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Historical Archive: Sarcophagi, Urns, Ossuaries late fourth century CE to present


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columnar sarcophagus with miracle scenes and gryphons, marble, late 4th c., Leiden Pb 35
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columnar sarcophagus with miracle scenes and gryphons, marble, late 4th c., Leiden Pb 35
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columnar sarcophagus with miracle scenes and gryphons, marble, late 4th c., Leiden Pb 35
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sarcophagus from under St Peter's, Rome, marble, c.390-400, Louvre MR 688, 753, 806. This object has its own page.
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excavated 5th/6th-c. structure and sarcophagi, Saint-Denis basilica crypt, which has its own page.
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sarcophagus from S. Giovanni Battista, Ravenna: Traditio Legis, marble, early 5th c., Ravenna Museo Nazionale 600
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sarcophagus from S. Giovanni Battista, Ravenna: Daniel in the Lions' Den, marble, early 5th c., Ravenna Museo Nazionale 600
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sarcophagus from S. Giovanni Battista, Ravenna: Raising of Lazarus, marble, early 5th c., Ravenna Museo Nazionale 600. Image with some digital fill at bottom.
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sarcophagus from S. Giovanni Battista, Ravenna: Raising of Lazarus, marble, early 5th c., Ravenna Museo Nazionale 600. Image with no digital fill.
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sarcophagus (lid not original), Greek marble, mid 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 368
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sarcophagus (lid not original), Greek marble, mid 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 368
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sarcophagus, Greek marble, mid 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 368
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sarcophagus (lid not original), Greek marble, mid 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 368
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sarcophagus (lid not original), Greek marble, 2nd half of 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 369
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sarcophagus (lid not original), Greek marble, 2nd half of 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 369
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sarcophagus (lid not original), Greek marble, 2nd half of 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 369
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sarcophagus (lid not original), Greek marble, 2nd half of 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 369
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font relief prob. 6th c., poss. sarcophagus fragment, in Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages.
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sarcophagus "of Honorius", marble, early 6th c., Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna
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tub/sarcophagus of Theodoric, porphyry, early 6th c.?, Mausoleum of Theodoric, Ravenna
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side of tub/sarcophagus of Theodoric, porphyry, early 6th c.?, Mausoleum of Theodoric, Ravenna
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hand with wreath or ring, tub/sarcophagus of Theodoric, porphyry, early 6th c.?, Mausoleum of Theodoric, Ravenna
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sarcophagus end, plaster, 7th c., Chelles
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sarcophagus end, plaster, 7th c., Chelles
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sarcophagus panel, plaster, 7th c., MAHSD
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Chorasmian ossuary fr. Tok-Kala necropolis (Uzbekistan), alabaster, 7th c., Hermitage
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Chorasmian ossuary, cursive Chorasmian script: "property of the soul of Srawyok, son of Tishyan"
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peacock sarcophagus, limestone, 8th c., SMB Byz 4, which has its own page
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Bernward sarcophagus 1022, crypt St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages
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Archbishop Walter de Gray tomb (d. 1255), Purbeck marble (limestone), York Minster (in situ). This object has its own page.
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shrine of St. Elizabeth, 13th c., in situ: Elizabethkirche, Marburg
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shrine of St. Elizabeth, 13th c., in situ: Elizabethkirche, Marburg