Sarcophagus strigilato
Marble. Second half of the 3rd century.
Inv. No. S 9.Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, CourtyardPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy
Sarcophagus strigilato.
Marble. Second half of the 3rd century.
Inv. No. S 9.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Courtyard
(Roma, Musei capitolini, Palazzo Nuovo, Cortile).
Origin:
Rome, catacombs of St. Sebastian, 1744.
Donated by pope Benedict XIV, 1745.
Donated by pope Benedict XIV, 1745.
Description:
The ancient Romans decorated their sarcophagi with reliefs and very often with a curved decoration which is called strigilato after strigil a double curved tool they used to scrape oil or sweat from the skin. (http://www.romeartlover.it/Glossar4.html)
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