275—300 CE.
126.5 × 22 × 4.8 cm. Inv. No. 662.Rome, Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti Museum, LVIII. 7Photo by Sergey Sosnovskiy
Front of the sarcophagus lid with childish games.
275—300 CE.
126.5 × 22 × 4.8 cm.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti Museum, LVIII. 7
(Roma, Musei Vaticani, Museo Chiaramonti, LVIII. 7).
LVIII. 7. Fronte di coperchio di sarcofago con giochi infantili
Inv. 662;
F. J. Dölger, Ichtys, Münster 1927, tav. 256, 2;
U. E. Paoli, Vita Romana (VII ed.), tav. LXXVII.
1. 35. Vatican Museums, Museo Chiaramonti, inv. no. 662. Lid (Plate V. 1)
Late third century.1.265 × 0.22.
Inscription panel (c.) flanked by groups of (l.) four winged cupids bowling hoops to r., with umpire with palm gesticulating behind winner, and (r.) boys playing games with (l.—
LIMC III. i. no. 260, pl. 696; ASR I. iv. no. 278; BK 830—
U. E. Paoli. Das Leben in alten Rom2, 1961, 261—
A. Rieche. Römische Kinder- und Gesellschaftsspiele, 1984. S. 68 f. Abb. 6a-b.
Rita Amedick. Sarkophage mit Darstellungen aus dem Menschenleben. Vita Privata, Die antiken Sarkophagreliefs (ASR) I, 4. Berlin, 1991. P. 166, cat. 278, pl. 97, 1—
Janet Huskinson. Roman children’s sarcophagi: their decoration and its social significance. Clarendon Press Oxford, 1996. P. 23, cat. 1, 35, pl. 5, 1.
Stephanie Dimas. Untersuchungen zur Themenwahl und Bildgestaltung auf römischen Kindersarkophagen Münster, 1998. P. 306, cat. 410
Silvia Piazzi. Spielende Kinder in der antiken Kunst und ihre soziale Bedeutung. Innsbruck: University, 2001. P. 148, cat. 12.
2008. Text: museum information.
© 1989. Description (1): P. Liverani. Museo Chiaramonti. Guide cataloghi Musei Vaticani, 1. «L’Erma» di Bretschneider. P. 120, no. LVIII. 7.
© 1996. Description (2): J. Huskinson. Roman children’s sarcophagi: their decoration and its social significance. Clarendon Press Oxford, 1996. P. 23.
2020. Add. information: http://arachne.uni-koeln.de.