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Sculpture | Rome | Funeral sculpture | Sarcophagi | Sarcophagi of the spouses
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The front panel of a sarcophagus of the spouses.
Marble.
First half of the 3rd cent. CE.
Capua, Provincial Museum of Campania, crypt.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the spouses flanked by the Dioscuri (the front panel).
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 2005/928.
Florence, Museum of the Works of the Cathedral.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the spouses with the Dioscuri. The right short side panel with a scene “An assistant of the priest leads a sacrificial bull”.
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 2005/928.
Florence, Museum of the Works of the Cathedral.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the spouses with the Dioscuri. The left short side panel with a scene “An officer shows clemency to a captured barbar”.
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 2005/928.
Florence, Museum of the Works of the Cathedral.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Roman strigillato sarcophagus with images of the deceased and his family.
Marble.
Box: 2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Lid: 1318.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with portraits of the deceased in clipeus hold by the Seasons of the Year.
Marble.
220—230 CE.
Inv. No. A 2 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with portraits of the deceased in clipeus hold by the Seasons of the Year.
Marble.
220—230 CE.
Inv. No. A 2 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos-shaped sarcophagus with strigillated ornamentation and full-length portraits of the deceased in an aedicule (“Brother sarcophagus”) — front panel.
Marble.
220—250 CE.
Inv. No. B 1 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The front panel of the sarcophagus with a portal and portrait figures of the decedents.
Coarse-grained light gray marble.
3rd century.
Inv. No. A 889.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
10. SCULPTURE. Southern Italy.
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”.
11. SCULPTURE. Southern Italy.
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”.