Attic sarcophagus. Pentelic marble. Found at Ayios Ioannis, Patras. The sarcophagus has saddle lid. One long and one narrow side bear a depiction of the hunt for the Calydonian boar, in which Meleager and Atlanta took part. On the other long side is a depiction of two confronted lions with a largh kantharos between them, The other narrow side has a griffin pulling down an ox. From an attic workshop AD 150-170.
Attic sarcophagus. Pentelic marble. Found at Ayios Ioannis, Patras. The sarcophagus has saddle lid. One long and one narrow side bear a depiction of the hunt for the Calydonian boar, in which Meleager and Atlanta took part. On the other long side is a depiction of two confronted lions with a largh kantharos between them, The other narrow side has a griffin pulling down an ox. From an attic workshop AD 150-170.
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