• r2-187-10
    Fragment of reclining figure in relief. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • r2-187-20
    Fragment of reclining figure in relief. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Reclining Figure on Lid

Date
Late 2nd or 3rd C. AD, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S61.025
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Sculpture, Sarcophagus
Sculpture Type
Sarcophagus
Site
Sardis
Sector
AT
Trench
Church M
Locus
AT Church M
B-Grid Coordinates
*1.54
Findspot
Originally found by Butler; housed in intervening years in inner Church M.
Description
The r. arm, mostly missing, lies across the body. The r. knee is slightly bent. Many small curves of drapery fall over the legs, while a long fold lies parallel to the body but behind it, on the lid. The type of reclining figure is like those of the Claudia Antonia Sabina sarcophagus (Cat. 243 Fig. 422) but a date in the late 2nd or 3rd C. is possible.
Condition

Marble.

Front and r. leg of recumbent figure, preserved chest to mid-calf. Small area of flat lid remains behind the figure.

Dimensions
L. 0.64; W. 0.46; Th. 0.25.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
For a discussion of the type and bibliography, see Cumont, Recherches, 388ff.
Author
NHR