Roman marble sarcophagus: Achilles on Skyros

Classification

sarcophagus, Roman

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

52 x 115.5 cm

Date

ca. 200 A.D.

Period

Severan Dynasty (194–235)

Material

Prokonnesian marble

Iconography

Achilles ; Deidameia ; Corinthian helmet ; spear ; shield ; female figure

Production place

Rome (city)

Present location

London, British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome

Inventory

1805,0703.154

ID

Per-6304

References

Kossatz-Deissmann: Achilleus, in LIMC I (1981), 62, no. 139

See the object on the website of the British Museum.

Trails

THE TROJAN EPIC CYCLE ; Preparing for the war

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.