Slab used to close a child funerary niche (loculus) in a catacombs. Detail: Saint Apostles Peter and Paul
Marble. 4th cent. CE. Inv. No. 28596.Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian MuseumPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy

Slab used to close a child funerary niche (loculus) in a catacombs. Detail: Saint Apostles Peter and Paul.

Marble. 4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 28596.

Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum
(Roma, Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio Cristiano).

Private collection, Albani.
Origin:
From the Christian Lapidary.
Credits:
(сс) 2016. Photo: Sergey Sosnovskiy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Text: museum information.
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