Sarcofago con scene del Vecchio e Nuovo Testamento
Type:
Funerary monument and ornaments
Year:
Inizio del IV secolo d.C.
Material and technique:
Marmo lunense
Origin:
Scoperto in via dei Banchi Nuovi (1940)
Inventory:
MC 2400
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
The section, inaugurated in December 2017, is dedicated to the exhibition of some Roman sarcophagi, until now largely preserved in the museum's storerooms.
The route presents precious artefacts decorated with figures referring to the world of myth: these were often used to describe the different qualities of the deceased, or more generally to allude to the happiness of the afterlife through the evocation of a serene and happy world.
