Sarcophagus with a battle scene (front panel)
Marble.
Attic work. Early 3rd cent. CE.
H. 87 cm, L. 204 cm, D. 81 cm.
Inv. Nos. ГР-6243 / А.521.Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Sarcophagus with a battle scene (front panel).

Marble.
Attic work. Early 3rd cent. CE.
H. 87 cm, L. 204 cm, D. 81 cm.
Inv. Nos. ГР-6243 / А.521.

Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum
(Санкт-Петербург, Государственный Эрмитаж).

Origin:
Purchased in 1892 from Captain Lumley, previously located in Florence in the courtyard of the Palazzo Digny-Cambrai.
Literature:
Alexander Kruglov. Ancient Roman Battle Sarcophagus: Heroes and Anti-heroes (in Russian). In: Триумф победы в зеркале искусства // Сборник научных статей XXVI Царскосельской конференции. СПб, 2020. P. 383—395.
Credits:
© 2013. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
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