This sarcophagus has suffered substantial damage, with the upper left part of the receptacle almost completely missing. The lid features rich ornamentation consisting of a bull's head in the middle and two wreaths surmounted each by a lion's head on the sides. The receptacle has two larger wreaths; the remaining one is topped by Medusa's head. A representation of Nike frames the main scene from right and left with Eros featured right in the middle.
Provenance: ?
Material: dark limestone.
Dimensions: height 87 cm, length 201 cm, height of the lid 49 cm.
Era: late second century CE.
Text: Šḥāda (p. 285).
Collection of the National Museum of Damascus.
Ǧawdat Šḥāda - Guntram Koch. At-Tawābīt ar-Rūmānīyyā fī al-Matḥaf al-Waṭanī bi Dimašq. Annales archéologiques arabes syriennes T. XXXVIII - XXXIX,1988-1989.
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