Title
Sarcophagus panel
Mediumlead
Dimensions14 1/2 × 22 1/2 in. (36.8 × 57.2 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.2585
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionMolded lead panel, ornamented with relief illustrations of a sphinx, Medusa, and dolphins, bordered with clusters of leaves.ProvenanceExcavated [?] in Syria, site unknown, in the 19th Cent. Probably Roman, 3rd or 4th century A.D. Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MAOn View
Not on view
19th Century
Pintz, I. G.
Packard, Arthur F.
Cary, Floyd Francis
Cary, Floyd Francis
Circa 1810
