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Marble anthropoid sarcophagus

Marble anthropoid sarcophagus. Culture: Graeco-Phoenician. Dimensions: L. 87 3/4in. (222.9cm). Date: last quarter of the 5th century B.C.. The lid of the sarcophagus shows an unarticulated, downward tapering body and the head of a woman framed by flowing hair; traces of red paint are still preserved in the hair. At the foot end of the box and on the lid appears the Phoenician letter "shin." According to recent investigations, the anthropoid sarcophagi of marble were quarried on the Greek island of Paros. They were prepared up to a certain point and finished at their destinations. The inscribed letters here strongly suggest that the sculptor was Phoenician, which would be entirely plausible at Amathus and Kition, two centers of Phoenician occupation on Cyprus. Such fine, expensive coffins inspired local copies in limestone and terracotta.
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Title:
Marble anthropoid sarcophagus
Caption:
Marble anthropoid sarcophagus. Culture: Graeco-Phoenician. Dimensions: L. 87 3/4in. (222.9cm). Date: last quarter of the 5th century B.C.. The lid of the sarcophagus shows an unarticulated, downward tapering body and the head of a woman framed by flowing hair; traces of red paint are still preserved in the hair. At the foot end of the box and on the lid appears the Phoenician letter "shin." According to recent investigations, the anthropoid sarcophagi of marble were quarried on the Greek island of Paros. They were prepared up to a certain point and finished at their destinations. The inscribed letters here strongly suggest that the sculptor was Phoenician, which would be entirely plausible at Amathus and Kition, two centers of Phoenician occupation on Cyprus. Such fine, expensive coffins inspired local copies in limestone and terracotta.
Technique/material:
parian marble
Period:
classical
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3212 x 4283 px | 39.4 MB
Print size:
27.2 x 36.3 cm | 10.7 x 14.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
CLASSICAL • COFFINS • FUNERARY CONTAINERS • GREEK AND ROMAN ART • MARBLE • MARBRE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PARIAN MARBLE • ROCK • ROCKY • SARCOPHAGI • SCULPTURE • STONE SCULPTURE • STONE • STONES