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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.4920#0251
Plate XCI
589. Sarcophagus, of white marble. Length, 6 feet iij inches. Found in the
necropolis of Citium.
Mummy-shaped, with female head sculptured on the lid. The case is in form of
a mummy, with an irregular curving line near the bottom, below which is a rough surface.
The hair of the head is rendered in a triple row of puffs, or curls, roughly blocked out,
with three long locks or tresses, in low relief, on each side of the chest. Projections at
the shoulders, head, and feet of the lid. Traces of an erased Phoenician (?) inscription
faintly visible on the lid. The sarcophagus is evidently earlier than the objects found within
it and in the tomb. These objects were two small glass bottles, and four or five red
terra-cotta vases of the so-called Samian ware of the Roman period. The sarcophagus bears
evidences of having been forcibly broken open with some heavy instrument, or lever, as it
is indented at several places.
590. Sarcophagus, of white marble. Length, 7 feet 4^ inches. Found in a tomb
at Amathus.
Mummy-shaped, with female head, in relief, on the lid. The hair and eyes show
traces of red paint. Rounded projections at the shoulders, head, and feet of the cover.
On the cover behind the head is cut the letter I, and at the feet, both on the lid and
on the case, the letter N, probably to serve as marks for placing the lid. The treatment
of the hair, though somewhat superficial, is yet of an excellent period. The type of face
also is large and simple in style. The tomb in which this sarcophagus was found had
been ransacked long ago, and the lid had been partially removed from its place. Nothing
was found inside of the sarcophagus; in a corner of the tomb lay a heap of broken
pottery, decorated with the usual concentric circles, and other geometric patterns, in brown
color on a drab-colored ground.
589. Sarcophagus, of white marble. Length, 6 feet iij inches. Found in the
necropolis of Citium.
Mummy-shaped, with female head sculptured on the lid. The case is in form of
a mummy, with an irregular curving line near the bottom, below which is a rough surface.
The hair of the head is rendered in a triple row of puffs, or curls, roughly blocked out,
with three long locks or tresses, in low relief, on each side of the chest. Projections at
the shoulders, head, and feet of the lid. Traces of an erased Phoenician (?) inscription
faintly visible on the lid. The sarcophagus is evidently earlier than the objects found within
it and in the tomb. These objects were two small glass bottles, and four or five red
terra-cotta vases of the so-called Samian ware of the Roman period. The sarcophagus bears
evidences of having been forcibly broken open with some heavy instrument, or lever, as it
is indented at several places.
590. Sarcophagus, of white marble. Length, 7 feet 4^ inches. Found in a tomb
at Amathus.
Mummy-shaped, with female head, in relief, on the lid. The hair and eyes show
traces of red paint. Rounded projections at the shoulders, head, and feet of the cover.
On the cover behind the head is cut the letter I, and at the feet, both on the lid and
on the case, the letter N, probably to serve as marks for placing the lid. The treatment
of the hair, though somewhat superficial, is yet of an excellent period. The type of face
also is large and simple in style. The tomb in which this sarcophagus was found had
been ransacked long ago, and the lid had been partially removed from its place. Nothing
was found inside of the sarcophagus; in a corner of the tomb lay a heap of broken
pottery, decorated with the usual concentric circles, and other geometric patterns, in brown
color on a drab-colored ground.