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Ravenna, Museo Nazionale, coperchio di sarcofago

Sarcophagus lid with two peacocks in the center between a kantharos. The lid before entering the collections of the National Museum was in a farmhouse of Longana (Ravenna)

Providing institution

Museum of Ravenna (opens in new window)

Subject

ornamental birds: peacock
Byzantine art
Archaeology
Byzantine (culture and style)

Type of object

sarcophagi (coffins)

Medium

marble (rock)