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SCALAII. 8-io
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Sarcophagus of the usual striated type. In the centre within a
clipeus is the bust of a middle-aged woman with the coiffure of the early
third century A. D., leaving the ears bare. She is dressed in a tunic and
a mantle, from which the r. forearm and the 1. hand project. With the
1. hand she holds a roll, which she touches with the extended first two
fingers of the r. The eyes are rendered and the eyebrows hatched.
Below the clipeus are two dramatic masks, averted, with fillets round
the hair.
At each corner is a genius of death, figured as a cupid, facing
towards the centre and seated on a rock in an attitude of sleep (Amor-
Somnus). They rest their r. and 1. hands respectively on the other arm,
the hand of which holds a wreath. From a hole in each rock a rabbit
issues and nibbles at fruit on the ground. Each end is adorned with
a large basket filled with fruit.
The lid, which is of a different marble, has a square panel in the
centre containing the inscription. To each side are two pairs of sea-
monsters, one pair behind the other; to the left a pair of sea-horses
with marine foliage at the junction of horse and serpent, followed by
a pair of sea-bulls with similar foliage; to the r. sea-antelope and sea-
tigers with foliage as before.
Fair work of the first quarter of the third century A. D. The lid may
be slightly earlier.
Found in 1744 or 1*745 in the cemetery of Callistus and given to
the Museum by Benedict XIV.
ZAm?*. 1750, p. iof.; Mori, i, Atrio, pi. 9; Armellini, i. 40. 2; Marangoni,
ZZzz'm, p. 78 f.; A^iw&a Z^jr?*., Cortile, no. 10 ; Reinach, Reliefs, iii. 211. 2 ;
L. von Sybel, ii (1909), p. 48, note 2, cf. p. 79. For the symbolic
significance of scrolls and masks on sepulchral monuments see H. Dutschke,
ZAzAz^z (1909), p. 146 and p. 149; for that of sea-monsters as
representing the mystic escort of the dead, Br. Schroder in y%7737?<?7' yhZzZz'A/A;
(1902), p.66f.; Dutschke,rA., p. 181; E. Strong, NZz7^oyAz77zy^p?g^-Z9^(i9i5),
p. 215 f.
Z. Z Z. vi. 133to.
9. BUST OF HADRIAN (pi. 9).
H. .90 m. Marble, Restored : nose, parts of both ears, large patches
of drapery on bust.
The head is turned slightly to 1. The bust has tunic, cuirass, and
military cloak fastened by a round brooch on the 1. shoulder. The
cuirass is decorated with a winged head of Medusa, which has snakes
knotted under the chin. The one shoulder-strap visible ends in a lion's
head. Beneath the shoulder-strap is a reefed knot, from which hangs
a six-petalled rosette. Below the bust, name-plate with volutes, and
plinth, both ancient.
Moderate work.
Bottari, ii, pi. 34; Montagnani-Mirabili, iv, pi. XXXIV; Bernoulli, ZV//3. ZIwz.
ii. 2, p. 111, no. 28.
10. RELIEF WITH SUBMISSION OF BARBARIANS TO MAR-
CUS AURELIUS (pi. 12 and fig. 2).
H. 3-12111., Br. 2-21 m. Luna marble. Restored (from 1. tor.)—First figure:
band and spear up to breakage, parts of cuirass over r. breast and over abdomen, first
finger and part of second finger of 1. hand with sword-handle. Emperor: tip of nose
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Sarcophagus of the usual striated type. In the centre within a
clipeus is the bust of a middle-aged woman with the coiffure of the early
third century A. D., leaving the ears bare. She is dressed in a tunic and
a mantle, from which the r. forearm and the 1. hand project. With the
1. hand she holds a roll, which she touches with the extended first two
fingers of the r. The eyes are rendered and the eyebrows hatched.
Below the clipeus are two dramatic masks, averted, with fillets round
the hair.
At each corner is a genius of death, figured as a cupid, facing
towards the centre and seated on a rock in an attitude of sleep (Amor-
Somnus). They rest their r. and 1. hands respectively on the other arm,
the hand of which holds a wreath. From a hole in each rock a rabbit
issues and nibbles at fruit on the ground. Each end is adorned with
a large basket filled with fruit.
The lid, which is of a different marble, has a square panel in the
centre containing the inscription. To each side are two pairs of sea-
monsters, one pair behind the other; to the left a pair of sea-horses
with marine foliage at the junction of horse and serpent, followed by
a pair of sea-bulls with similar foliage; to the r. sea-antelope and sea-
tigers with foliage as before.
Fair work of the first quarter of the third century A. D. The lid may
be slightly earlier.
Found in 1744 or 1*745 in the cemetery of Callistus and given to
the Museum by Benedict XIV.
ZAm?*. 1750, p. iof.; Mori, i, Atrio, pi. 9; Armellini, i. 40. 2; Marangoni,
ZZzz'm, p. 78 f.; A^iw&a Z^jr?*., Cortile, no. 10 ; Reinach, Reliefs, iii. 211. 2 ;
L. von Sybel, ii (1909), p. 48, note 2, cf. p. 79. For the symbolic
significance of scrolls and masks on sepulchral monuments see H. Dutschke,
ZAzAz^z (1909), p. 146 and p. 149; for that of sea-monsters as
representing the mystic escort of the dead, Br. Schroder in y%7737?<?7' yhZzZz'A/A;
(1902), p.66f.; Dutschke,rA., p. 181; E. Strong, NZz7^oyAz77zy^p?g^-Z9^(i9i5),
p. 215 f.
Z. Z Z. vi. 133to.
9. BUST OF HADRIAN (pi. 9).
H. .90 m. Marble, Restored : nose, parts of both ears, large patches
of drapery on bust.
The head is turned slightly to 1. The bust has tunic, cuirass, and
military cloak fastened by a round brooch on the 1. shoulder. The
cuirass is decorated with a winged head of Medusa, which has snakes
knotted under the chin. The one shoulder-strap visible ends in a lion's
head. Beneath the shoulder-strap is a reefed knot, from which hangs
a six-petalled rosette. Below the bust, name-plate with volutes, and
plinth, both ancient.
Moderate work.
Bottari, ii, pi. 34; Montagnani-Mirabili, iv, pi. XXXIV; Bernoulli, ZV//3. ZIwz.
ii. 2, p. 111, no. 28.
10. RELIEF WITH SUBMISSION OF BARBARIANS TO MAR-
CUS AURELIUS (pi. 12 and fig. 2).
H. 3-12111., Br. 2-21 m. Luna marble. Restored (from 1. tor.)—First figure:
band and spear up to breakage, parts of cuirass over r. breast and over abdomen, first
finger and part of second finger of 1. hand with sword-handle. Emperor: tip of nose