For #SarcophagusSaturday, the sarcophagus of Marcus Claudianus, a "vir perfectissimus" with ties to the Roman emperor, and a Christian. He died in the latter part of Constantine's reign.

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A 5th century sarcophagus from #Ravenna with Christ seated on a rock from which flow the four rivers of paradise. On either side of him, Peter and Paul approach in a posture of reverence holding wreath crowns

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For #SarcophagusSaturday a beautiful 5th cent. piece found in the cathedral of #Ravenna. The "sacrophagus of San Barbaziano" depicts a youthful, beardless Christ in the central niche flanked by Peter and Paul. The early beardless Christ type was used well into the sixth century. https://flic.kr/p/2pgt7Hd

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At the Baths of Diocletian, I just happened across what appears to be a sarcophagus sized for one… it was an exciting find, especially when the fully realised single portrait is of a woman.

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