3-037-323 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Fragmentary Sarcophagus with the Muses, mid-3rd century A.D. Additional Info: Fragments of panels from a sarcophagus. Front. A curtain pulled across the background is fastened in several places beneath the projecting border at the top. In the right corner, Melpomene with the mask of tragedy. The mask has a lion skin, representing Herakles, drawn over it. She wears a long-sleeved chiton with a wide belt, and a chlamys over her shoulders. To the left, the celestial globe of Ourania (the muse herself is missing).