Sarcophagus with a portrait of the deceased in a shell held by two centauro-tritons
White marble.
Rome, 2nd century CE.
Rome, Church of San CrisogonoPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Sarcophagus with a portrait of the deceased in a shell held by two centauro-tritons.

White marble.
Rome, 2nd century CE.

Rome, Church of San Crisogono.

Origin:
Discovered in the course of excavations of a paleochristian basilica under the Church of S. Crisogono in Trastevere, Rome.
Credits:
© 2010. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
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