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TITLE OF WORK: Sarcophagus with triumph of Dionysos

TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, marble

DATE: 220

DATE DETAILS: approx.

DIMENSIONS: 77.5 x 208 cm

COMMENTS: Marble, from the island of Proconnesus in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul. The god of wine and dramatic festivals, in full choral attitude, steps into a biga drawn by two Indian elephants with fringe

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Rome, Italy