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Plate I

Marble sarcophagus with garlands
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Marble sarcophagus with garlands

Roman · maker unknown

The first gift accepted by The Met, an unfinished Severan garland sarcophagus whose blank inscription tablet may indicate it was never sold in antiquity.

Date
ca. 200–225 CE
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reference
239584

Record

Culture
Roman
Period
Severan
Medium
Marble, Proconnesian
Dimensions
Overall: 53 x 88in. (134.6 x 223.5cm)
Origin
Roman Empire

In the Tapestry

Culture of origin
Ancient RomeA

Provenance and history

  1. ca. 200–225 CE

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A
  2. B

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