THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Sculpture | Magna Graecia | Funerary sculpture
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a Greek inscription.
Marble.
Late 3rd cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Greek inscription.
Marble.
Late 3rd cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Greek inscription (left short side).
Marble.
Late 3rd cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus depicting Heracles and Charon.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus depicting Heracles and Charon.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
6. 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”.
7. 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”.
8. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Funerary statue of a kouros (“Kouros from Megara Hyblaea”).
Cycladic marble.
Ca 550 BCE.
Inv. No. 49401.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
9. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Funerary statue of a kouros (“Kouros from Megara Hyblaea”).
Cycladic marble.
Ca 550 BCE.
Inv. No. 49401.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
10. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Funerary statue of a kouros (“Kouros from Megara Hyblaea”).
Cycladic marble.
Ca 550 BCE.
Inv. No. 49401.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
11. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Funerary statue of a kouros (“Kouros from Megara Hyblaea”).
Cycladic marble.
Ca 550 BCE.
Inv. No. 49401.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
12. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Funerary statue of a kouros (“Kouros from Megara Hyblaea”).
Cycladic marble.
Ca 550 BCE.
Inv. No. 49401.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
13. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Seated statue of a Mother-goddess breast-feeding two tweens (kourotrophos).
Limestone from Melilli.
550 BCE.
Inv. No. 53234.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.