B. COTTENCEAU
Aphrodite writes the names of a dead couple
Marble ossuary in the form of a sarcophagus, found probably in Lykia.
AD 150-200.
Ossuary in the form of a sarcophagus, made of marble from Dokimeion in Asia Minor. It was found in Lykia, according to recent research. One of the long sides has a depiction of the dead married couple, while in the centre Aphrodite writes their names on a shield supported by an Erotideus. At the right is Bellerophon and his winged horse, Pegasos. At the left end of the other long side is a depiction of the seizure of the Palladion by Diomedes and Odysseus, and at the right Aphrodite and a hero flank a trophy. A Centaur wrestles with a bearded man on one narrow side and a Satyr with the goat-footed god Pan support the drunken Herakles on the other. From an Asia Minor workshop.
Height 0,45 m., length 0,90 m.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Aphrodite writes the names of a dead couple
Marble ossuary in the form of a sarcophagus, found probably in Lykia.
AD 150-200.
Ossuary in the form of a sarcophagus, made of marble from Dokimeion in Asia Minor. It was found in Lykia, according to recent research. One of the long sides has a depiction of the dead married couple, while in the centre Aphrodite writes their names on a shield supported by an Erotideus. At the right is Bellerophon and his winged horse, Pegasos. At the left end of the other long side is a depiction of the seizure of the Palladion by Diomedes and Odysseus, and at the right Aphrodite and a hero flank a trophy. A Centaur wrestles with a bearded man on one narrow side and a Satyr with the goat-footed god Pan support the drunken Herakles on the other. From an Asia Minor workshop.
Height 0,45 m., length 0,90 m.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens