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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2461
Església de Santa Maria del Mar (necròpolis romana)
Roman world

sarcophagus of Santa Eulalia

MAC BCN-019919

Object type
sarcophagus
Production date
400 / 500
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Església de Santa Maria del Mar (necròpolis romana)
Materials
Carrara marble
Township
Barcelona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Barcelonès)
Technique
sculpting
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
49 x 186 x 84 cm
Description
Sarcophagus decorated with rectangular strigils, divided into two fields and developed in opposite directions from each other, separated by a square cartouche in the centre without an epigraph. The sides are also decorated with strigils. Probably from the Roman necropolis under the existing Gothic basilica of St. Maria del Mar, the coffin remained in the basilica and was used as a baptismal font until 1936, when it was transferred to the MAC.

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