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Front of a marble sarcophagus with facing peacocks

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Start date
400
End date
499
Historical period
Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description

Front of an Early Byzantine marble sarcophagus, probably of Ravennate production, reused as an altar front. The relief decoration features a Christogram in a clipeus in the middle, flanked by two symmetrical peacocks and two blooming trees (or branches). Two stylized semi-columns with Corinthian capitals at the corners.

Language
No linguistic content; Not applicable
Physical type
sarcophagi (coffins)
- (AAT Getty)
Medium
marble (rock)
- (AAT Getty)
Material and technique
carving (processes)
- (AAT Getty)
relief (sculpture techniques)
- (AAT Getty)
Place
Ranchio, Italy  
Fond
UNIBO Zeri Foundation  
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14008/349
Project
BYZART Project  
Data provider
Fondazione Federico Zeri  
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights Holder
St. Barthelemy parish church, Ranchio  
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