The shape of the supposed sarcophagus in the attached photo is rather suggestive of a bathtub. The ornament consists of two lion heads on the long side. The piece is made of granite, which points to an Egyptian origin.
Provenance: Latakia.
Material:granite.
Dimensions: height 67.5 cm, length 235 cm.
Era: second century CE.
Text: Šḥāda (p. 289).
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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