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| Keywords: Roman - Garland Sarcophagus - Walters 2329 - Detail G.jpg Unlike many sarcophagi this one is carved on all four sides in high relief Garlands held by winged goddesses or personifications on the corners and Eros Cupid figures on the sides support the busts of a crowned deity left and a young girl right The sarcophagus was probably intended for her In the center on both the front and back is a theatrical mask-on this side Tragedy on the other Comedy Medusa heads decorate the ends The lid takes the form of a temple roof with a pediment triangular gable at each end This sarcophagus can be traced to a particular workshop active near the ancient quarry of Dokimeion in Phrygia in Asia Minor Its discovery in Rome illustrates the long-distance trade in even very large heavy luxury goods that took place at the height of the Roman Empire between 150 180 Imperial Dokimeion marble cm 83 5 143 35 69 85 accession number 23 29 30186 Excavated from the so-called Licinian tomb Rome 1885 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome 1885 by excavation Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Treasures of Heaven The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; The British Museum London 2010-2011 place of origin Phrygia in present-day Turkey Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
