The museum of Damascus has a sizable collection of Roman sarcophagi; some were manufactured locally, such as the specimen on display in the attached photo, while others were imported.
Provenance: ?
Material: limestone.
Material: limestone.
Dimensions: height 68 cm, length 219 cm.
Era: Classical Antiquity.
Era: Classical Antiquity.
Text: Šḥāda (p. 282).
Collection of the National Museum of Damascus.
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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