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CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
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A ROMAN MARBLE CHRISTIAN STRIGILAR SARCOPHAGUS
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
With central Latin inscribed panel reading: LAVAMINI MUNDI ESTOTE, ["Wash yourself and you will be pure"], flanked on either side by deep strigilar fluting, above is a cross and below a one line inscription
12¾ x 54½ x 17 in. (32.3 x 138 x 43.2 cm.)
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
With central Latin inscribed panel reading: LAVAMINI MUNDI ESTOTE, ["Wash yourself and you will be pure"], flanked on either side by deep strigilar fluting, above is a cross and below a one line inscription
12¾ x 54½ x 17 in. (32.3 x 138 x 43.2 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner 15 years ago with the purchase of a house in Galloway, Scotland. The sarcophagus had been in the garden prior to 1950, having been inherited by the previous owners.
Special notice
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