D087: Garland Sarcophagus Fragments

Abstract

Local Name: Aphrodisias, Southeast NecropolisLocal Information: Field 1176 ** GrapesLatitude: 37.42.15.0Longitude: 28.43.55.6Elevation: 531mDimensions: Fragment 1: H: 0.49 m; W: 0.30 m; D: 0.43 m ** Fragment 2: H: 0.18 m; W: 0.83 m; D: 0.77 m ** Fragment 3: H: 0.25 m; W: 0.92 m; D: 0.51 m ** Fragment 4: H: 0.43 m; W: 0.85 m; D: 0.35 mDescription: Four fragments of the same garland sarcophagus chest. ** (1.) The corner of the sarcophagus chest preserves a Nike figure from the chest to the ankle and the beginning of a fruit garland to the right. One abakeion support is on the interior surface. ** (2.) Fragment of the bottom preserving laurel-leaf molding along the long side and parts of a garland and a grape cluster. Simple torus molding on the right short side. ** (3.) Chest fragment preserving a portion of the back wall. ** (4.) Chest fragment preserving laurel leaf ** molding along the bottom, the lower half of a tabula with a molded frame, and the lower legs of a putto to the left. ** In the area with the sarcophagus fragments is a fragment of a threshold block (L: 0.67m; W: 0.64m; H: 0.24m).http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93165/1/D2007.0478.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93165/2/D2007.0479.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93165/3/D2007.0480.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93165/4/D2007.0481.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93165/5/D2007.0482.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93165/6/D2007.0483.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93165/7/D2007.0484.JP