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SIDEPANEL OF A SARCOPHAGUS

Roman, Tyre

3rd or 4th century AD

Height: 45 cm – Width: 173 cm

Lead

The panel is divided into six square panels separated from each other by columns surmounted by capitals, containing alternately a sphinx with foliage and a Medusa mask with dolphins and foliage, a frieze of garlands and berries above and wine menders below, divided by a ropework border.

Provenance

Former Private collection Germany, acquired on the Belgium art market early 2000,
private collection Belgium 1980’s

Publication(s)

For related lead sarcophagi: The National Museum of Lebanon, Beirut
For lead sarcophagi in general: Chéhab, Syria 15, 1934, pp 338-350 and Syria 16, 1935, pp 50-72
Koch and Sichtermann, Sarkophage, p 571, pls. 579-582

Exhibition(s)