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Sculpture | Rome | Funeral sculpture
41. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Chariot racing in the Circus.
Fragment of the frontal side of sarcophagus?
Marble. Ca. 300 CE.
Inv. No. Sk 968.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
42. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Tombstone of the Gessii.
Marble.
Ca. 50—20 BCE.
Inv. No. 37.100.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
43. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Tombstone of the Gessii. Detail: Fausta Gessia.
Marble.
Ca. 50—20 BCE.
Inv. No. 37.100.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
44. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Tombstone of the Gessii. Detail: Publius Gessius.
Marble.
Ca. 50—20 BCE.
Inv. No. 37.100.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
45. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Tombstone of the Gessii. Detail: Publius Gessius Primus.
Marble.
Ca. 50—20 BCE.
Inv. No. 37.100.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
46. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The funerary relief of Petronii, a mother and son.
Marble.
Ca. 110—120 CE.
Inv. No. 99.348.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
47. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The funerary relief of Petronii. Detail: Petronia Hedone.
Marble. Ca. 110—120 CE.
Inv. No. 99.348.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
48. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The funerary relief of Petronii. Detail: Lucius Petronius Philemon.
Marble.
Ca. 110—120 CE.
Inv. No. 99.348.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
49. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The funerary relief of Petronii. Detail: Lucius Petronius Philemon.
Marble.
Ca. 110—120 CE.
Inv. No. 99.348.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
50. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Scene of sacrifice.
Roman ash urn (cinerary urn) with a scene of sacrifice on the front.
Proconnesian marble.
Ca. 150 CE.
Inv. No. MFA 2002.25.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
51. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Scene of sacrifice. Detail: a player of a double-flute.
Roman ash urn (cinerary urn) with a scene of sacrifice on the front.
Proconnesian marble.
Ca. 150 CE.
Inv. No. MFA 2002.25.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
52. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Juno’s Peacock.
Roman ash urn (cinerary urn) with a scene of sacrifice on the front.
Proconnesian marble.
Ca. 150 CE.
Inv. No. MFA 2002.25.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
53. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Tombstone of Lucilia Polla.
Botticino stone. 1st century CE.
Brescia, Santa Giulia Civic Museum.
54. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a scene of a naval battle.
Apuan marble. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. MR 1.
Brescia, Santa Giulia Civic Museum.
55. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of a naval battle. Detail: a thrown down warrier bites the enemy’s leg.
Apuan marble. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. MR 1.
Brescia, Santa Giulia Civic Museum.
56. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Pillar portraying Attis from funerary enclosure.
Botticino stone. 1st century CE.
Inv. No. MR 3074.
Brescia, Santa Giulia Civic Museum.
57. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Headstone with “boxed” relief male portraits.
Botticino stone. Mid-1st century CE.
Inv. No. MR 3082.
Brescia, Santa Giulia Civic Museum.
58. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Pillar portraying Attis from funerary enclosure.
Botticino stone. 1st century CE.
Inv. No. MR 3083.
Brescia, Santa Giulia Civic Museum.
59. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cylindrical tombstone with portraits.
Botticino stone. Mid-1st century BCE.
Inv. No. MR 3085.
Brescia, Santa Giulia Civic Museum.
60. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Headstone with “boxed” relief male portraits.
Botticino stone. Mid-1st century CE.
Inv. No. MR 3088.
Brescia, Santa Giulia Civic Museum.