Sarcophagus of a married couple with scenes of amazonomachy
Marble. Ca. 180 CE. Inv. No. Ma 2119.Paris, Louvre MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Sarcophagus of a married couple with scenes of amazonomachy.

Marble. Ca. 180 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2119.

Paris, Louvre Museum.

Origin:
Was found in Thessaloniki in 1836. Donated to Louis Philippe by the consul of France in 1842.
Literature:
K. de Kersauson, Catalogue des portraits romains, II, Paris, 1996, p. 306-307, n 138.
Fr. Baratte, L’Art romain, Manuels de l’Ecole du Louvre, Paris, 1996, p. 157, fig.
Fr. Baratte, Metzger (C.), Musée du Louvre. Catalogue de sarcophages en pierre des époques romaine et paléochrétiene, Paris, 1985, p. 256-261, n 166.
Credits:
© 2013. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
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