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Sarcophagus
(4,388 words)
(σαρκοφάγος/
sarkophágos, stone coffin, literally 'flesh-eater'; Lat.
arca,
capsula and
sarcofagus, Juv. 10,171). I. Graeco-Roman [German version] A. Material, typology, research Since the 18th cent., scholars have been referring to containers for corpses decorated with reliefs as sarcophagi. These were made of marble, less frequently of limestone, tuff, sandstone, granite, basalt or porphyry. Pliny describes a
lapis ... sarcophagus from Assus (Plin. HN 2,210; 36,131) as 'corpse-consuming'. Terracotta and lead were used in certain regions. Wooden sarco…
Source:
Brill’s New Pauly
