Sarcophagus with portraits of the spouses in a shell and scenes of the Old and the New Testament (The sarcophagus of Adelfia)
Marble.
Second quarter of the 4th cent. CE.
CIL X 7123. Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”Photo by Ilya Shurygin

Sarcophagus with portraits of the spouses in a shell and scenes of the Old and the New Testament (The sarcophagus of Adelfia).

Marble.
Second quarter of the 4th cent. CE.
CIL X 7123.

Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”
(Museo Archeologico Regionale “Paolo Orsi”).

Origin:
June 12, 1872, Syracuse.
Credits:
© 2018. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
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