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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
Sarcophagus
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.

Sarcophagus

Artist Unknown
CultureRoman
Date3rd century A.D.-5th century A.D.
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 26 3/8 x 79 1/2 in. (67 x 201.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Jacob John Gurdus, Mrs. Eugen L. Garbaty, Mr. Emile Wolf, Mr. Hugh Gordon Miller, Mr. Henry Allen Johnson, Mrs. Doris Porter McLean, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Cooper, and C.W. Grandy Art Trust Fund
Object number78.414
On View
Not on view
DescriptionElliptical sarcophagus of marble. Carved on all four sides. Very unusual combination of iconography.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
2nd century A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
250-300 C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
350 A.D.-399 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with digital camera-2008.
Unknown
350 A.D.-399 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
ca. 200-399
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
2nd century BC-1st century BC
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
1st century A.D.-2nd century A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
1st century BC-1st century AD
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
ca. 0 AD-199 AD
New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
ca. 200 A.D.-299 A.D.