sculpted figure nestled central petal figure curly hair posed arm bent head across chest surrounding carved grooves create symmetrical layered design.