This "tub" on display in the museum's garden may in fact be a receptacle for an ancient sarcophagus. The ornament consists of two lion heads on the long side. The attached photo features an assortment of classical capitals.
Provenance: Latakia.
Material: granite.
Dimensions: height 67.5 cm, length 235 cm.
Era: second century CE.
Photo credit: Wikimedia (September 2010).
Text: adapted from Šḥādā (p. 289).
Collection of the National Museum of Damascus.
Ǧawdat Šḥādā - 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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