Sarcophagus with battle scene know as the Great Ludovisi sarcophagus. A close-up of the front panel
Proconnesus marble. Mid-3rd century CE. Inv. No. 8574.Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo AltempsPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Sarcophagus with battle scene know as the Great Ludovisi sarcophagus. A close-up of the front panel.

Proconnesus marble. Mid-3rd century CE.
Inv. No. 8574.

Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps
(Roma, Museo nazionale romano, Palazzo Altemps).

Private collection, Ludovisi.
Credits:
© 2015. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Text: museum information materials.
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