Date : approx. between 200 and 230
Material : Marble
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1947)
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Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
Funerary object (Sarcophage)
Vitrine : V08
Area related
Ostie (Italy)
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Sarcophagus found at Ostie in 1825. An inscription at the center of the lid informs us that the sarcophagus was dedicated to Arria, who lived fifty years and ten months, by her daughter Anina Hilara. Arria's portrait is carved just to the right of the inscription. The story on Endymion is shown in high relief on the front of the sarcophagus. In the center, the moon goodness Selene, alights from her chariot to visit her beloved, the shepherd Endymion, who reclines at the right.
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