3185 - Roma - Sarcofago Cristiano - Chiesa di S. Prassede - Anderson

Rome, basilica of St. Praxedes, crypt. Two strigilated sarcophagi, the upper one with a small low-relief of a kantharos at the centre, the lower one with three figurative panels: the lateral ones depict two shepherds carrying a ram (kriophoroi), the central one shows a portrait bust of the deceased within a shell-clipeus. Under the portrait, a small relief with Jonas resting under the vine.