Sarcophagus with lid

Classification

sarcophagus

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 103 cm; width: 204 cm; depth: 85 cm

Date

second half of the 3rd century A.D.

Period

3rd century A.D.; Age of the Barracks emperors (235–284)

Material

limestone

Iconography

bust, male ; dolphin ; niche (aedicula); acroterium ; scroll ; kantharos ; acanthus

Inscription

Latin

Findspot

Komárom-Szőny ; Brigetio, Late Roman cemetery ; burial

Present location

Komáromi Klapka György Múzeum

Inventory

73.103.1-2

ID

Hyp-6102

References

Barkóczi 1968; Borhy 2006, 41–42, no. 14; RIU 2, 196, no. 557

Year of discovery

1958