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Sculpture | Rome | Funeral sculpture | Sarcophagi
101. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens (close-up).
Marble. Roman. Third quarter of the 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 10.104.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
102. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Death of Meleager (a piece of a front panel of a sarcophagus).
Marble. Roman, mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 20.187.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
103. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Death of Meleager (a piece of a front panel of a sarcophagus).
Marble. Roman, mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 20.187.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
104. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A lenos-shaped sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Marble. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 47.100.4a, b.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
105. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. The front relief.
Marble. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 47.100.4a.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
106. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. The lid frieze.
Marble.
Early 3rd cent. CE.
CIL XIV 565.
Inv. No. 47.100.4b.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
107. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. Left end relief.
Marble. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 47.100.4a.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
108. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. The rear view.
Marble. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 47.100.4a, b.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
109. INSCRIPTIONS. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. The lid frieze: inscription and portrait of the deceased.
Marble.
Early 3rd cent. CE.
CIL XIV 565.
Inv. No. 47.100.4b.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
110. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus”.
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
111. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus” (right side: Oceanus).
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
112. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus” (left side: Tellus).
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
113. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus”. Close-up: Tellus.
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
114. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus”. Detail of relief: Dionysus and maenad.
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
115. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with flying erotes holding a portrait medallion of the deceased.
Marble.
Ca. 190—200 CE.
Inv. No. 56.145.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
116. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with flying erotes holding a portrait medallion of the deceased. Detail.
Marble.
Ca. 190—200 CE.
Inv. No. 56.145.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
117. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with garlands and herms.
Marble. End of 2nd — first third of 3rd cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
118. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of griffins.
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
CIL XIV 5050.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
119. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of marine thiasos and a head of Poseidon.
Marble. 2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
120. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of a jorney of the shadows of the married couple to the Underworld.
Marble. 2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.