Sarcophagus of the Muses. Detail: Athena with an owl and a snake
White marble. Rome, 180—200 CE. Vienna, Museum of Art HistoryPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Sarcophagus of the Muses. Detail: Athena with an owl and a snake.

White marble. Rome, 180—200 CE.

Vienna, Museum of Art History
(Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum).

Credits:
© 2012. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Info: museum annotation.
THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART
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