From cerveteri necropoli of the banditaccia.
Vatican roman sarcophagus marble relief.
Two women are preserved on this segment.
The original composition depicted an entire assembly of figures in high relief.
Sarcophagus of junius bassus sarcophagus of junius bassus marble 359 ce treasury of saint peter s basilica.
Please note that due to photography restrictions the images used in the video show the plaster cast on display in the vatican museum.
A funeral procession decorates the coffin.
This attractive relief was part of a large marble sarcophagus designed to commemorate an important roman individual.
The roman funerary relief.
The commemoration of death in ancient rome took much of its inspiration from ancient greece.
Tomb of the sarcophagi.
Standing in the foreground is a young woman facing the viewer and behind her a read more.
Although mythological scenes have been quite widely studied sarcophagus relief has been called the richest single source of roman iconography and may also depict the deceased s occu.
An inscription on the unfinished back of the sarcophagus records that it was installed there in 1733.
Marble roman sarcophagus of lucius cornelius scipio barbatus 280 70 bc via musei vaticani vatican city.
In the burial practices of ancient rome and roman funerary art marble and limestone sarcophagi elaborately carved in relief were characteristic of elite inhumation burials from the 2nd to the 4th centuries ad.
This was particularly true in the case of the sarcophagus.
At least 10 000 roman sarcophagi have survived with fragments possibly representing as many as 20 000.