Sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus
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400 - 600 EUR
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Description
Siena marble; on a black marble plinth
the lid reveals three apertures
engraved on the lid CORNELIVS - C - N - F - SCIPIO, and on the front CORNELIVS - LVCIVS - SCIPIO - BARBATVS - CNAIVOD - PATRE - / PROCNATVS - FORTIS - VIR - SAPIENSQVE - QVOIVS - FORMA - VIRTVTEI - PARISVUMA - / FVIT - CONSOL - CENSOR - AIDILIS - QVEI - FVIT - APVD - VOS - TAVRASIA - CISAVNA - / SAMNIO - CEPIT - SVBICIT - OMNE - LOVCANA - OPSIDESQVE - ABDOVCIT -
15 by 25 cm.; 5⅞ by 9⅞ in.
After the Ancient sarcophagus, circa 280 - 270 before J.-C., in the Museo Pio-Clementino (inv. 1191).
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