Sarcophagus

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Title:	Sarcophagus
Start date:	160
End date:	180
Historical Period:	Imperial/Late Roman
Description:	Front of a sarcophagus with a Dionysiac ceremonial procession (thiasos). On the lid, there is a banquet scene with Dionysus and Ariadne. The sarcophagus was discovered in Rome, in a tomb on via Aurelia Antica in 1956.
Place:	Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli, Italy
Languages:	No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium:	marble (rock)
Project:	BYZART Project
Fond:	UNIBO Europeana Archaeology
Physical type:	sarcophagi (coffins)
Material and technique:	carving (processes)
Data provider:	University of Bologna
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Appears in Collections:	BYZART